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A railfan’s look at the Hong Kong Tramways

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Marcus Wong

Welcome aboard everyone, it’s time to take a trip along Hong Kong Island by double deck tram. With a total system length of around 30 kilometres, the network runs along the northern shore of Hong Kong Island from Kennedy Town at the west end to Shau Kei Wan to the east, passing through the busiest parts of the city.

Tram #105 on Hong Kong Island Continue reading →

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MTR Light Rail: rolling stock

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Marcus Wong

A few days ago I started my my coverage of the Hong Kong’s MTR light railwith a post about the network itself, so this post with cover the Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) fleet itself. There are four different ‘phases’ of LRV that look slightly different but have the same general design, being single ended single car vehicles that can operate as coupled pairs. Some of them even have an Australian connection…

Phase 4 LRVs 1122 and classmate departs Yuen Long station on route 761P Continue reading →

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MTR Light Rail: the network

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Marcus Wong

Out in the middle of the north-west New Territories is the MTR Light Rail network: it is a very different system to the double deck trams on Hong Kong Island, which is the trams that tourists usually see. Running between the New Towns of Tuen Mun and Yuen Long, the system was built by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, commencing operation in 1988 to serve the then-developing suburbs, which it continues to do so.

MTR Light Rail in the New Territories Continue reading →

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