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Tag Archives: Kowloon
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 […]
Posted in Transport
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 […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged East Rail, Goninan, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon, Kowloon Canton Railway, locomotive, railway electrification, scale models
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‘The Queen Was Here’ plaque at Hung Hom station
A few years ago I visited Hung Hom station, and found a curious plaque in a forgotten corner of the concourse, the text on it stating “This plaque was unveiled by Her Majesty The Queen on 5th Mary 1975 to […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged history, Hong Kong, Hung Hom, KCR, Kowloon, Kowloon Canton Railway, Queen Elizabeth II, railway, royal visit, trains
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Playing ‘where’s the car’ on the streets of Hong Kong
I recently saw a car advertisement where the first thing I noticed wasn’t the car, but the backdrop. I swear it was somewhere in Hong Kong, but I couldn’t quite pick the location. So where could it be? Time to […]
Posted in Everyday Life
Tagged advertising, Cheung Sha Wan, Hong Kong, Kowloon, mystery, on the road
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Extending West Rail line trains from 7 to 8 cars
Hong Kong’s rail network is being transformed by the Shatin to Central Link project, with one of those changes being the expansion of trains on the West Rail line from 7 to 8 cars. Some history The story of West […]