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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…
Posted in Transport
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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A railfan’s look at the Hong Kong Tramways
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.
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Tagged Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong Tramways, light rail, trams
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MTR Light Rail: rolling stock
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…
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Tagged Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, light rail, Mass Transit Railway, MTR
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MTR Light Rail: the network
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.
Posted in MTR line guides, Transport
Tagged Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, light rail, line guide, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, New Territories, trains
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