The MTR is 35 years old this year and is often hailed as one of the world’s best mass transportation systems. American photographer Leroy W. Demery Jr took photos of the MTR and KCR system in 1980 – a year after it opened. Leroy used a Canon TX SLR camera with Kodachrome colour slide film – he bought it in 1976 and still uses it today.
The opening day was October 1st, 1979…
The Island line opened in 1985 and the eastern harbour MTR tunnel was opened by Prince Charles in 1989…
Tickets from the 1990s…
A video from 1993…
The original MTR map…
Argyle is now Mong Kok, Waterloo is Yau Ma Tei and Chater is now Central. Prince Edward station opened with the Tsuen Wan Line in 1982. An public information video (in Chinese) from 1979 was produced to show people how to use the new system…
The MTR today is undergoing a major expansion – click here for construction photos from Time Out…
New stations will include Ocean Park MTR…
Click here to see in full how the MTR may look in 2020. Click here for more.
Admiralty Station is currently being deepened to accommodate the new lines…
The SCMP revealed that, in the future, Wan Chai may become home to 3 MTR stations…
Until March 7th, visitors to Central Station can view a replica of a 1979 train carriage.
See also:
Blog posts celebrating and critiquing development in the City of Lights…
- 3 Future Maps of the MTR.
- A Luxury Treehouse for Hong Kong.
- A Peek Inside the New LEGCO Building.
- Awesome 3D Maps of the Hong Kong Overground.
- Construct Your Own Paper ‘Pop-Up’ Hong Kong.
- Cool (and accurate!) 3D ‘Sim-City’-Style Map of Hong Kong.
- Cool Photos of Hong Kong in Miniature.
- Diagrams of Hong Kong’s Skyscrapers in Height Order.
- Edwin Lee’s Hong Kong Timelapse.
- Evolution of the Hong Kong Skyline – a Visual History.
- Hong Kong 2013 vs. Fritz Lang’s 1927 Masterpiece ‘Metropolis’.
- How Hong Kong Was Made: Iconic Buildings Under Construction.
- How to Tell the Time from the HK Skyline.
- If Everyone Lived at the Same Density as Hong Kongers.
- Kowloon Walled City Recreated in Japan: Pictures.
- Michael Wolf’s ‘Architecture of Density’.
- Michael Wolf’s Hong Kong Cornerhouses.
- Preview of HK Kowloon XRL Station.
- Six Spectacular Hong Kong Time Lapse Videos.
- The Birth of the MTR (Documentary).
- The Tiny HK Apartment With 24 Rooms in 1.
- When the MTR Was New.
wowww…look at the subway back when it was all new and clean … now the platforms are covered with chewing gum residue and rubbish … wait wrong city …
wowww…look at the subway back when it was all new and clean … now the platforms are covered with chewing gum residue and rubbish … wait wrong city …
Pics 5 and 6 are not the MTR, they’re the old KCR before it was electrified.
Pics 5 and 6 are not the MTR, they’re the old KCR before it was electrified.
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Also interesting is this:
http://mtr.hk365day.com/Railway/Special/track/MTR_track_diagram_full.png
Ever wondered why Choi Hung has a third track between the two active platforms? Now you know — from the map above, it will take you to the depot at Kowloon Bay. And I’m sure a million other interesting things could be gleaned from it, too.
Also interesting is this:
http://mtr.hk365day.com/Railway/Special/track/MTR_track_diagram_full.png
Ever wondered why Choi Hung has a third track between the two active platforms? Now you know — from the map above, it will take you to the depot at Kowloon Bay. And I’m sure a million other interesting things could be gleaned from it, too.
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