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Tag Archives: Kowloon Canton Railway
Navigating the gates at MTR/KCR interchange stations
Until 2007 Hong Kong’s rail network was managed by two separate operators – the MTR Corporation that run the predominately underground network, and the Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation that ran the above ground lines. A side effect of this was two separate fare structures, and a peculiar situation at one interchange station – ‘double sided’ ticket gates.
Hong Kong’s ghost station at Kwu Tung
Since the 1970s the Mass Transit Railway network has expanded to cover much of Hong Kong, but at Kwu Tung in the northern New Territories there is something different – a ghost station that has no trains stopping at it. […]
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Tagged abandoned, construction, ghost stations, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, Mass Transit Railway, underground
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Travelling the ‘wrong’ way down the East Rail Line
Given the British influence on Hong Kong road and rail have one thing in common – traffic runs to the left. However for trains this isn’t always so, as this video shows. Filmed at University Station, we see a southbound […]
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Tagged East Rail, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations
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Hong Kong transport by the brush of Kong Kai Ming
Back in 2016 something at Hong Kong International Airport caught my eye – a wall covered with incredibly detailed sketches of Hong Kong streets, with transport front and centre. Buses at Aberdeen. A road tunnel at To Kwa Wan. A […]
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Tagged artwork, buses, Hong Kong, Kong Kai Ming, Kowloon Canton Railway
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Finding the last KCR ‘Yellow Head’ train
For almost two decades, the mainstay of the Kowloon Canton Railway was their fleet of Metro Cammell EMUs, nicknamed ‘Yellow Head’ (黃頭) for the colour of their driving cabs. Photo by Joseph K.K. Lee / gakei.com As originally built, each […]
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Tagged East Rail, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, Metro Cammell, urban exploration, urbex, yellow head train
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