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Shek Kong stabling sidings and emergency rescue station

Posted on May 29, 2019 by Marcus Wong

On Sunday 23 September 2018 the Express Rail Link into Hong Kong opened to passengers, connecting the city to the high-speed rail network of China. The railway runs through a 26 kilometre long tunnel from the China border at Mai […]

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MTR freight train across the border at Shenzhen

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Marcus Wong

Here is an interesting find from Wikipedia – a MTR diesel locomotive hauling a freight train on the Chinese side of the border at Shenzhen, photographed by Baycrest back in February 2010.

MTR Freight Train & Diesel Locomotive at Jianshe Road Shenzhen (photo by Baycrest, via Wikimedia Commons)
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People’s Liberation Army enter Hong Kong

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Marcus Wong

I was still in primary school when the British handed back Hong Kong to China in 1997, but there was one thing that stood out to me – the People’s Liberation Army streaming across the border into Hong Kong.

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