Hong Kong

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(Former) Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation KCRC and Mass Transit Railway MTR

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This is a former Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation so called Metro Cammel EMU train, or more officially East Rail line Metro Cammell EMU 3094/K01/K03/K05 stock, now operated by the company MTR. These trains were built by Metro Cammell in Birmingham, England 1980 to 1989. A total number of 351 wagons (29 full trains plus 3 extra wagons) was built and they have been operating on the so called East Rail line in Hong Kong. These trains are expected to be scrapped beginning 2019. The normal configuration was a 12-car train where one of the cars was of first class. Its maximum service speed is 120 km/h and it operated with 25 kV AC collected from an overhead catenary wire.
Picture from the Kowloon Tong station 30.6.2005 by Ilkka Siissalo.

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Side view of the same Metro Cammel train.
Picture from the Kowloon Tong station 30.6.2005 by Ilkka Siissalo.

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Still the same train. At 12 coaches it is really long, but the Hong Kong passenger numbers are also really high.
Picture from the Kowloon Tong station 30.6.2005 by Ilkka Siissalo.

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Still another side view of the same train.
Picture from the Kowloon Tong station 30.6.2005 by Ilkka Siissalo.

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Another similar Metro Cammell train approaching the Kowloon Tong station.
Picture 30.6.2005 by Ilkka Siissalo.

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Inside view of one of the Metro Cammell trains.
Picture 30.6.2005 by Ilkka Siissalo.

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Pantograph of one of the Metro Cammell trains.
Picture 30.6.2005 by Ilkka Siissalo.

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This is an SP1900 train, also known as IKK train. It was the second generation train model after the British Metro Cammell units. These trains were built by Kinki Sharyo in Kawasaki Japan. The first ones entered service on the Hong Kong East Rail line in 2001. There are 12-car and 8-car variants of this train type. Each coach is 24,8 metres long and the maximum speed of the train is 130 km/h. Motor power is dispersed in several - but not all - of the coaches and braking energy can be regenerated and fed back to the catenary.
Picture from Kowloon Tong station 30.6.2005 by Ilkka Siissalo.

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Side view of an SP1900 train.
Picture from Kowloon Tong station 30.6.2005 by Ilkka Siissalo.

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Another side view of the same train as above. The yellow roof lining indicates a first class wagon.
Picture from Kowloon Tong station 30.6.2005 by Ilkka Siissalo.

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Still the same train as it passes by.
Picture from Kowloon Tong station 30.6.2005 by Ilkka Siissalo.

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This is one of the so called M-Stock trains of the MTR rapid transit railway. These trains were also built by what then was Metro Cammell of Great Britain (now a part of Alstom). They are in service since 1979 and there are six subtypes of these trains. 768 wagons were built altogether forming 95 full trains plus some surplus wagons. By now these trains have already been refurbished several times.
Picture from the Wong Tai Sin station 30.6.2005 by Ilkka Siissalo.

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Side view of an M-Stock train.
Picture from the Wong Tai Sin station 30.6.2005 by Ilkka Siissalo.

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This one is a K-Stock train of the MTR rapid transit system. It looks pretty much the same as the M-Stock pictured above, but these trains were made by Rotem and Mitsubishi in South Korea. The first units entered service in 2002. These trains are 8 coaches long.
Picture from the Wong Tai Sin station 30.6.2005 by Ilkka Siissalo.

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This is not a good picture, but it was impossible to get any better. This is a Siemens ER20 Hercules diesel locomotive of the former Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation. KCRC has five of these big machines for cargo purposes.
Picture from Kowloon 1.7.2005 by Ilkka Siissalo.

Hong Kong trams

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Hong Kong is famous for its old double decker trams. The system became operational in 1904 and today the network is 13 km long. This tram is one of the HKT post-war tramcars from the 1960s. This series was built 1050-62 and this no.162 is the last one of its series, so it is presumably from 1962. They were converted from old single-deck trams and some also made from scratch as new.
Picture from Argyle street in Hong Kong 1.7.2005 by Ilkka Siissalo.

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Tram 137 is from the same series as the no.162 pictured above.
Picture from Argyle street in Hong Kong 1.7.2005 by Ilkka Siissalo.

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The same tram no.137 as above but seen from its side.
Picture from Argyle street in Hong Kong 1.7.2005 by Ilkka Siissalo.

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Tram 81 is older than the two pictured above. This one is from a series which was built/rebuilt 1925-1949. The series was 119 trams out of which 57 were built as new and rest rebuilt from even older existing fleet by converting single-deck trams and canvas-roof and wood-roof trams of the early 1920s. This is the so called prewar design.
Picture from Argyle street in Hong Kong 1.7.2005 by Ilkka Siissalo.
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