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Feb 14, 2023 · by Wendell Cox 02/14/2023. I was disappointed to read in the South China Morning Post that the legendary Kowloon-Canton Railway train from Hung Hom Station in Kowloon (Hong Kong) to Guangzhou East Station would not be restored following its pandemic suspension. The train made the 130 kilometer (80 mile) trip in about 1:40.
The Kowloon–Canton Railway ( KCR; Chinese: 九廣鐵路; Cantonese Yale: Gáugwóng Titlouh) was a railway network in Hong Kong. [1] It was owned and operated by the Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) until 2007. Rapid transit services, a light rail system, feeder bus routes within Hong Kong, and intercity passenger and freight train ...
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May 13, 2022 · But despite competition from road, river, and an expanded rail network, the through train service that followed the original route from Kowloon–Canton remained the most comfortable and efficient means of getting between Hong Kong and Guangzhou, bridging the two major Cantonese-speaking cities.
Jan 12, 2023 · Legislator Michael Tien Puk-sun, former chairman of the now defunct Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, on Thursday said through-train operations were unlikely to continue given Guangzhou...
The Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation. has a long history dating back to more than 100 years ago, when its forerunner started operating the first railway in Hong Kong in 1910. Since 1982, it has become the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, a statutory public corporation wholly owned by the Government. In 2007, the Corporation granted a ...
Jun 1, 1999 · This intense traffic on the Kowloon-Canton heavy rail system has driven a scheme to build two new branch lines, between Ma On Shan and Tai Wai, and an extension from Hung Hom to Tsim Sha Tsui. The AEG/Adtranz locomotive design, based on the Swiss Lok 2000, is being ordered for Kowloon-Canton services.
Nov 7, 2018 · Born of controversy and protest, Hong Kong’s new high-speed rail link to mainland China is finally open. Every hour, seven trains from Shenzhen, Dongguan and Guangzhou pull into the vast underground terminus in West Kowloon, joined by another 13 daily trips from more far-flung places like Beijing, Wuhan and Shanghai.
