Tag Archives: rail operations

A history of MTR train control centres

Posted on February 19, 2020 by Marcus Wong

The MTR network has grown since the first train ran in 1979, and so has the systems used to control the network. The initial MTR system In 1979 the first part of the Mass Transit Railway system opened, between Kwun […]

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MTR ZER4 battery electric locomotives

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Marcus Wong

I’ve written about the MTR’s Brush Traction battery electric locomotives used to help maintain their rail networks before, but there is a new class of locomotive joining the fleet – the CRRC built ZER4 units. CRRC Corporation photo The CRRC […]

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MTR CKD0A diesel electric locomotives

Posted on December 25, 2019 by Marcus Wong

The list of diesel locomotives in Hong Kong keeps on growing now that I’m digging into the MTR maintenances and work train fleet – the latest entry is the Chinese built CKD0A diesel electric locomotives. The units were ordered in […]

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KCRC JMY450 diesel hydraulic locomotives

Posted on December 11, 2019 by Marcus Wong

I’ve written about the Kowloon Canton Railway’s fleet of diesel locomotives before, as well as the MTR’s fleet of battery electric and diesel locomotives, but turns out I was only scratching the surface – on the West Rail line there […]

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Revisited: rail accidents in Hong Kong

Posted on October 2, 2019 by Marcus Wong

My last look at railway accidents in Hong Kong was 2012, but the MTR isn’t making my job easy – they’ve managed to crash two trains so far during 2019. UPDATE: Immediately after I published this post, MTR have crashed […]

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