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Tag Archives: trains
Using the Melbourne lifestyle to sell Hong Kong property
On my 2013 visit to Hong Kong I was sitting in front of the TV at my 姑媽 (aunt’s) house,trying to make sense of shows that I didn’t understand, where a commercial for a Hong Kong property development appeared during […]
Posted in Everyday Life
Tagged advertising, Australia, Hong Kong, Melbourne, property development, real estate, trains
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MTR diesel transfers and double headed passenger trains
The “Intercity Through Train” service links Hong Kong to mainland China, running express across the border from Hung Hom station. Jointly operated by the MTR Corporation of Hong Kong and the Chinese Ministry of Railways, these trains are normally hauled […]
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Tagged China Railways, double headed, East Rail, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, MTR Intercity Through Train, rail operations, railway, trains
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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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Overtaking moves on the MTR East Rail Line
Two kinds of trains share the East Rail Line in Hong Kong – ordinary stopping-all-stations MTR trains that run every few minutes, and the ‘Intercity Through Train’ that runs express from Hung Hom into Mainland China. But how do fast and slow trains coexist on a 34 kilometre long route with only two tracks?
Turning a MTR railcar around by crane
In normal service MTR trains are driven back and forth along the same line each day – only the driver changes cabs at the end of the line, with the carriages themselves always facing the same way. However the current remarshalling of the MTR SP1900/1950 EMU trains from a mix of 12, 7 and 4-car long trains into a uniform fleet of 8-car trains has seen the need to reverse some carriages. With no reversing loops, turntables or triangle junctions on the MTR system, this meant a heavy lift crane needed to be called in to pick up each carriage, turn it around, then place it back on the rails.
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Tagged Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, railway, trains
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