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Tag Archives: Kowloon Canton Railway
History of the Lo Wo railway bridge
This is the story of the Lo Wo railway bridge, which has carried trains from Hong Kong into China since 1910. Hulton Archive Work on the first railway bridge at Lo Wu commenced in 1906 and was completed in 1909, […]
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Tagged border crossings, China, China Railways, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, mainland, railway archaeology, Shenzhen
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More on my Hong Kong model railway
I’ve spent the past few months working on my Hong Kong themed N scale model railway, and last week it made it’s first ‘proper’ public outing at Melbourne’s 2023 Easter Model Train Expo. The layout is in 1:160 N scale […]
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Tagged 80M Bus Model Shop, China Railways, East Rail, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, model buses, model trains, N scale, scale models
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My miniature slice of Hong Kong
In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve been a little slack on updates to this side, and this is the reason – crafting a miniature version of Hong Kong from my home in Australia! My 1:160 scale slice of Hong Kong […]
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Tagged 80M Bus Model Shop, China Railways, East Rail, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, model buses, model trains, N scale, scale models
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Trailer cars on the MTR Light Rail
Out in the New Territories of Hong Kong the MTR Light Rail system operates a relatively homogeneous fleet of light rail vehicles, split up into five ‘Phases’ delivered between 1988 and 2022. But there is one oddity in the fleet […]
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Tagged Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, light rail, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, New Territories, rail operations
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The return of cross-boundary freight trains to Hong Kong
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world greatly in the past few years, and in March 2022 it saw the return of something gone for a decade – freight trains between Hong Kong and China. Hong Kong Government photo The […]
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Tagged China, China Railways, COVID-19 pandemic, East Rail, freight, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, New Territories, rail operations, railway, trains
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