Rail gauges and power supply of Hong Kong rails. Rail gauge is the distance between two rails of a railroad. ...

Rail gauge is the distance between two rails of a railroad. ... Logo of the MTR corporation Causeway Bay station on the Island Line. ... A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. ... The volt (symbol: V) is the SI derived unit of electric potential difference. ... Direct current (DC or continuous current) is the continuous flow of electricity through a conductor such as a wire from high to low potential. ... Opening Date 10 October 1911 Stations 14 Number of trains 37 Service Area North, Tai Po, Sha Tin, Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon City The East Rail (東鐵) is one of the three lines of the KCR network in Hong Kong. ... Opening Date 20 December 2003 Stations 9 Number of trains 23 Service Area Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Tsuen Wan, Sham Shui Po The West Rail is one of the three lines of the KCRC network in Hong Kong. ... Opening Date 21 December 2004 Stations 9 Number of trains 20 Service Area Sha Tin The Ma On Shan Rail (Chinese: 馬鞍山鐵路, abbreviated as 馬鐵) is an extension of the KCRC East Rail network in Hong Kong. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with AC power. ... The rail transport in mainland China is one of the largest in the world. ... Opening Date 25 September 1988 Routes 9 Number of trains 1191 Service Area Tuen Mun, Yuen Long 1 There was previously 120 trains, but a trained numbered 1013 was crashed in 1994. ... The Peak Tram The Peak Tramway is a funicular railway in Hong Kong. ... Angels Flight, Los Angeles, California with gantlet track configuration A funicular, also called funicular railway or inclined railway, inclined plane, or in the United Kingdom a cliff railway, consists of a system of transport in which cables attach to a tram-like vehicle on rails to move it up and... Hong Kong Double Decker Tram (#120) A broken-down tram may result in a serious traffic congestion Hong Kong Tramways (香港電車 Cantonese IPA: ; Mandarin Pinyin: xiang1gang3 dian4che1) is one of the two tramways in the world which provide regular operation of double-decker trams (the other being Blackpool, England), and...

See also

• KCR
• Trains on the MTR
• Transport in Hong Kong
• Standard gauge
• Narrow gauge

The KCR logo The Kowloon-Canton Railway, frequently abbreviated as the KCR, is the railway network providing intercity, suburban rapid transit and light rail passenger services in Hong Kong. ... A little girl holding a pole in guidance of her mother on a train Four variations of the MTR rolling stock operate on the MTR Network of Hong Kong. ... Central-Mid-Levels escalator. ... As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. ... Narrow-gauge railways are railroads (railways) with track spaced at less than the standard gauge of 4 ft 8 in (1. ...

References

• ^  MTR Corpororation (2003) Railway Details. Retrieved October 3, 2005.