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Tag Archives: tunnels
Hong Kong’s road-rail fire trucks
Hong Kong’s Fire Services Department has a diverse fleet of firefighting apparatus that can handle any situation, and today I’m looking at their ‘Road Rail Fire Appliances’. Photo by 廣九直通車, via Wikimedia Commons This pair of fire trucks can operate […] Continue reading
Posted in Everyday Life
Tagged emergency, Fire Services Department, firefighting, Hong Kong, MTR, rail operations, railway, tunnels
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Extending the MTR using a tunnel *dismantling* machine
Normally when building a new underground railway, a tunnel boring machine will be used to excavate the subterranean path for trains to run along. But in the case of the MTR West Island Line project, they needed to do the […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged construction, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, television commercials, tunnels, underground, West Island Line
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Hong Kong’s most useless road – Airport Tunnel on Chek Lap Kok
Hong Kong has dozens of road tunnels passing under Victoria Harbour and through the numerous mountain ranges. But there is one road tunnel that is absolutely useless – the Airport Tunnel on Chek Lap Kok. and was built as part […]
‘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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A fire door for trains in the Tai Lam tunnel
I’ve written about the heavy steel gates used to protect the MTR cross harbour tunnels from flooding – but how about even bigger sets of gates used to protect them from fire? The longest railway tunnel in Hong Kong is […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged crossovers, firefighting, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, MTR, rail operations, railway, railway signalling, tunnels, underground, West Rail
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