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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 […]
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Tagged Britain, history, Hong Kong, Mass Transit Railway, Metro Cammell, MTR, rail operations, trains, Tyne and Wear Metro
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