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- Building Telford Gardens atop the MTR depot at Kowloon Bay
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Tag Archives: rail operations
MTR JMD1200FX diesel electric locomotives
I’ve written about MTR’s fleet of maintenance and work trains before, but it turns out there is one class of diesel electric locomotives I’ve missed – the JMD1200FX units used on the Hong Kong Express Rail Link. Jiangsu Jinchuang Vehicle […]
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Tagged China Railway High-speed, depots, diesel locomotives, Hong Kong, locomotive, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations
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Farewell to the MTR Phase 2 Light Rail Vehicles
As Hong Kong’s rail network ages, old rolling stock gets replaced by new, and so we now see the first retirements on the MTR Light Rail system – the Phase 2 Light Rail Vehicles. Kawasaki Heavy Industries photo The Phase […]
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Tagged Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, light rail, Mass Transit Railway, Metro Cammell, MTR, rail operations, scrapyard
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KCR ‘Yellow Head’ trains at the MTR Kowloon Bay Depot
I found an interesting photo recently – multiple KCR ‘yellow head’ trains lined up in the sheds at the MTR’s Kowloon Bay Depot. So what were they doing there? Heather Coulson photo Well, Chinese-language Wikipedia has come to the rescue. […]
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Tagged Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Bay Depot, Kowloon Canton Railway, Mass Transit Railway, Metro Cammell, MTR, rail operations, railway, trains, yellow head train
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Building Telford Gardens atop the MTR depot at Kowloon Bay
This is the story of the MTR Kowloon Bay Depot: the main maintenance facility for the Mass Transit Railway system, main stabling yard for the Kwun Tong line, head office of the MTR Corporation, and basement level of the ‘Telford […]
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Tagged depots, Hong Kong, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon Bay Depot, maintenance, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, railway, trains
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Traverser and a turntable at Kowloon Bay Depot
Traversers and turntables are a rare sight on the Hong Kong rail network, with Hung Hom station being one of the few examples. However I have since discovered that Kowloon Bay Depot goes one better – it has a traverser […]
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Tagged depots, Hong Kong, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon Bay Depot, maintenance, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, railway, trains, traversers, turntables
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