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Tag Archives: trams
Hong Kong transport footage from the 1990s
The other week on YouTube I stumbled upon a great collection of Hong Kong transport footage, recorded back in 1993/94 and uploaded by a user going by the name of ‘kamepo‘. We start by looking out the right hand side […]
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Tagged buses, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tramways, Kai Tak Airport, Kowloon, Star Ferry, trams
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Occupy Central and the Hong Kong Tramways
From September to December 2014 protests occupied many streets across Hong Kong, in what was known as ‘Occupy Central’ or the ‘Umbrella Revolution’. As well as forcing road traffic to take alternate routes, the protests also disrupted tramway services on […]
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Tagged Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong Tramways, Occupy Central, rail operations, trams, Umbrella Revolution
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Operations on the Hong Kong Tramways
The other day I had a quick look at the Hong Kong Tramways, while today I am going to have a look at the more operational details. First up is the signalling used (or lack thereof), followed by the remote control of junctions
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Tagged Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong Tramways, light rail, rail operations, railway signalling, trams
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A railfan’s look at the Hong Kong Tramways
Welcome aboard everyone, it’s time to take a trip along Hong Kong Island by double deck tram. With a total system length of around 30 kilometres, the network runs along the northern shore of Hong Kong Island from Kennedy Town at the west end to Shau Kei Wan to the east, passing through the busiest parts of the city.
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Tagged Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong Tramways, light rail, trams
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