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Tag Archives: Kowloon
Reclaiming land for the Kai Tak Airport runway
My father grew up in the shadows of Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Airport, and one of his childhood memories was the procession of trucks used to transport the thousands of tonnes of rock required to extend the runway out into […] Continue reading
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Tagged aviation, construction, Hong Kong, Kai Tak Airport, Kowloon, Kowloon City, land reclamation, on the water, Victoria Harbour
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Sourcing timber sleepers for the Kowloon Canton Railway
While reading through historical annual reports for the Kowloon Canton Railway, I came across an interesting piece on the troubles they encountered sourcing suitable timber railway sleepers that could withstand Hong Kong’s tropical conditions. PA Images photo The 1948-49 Kowloon […]
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Tagged concrete, concrete sleepers, East Rail, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon, Kowloon Canton Railway, permanent way, rail operations, railway sleepers, trains
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Underground vs above ground in Hong Kong
When I was planning my recent Hong Kong trip, I did something most people wouldn’t do – tick the ‘prefer bus’ option. Because why would you want be riding the MTR down in the dark under Nathan Road. When there’s […]
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Tagged buses, Hong Kong, Kowloon, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, Nathan Road, railway, tunnels, underground
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Garden Hill and the approach to Kai Tak Airport
‘Checkerboard Hill’ and the runway lights atop the Kowloon City rooftops were well known features along the approach to the former Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong. But they weren’t the only lights guiding planes across Kowloon and onto runway […]
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Tagged airports, approach lighting, aviation, Kai Tak Airport, Kowloon, runway, Sham Shui Po
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A short history of the KTT
Today, a short history of the recently retired ‘KTT’ train once used on the MTR Intercity Through Train service. In the 1990s patronage on the cross-border train service between Hong Kong and China was growing, thanks to the introduction of […]
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Tagged East Rail, Goninan, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon, Kowloon Canton Railway, locomotive, railway electrification, scale models
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