Tag Archives: MTR

‘Paid Passageway Validators’ at MTR stations

Posted on September 15, 2021 by Marcus Wong

There are many interchange stations on Hong Kong’s MTR, but the connection between the Tuen Ma and Tsuen Wan lines at Mei Foo has something no other MTR stations have – ‘Paid Passageway Validators’. Photo by Prosperity Horizons, via Wikimedia […]

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Hong Kong’s road-rail fire trucks

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Marcus Wong

Hong Kong’s Fire Services Department has a diverse fleet of firefighting apparatus that can handle any situation, and today I’m looking at their ‘Road Rail Fire Appliances’. Photo by 廣九直通車, via Wikimedia Commons This pair of fire trucks can operate […] Continue reading →

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Ventilation shafts across the MTR network

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Marcus Wong

With a massive network of railway tunnels passing beneath Hong Kong, the MTR requires a plethora of ventilation shafts to supply fresh air to passengers underground, and remove smoke in an emergency situation. Early years of brutalism Ventilation shafts built […]

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1500 V DC railway electrification in Hong Kong

Posted on June 23, 2021 by Marcus Wong

Hong Kong MTR uses electric trains, powered by two different technologies – 1500 V DC on the ‘urban’ rail lines, and 25 kV AC for the former KCR network. Today we look at 1500 V DC railway electrification across Hong […]

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MTR Metro Cammell EMUs off to the scrap yard

Posted on June 9, 2021 by Marcus Wong

It had to happen some day, and March 2021 is it – the first of Hong Kong’s Metro Cammell EMUs have been retired from service and despatched to the scrap yard. Photo by Sordiu Edmond This thread on the hkitalk.net […]

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