- Support Checkerboard Hill on Patreon!
Subscribe via email
Tags
- advertising
- Australia
- aviation
- buses
- China
- China Railways
- construction
- depots
- driving
- East Rail
- emergency
- freeways
- history
- Hong Kong
- Hong Kong International Airport
- Hong Kong Tramways
- KCR
- Kowloon
- Kowloon Canton Railway
- Lantau Island
- light rail
- line guide
- locomotive
- Macau
- mainland
- maintenance
- Mass Transit Railway
- MTR
- mystery
- New Territories
- Octopus card
- on the road
- on the water
- Outlying Islands
- rail operations
- railway
- railway signalling
- scale models
- television commercials
- tourist trap
- trains
- trams
- tunnels
- Victoria Harbour
- West Rail
Photos from Flickr
Archives
Recent Posts
- Switching from left to right on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
- U-turns on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
- ‘Paid Passageway Validators’ at MTR stations
- Hong Kong’s road-rail fire trucks
- Rebranding a hotel
- Foreign flag carriers and flights to Taiwan
- Ventilation shafts across the MTR network
- Rescue training for Hong Kong cable cars
- 1500 V DC railway electrification in Hong Kong
- MTR Metro Cammell EMUs off to the scrap yard
Tag Archives: maintenance
Hidden track connections between MTR lines
Thanks to the sheer size of the network, travelling from one side of Hong Kong to another on the MTR usually involves a change of train somewhere along the way. But what if it was possible to stay on one train the entire way? This is actually possible – but with a number of caveats.
Posted in Transport
Tagged Hong Kong, interchange stations, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, maintenance, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, mystery, rail operations, railway, trains
5 Comments
Fixing a power failure on the MTR
On my recent visit to Hong Kong I was travelling by train on the Tung Chung Line when a power failure stopped trains. But how long did it take to fix? 4:20pm – power failure detected delaying services. 1620 Major […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged Hong Kong, maintenance, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, railway, Tung Chung Line
Leave a comment
Rail milling machines on the MTR
To keep trains running smoothly on the MTR network a wide variety of special maintenance vehicles are used to keep the tracks in top condition. One of these is a rail milling machine.
Photo via the ‘MTR Service Update’ unofficial Facebook page. Continue reading
Posted in Transport
Tagged Hong Kong, maintenance, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, railway, trains
1 Comment
Scale model of a MTR works train
Found over at Wikipedia – a scale model of a MTR works train, located in their head office in Kowloon Bay.
Photo by TeaLaiumens, via Wikimedia Commons
Posted in Transport
Tagged Hong Kong, locomotive, maintenance, Mass Transit Railway, model trains, MTR, rail operations, railway, scale models
Leave a comment
Maintenance trains on the MTR East Rail Line
Every railway needs a fleet of equipment to keep trains running smoothly, usually emerging at night-time after the normal revenue services have finished running. The MTR East Rail line is no different, but unlike the trains seen on the maintenance trains used on the MTR underground lines, the works trains for the East Rail line are a little bit more visible to railfans between jobs.
Posted in Transport
Tagged Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, maintenance, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, railway
Leave a comment