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Tag Archives: light rail
Shanghai’s rubber tired tram
A long way off the beaten tourist track of Shanghai is an unusual mode of transport – the Zhangjiang Tram. It looks a little like a normal light rail system. With a track running down the middle of the road, […]
Named trains of the MTR Light Rail
Trains in Hong Kong don’t have very much character – they all look much the same, with only their fleet numbers setting them apart. But on the MTR Light Rail network, there was an exception – a pair of light rail vehicles that were given their own names.
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Tagged Australia, Comeng, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, light rail, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, New Territories, trams
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Public safety advertisements and the KCR Light Rail
Hong Kong’s MTR Light Rail system is something I have written about previously, due to it being one of the more interesting places for a railfan to explore. A unique feature of the Light Rail is the numerous level crossings, which unlike the slower moving Hong Kong Tramways, require motorists and pedestrians to share the road with fast moving light rail vehicles. For these reasons when the Light Rail system commenced operations in 1988, a series of public safety advertisements aired on Hong Kong television to raise awareness of the safe way to behave around the new mode of transport.
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Tagged Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, light rail, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, New Territories, railway, railway signalling, television commercials, trains
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Melbourne and Hong Kong trams: long lost siblings
One can be forgiven for thinking that Melbourne’s tramway network is something unique to the city, but if you look at the MTR Light Rail network in Hong Kong from the right angle, you start to see a lot of similarities…
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Tagged Australia, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, light rail, Mass Transit Railway, Melbourne, MTR
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Operations on the Hong Kong Tramways
The other day I had a quick look at the Hong Kong Tramways, while today I am going to have a look at the more operational details. First up is the signalling used (or lack thereof), followed by the remote control of junctions
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Tagged Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong Tramways, light rail, rail operations, railway signalling, trams
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