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Tag Archives: maintenance
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 […]
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Tagged Hong Kong, maintenance, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, railway, Tung Chung Line
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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
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Tagged Hong Kong, maintenance, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, railway, trains
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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
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Tagged Hong Kong, locomotive, maintenance, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, railway
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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.
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Tagged Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, maintenance, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, railway
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The MTR’s other fleet of trains
The Mass Transit Railway in Hong Kong has more trains than just the EMU fleet that transports the city of 6 million people… They also have a collection of small battery-electric and diesel-hydraulic locomotives to use on maintenance trains, both in tunnels and on viaducts.
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