Sha Tau Kok Railway (沙頭角鐵路) was a narrow gauge railway running from Fanling to Sha Tau Kok in the northern New Territories area of Hong Kong. It was built with the narrow gauge tracks of the Kowloon-Canton Railway (now the KCR East Rail), when the latter was converted into standard gauge. It was no longer run on April 1, 1928 when the Sha Tau Kok Road, a highway parallel to the tracks, was in service. Narrow-gauge railways are railroads (railways) with track spaced at less than the standard gauge of 4 ft 8 in (1. ... Fanling is an area of Hong Kong. ... Sha Tau Kok (traditional Chinese: 沙頭角) is a town in the northeastern corner of Hong Kong. ... The New Territories (Chinese: æ–°ç•Œ, Pinyin: XÄ«njiè) is the area of land in Hong Kong, north of the Kowloon peninsula, south of Shenzhen He / Shum Chun River (深圳河) and Hong Kongs outlying islands (including Lantau Island, Lamma Island, Cheung Chau, and Peng Chau), leased from Qing China to Britain in... Narrow-gauge railways are railroads (railways) with track spaced at less than the standard gauge of 4 ft 8 in (1. ... Railroad or railway tracks are used on railways, which, together with railroad switches (points), guide trains without the need for steering. ... The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (九廣鐵路公司), frequently abbreviated to KCRC or just KCR, is wholly owned by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government and based in Hong Kong. ... 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. ... 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. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The engine used in the rail was once sold to the Philippines in early years and was bought back to Hong Kong for display in Hong Kong Railway Museum. Some of the old rails can still be traced through the dense foilage of the countryside today. An engine is something that produces some effect from a given input. ... Hong Kong Railway Museum (香港鐵路博物館) is a railway museum in Hong Kong. ...

See also

• KCR
• KCR East Rail
• Sha Tau Kok