Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
KTT - KCR Through Train Guangdong Through Train (MTR) 九廣通直通車 KTT in standard livery In service 1998–2020 Manufacturer SLM and ABB (locomotives) Kinki Sharyo (coaches) Built at Winterthur and Zürich, Switzerland (locomotives) Osaka, Japan (coaches) Constructed 1995 Entered service 28 August 1998 Number built 2 locomotives and 12 coaches Fleet numbers Kowloon Through Train ...
The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) is a major public transport network serving Hong Kong.Operated by the MTR Corporation (MTRCL), it consists of heavy rail, light rail, and feeder bus services, centred around a 10-line rapid transit network, serving the urbanised areas of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories.
The Tuen Ma line (Chinese: 屯馬綫) is a commuter rail / rapid transit line that forms part of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system in Hong Kong. Coloured brown on the map, the Tuen Ma line is 56.2 kilometres (34.9 mi) in length, making it the longest line of the MTR network. It has a total of 27 stations, more than any other in the MTR ...
The rail system is 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) long, [6] with a total track length of 30 km (19 mi), [7] and it runs together with other vehicles on the street. Its operation relies on the 550V direct current (d.c.) from the overhead cables , on 3'6" gauge (1067 mm) tracks .
The trains were ordered during the electrification of the KCR British section, now known as MTR East Rail line, in 1978. Sets E1-E45 and E46-E61 were delivered to KCRC in 2 batches in 1982–1983, when electrification was first completed between Hung Hom and Sha Tin in May 1982, and then to Tai Po Market station, and finally to Lo Wu on 16 ...
[8] [9] The M-Stock trains (now CM-Stock trains) were the first batch of trains ordered by MTR. The first set, built in 1978, was tested on the test track of the Tyne and Wear Metro in England before being delivered to the Kowloon Bay Depot later that year, [ 10 ] with the other sets being delivered between 1979 and 1982.
Trainguard MT is a communication-based train control (CBTC) developed by Siemens Transportation Systems (ex Matra Transport international, and now integrated into Siemens Mobility) which allows fully automated circulation of rapid transit trains, and thanks to moving block system, less time between trains.
Kowloon is a station on the Tung Chung line and the Airport Express of Hong Kong's MTR.It is one of the two Airport Express stations providing in-town check-in services for passengers departing from Hong Kong International Airport and free shuttle bus services to most major hotels in the Tsim Sha Tsui and Yau Ma Tei areas.