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Road Test: Hong Kong Railway Museum

  • 發佈時間:2014-02-18

  • 瀏覽次數:3251

  • The prospect of getting up close and personal with old trains enthused my husband enough to suggest traipsing across town in inclement weather, two toddlers in tow, to the Hong Kong Railway Museum in Tai Po Market.

    It is an open-air museum featuring a distinctive station building, a narrow-gauge steam locomotive, a diesel electric engine, six historical coaches and a red-brick office building.
    The first thing you encounter on entering the museum premises is the old station building, erected in 1913. It is unusual for being constructed in a traditional Chinese style, its gables are adorned with auspicious Chinese motifs.

    Inside the building is a room chronicling some moments in railway history through old photographs.

    This would not interest toddlers, but I was happy to learn how the arrival of the train facilitated local development. Still, children would probably find the models fascinating. The highlights were the old ticketing office and signalling room.

    Old engines and coaches are the main attractions. Train buffs will be interested to know that there are two engines on display: an English-made 0-4-4T steam engine and an Australian-made diesel engine, one of the first two diesel engines ever to run on Hong Kong's rails.

    Introduced to Hong Kong in 1955, locomotive 51 pulled passenger trains for 28 years and when the KCR switched to electric engines, it hauled freight trains between Hong Kong and China until 1997.
    Although you can't climb into the engine cabins, you can walk along the platform, and board a coach just as people did decades ago. The reversible seat partitions of the third-class and ordinary-class compartments provided some amusement, and kids enjoyed sitting in the first-class compartment seats.

    Adults, meanwhile, will be interested in perusing the old notices on the walls. It's all a big contrast to the MTR trains whizzing by on the East Rail line next door. Unless you or your kids are railway buffs, the whole visit will probably take about 30 minutes.

    Verdict: in cool weather, this can make a good half-day trip, especially since the outdoor arrangement means the children can stretch their legs.  cn domain hk domain  pw domain

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