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Tag Archives: trains
Television commercials for the MTR Airport Express
The Airport Express line commenced operations in July 1998, linking the brand new Hong Kong International Airport airport at Chek Lap Kok to Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. The MTR advertising campaigns emphasised how easy it was to access the […]
‘Ocean Express’ funicular railway at Ocean Park
Hong Kong’s most famous funicular railway is the Peak Tram, running up the hills of Hong Kong Island to Victoria Peak. But there is a second funicular, much less well known – the ‘Ocean Express’ train at Ocean Park. Photo […]
Posted in Tourism
Tagged funicular, Hong Kong, Ocean Park, rail operations, railway, theme park, tourist trap, trains, tunnels
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Testing MTR trains in the green fields of England
Hong Kong’s MTR trains usually spend their days running back and forth through dark tunnels, but for one early train it experienced something quite different – the green fields of England. 1978: A Hong Kong Metro pictured while being tested […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged Britain, history, Hong Kong, Mass Transit Railway, Metro Cammell, MTR, rail operations, trains, Tyne and Wear Metro
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1970s trip on the pre-electrification Kowloon Canton Railway
Over the years I’ve found a few YouTube videos featuring the Kowloon Canton Railway pre-electrification, and here is another one – a 3 minute long journey along the line in 1971. A timeline of what there is to see: 00:00 […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged East Rail, history, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, railway, railway archaeology, trains
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Delivering new trains to Hong Kong’s rail network
Hong Kong doesn’t build their own rail vehicles, so they need to be imported from overseas. But how do they arrive? Off the boat Trains for the pre-merger KCR network have historically been unloaded at the wharf at Hung Hom, […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, railway, trains
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