MTR MTR The "Art in MTR" initiative has been a success since its reception in 1998, with the objective "not only bring MTR passenfers more time for life, but also more time for art". The Airport Express Artwork Programme was the pioneer project. Thereafter, live performances, art exhibitions, display of artwork by established and emerging artists, students and young children have been brought into the MTR stations. The MTRC have even made art part of the station architecture when building new stations or renovating existing ones. ...more on Wikipedia about "Art in MTR"
Common Stored Value Tickets is a system of plastic magnetically sensitive cards used to pay for fares on the MTR and KCR railway systems in Hong Kong, and was briefly used on Citybus and KMB for MTR and KCR feeder bus services. The system was replaced by the Octopus card system in 1997, and phased out several months later. The MTR and KCR has continued to issue the magnetic cards for single-journey and souvenir tickets. ...more on Wikipedia about "Common Stored Value Tickets"
MTR or Mass Transit Railway (地鐵, literally Ground Iron, the latter of which being an abbreviation of 鐵路, Iron-road, i.e. railway; originally, 地下鐵路 or 地下鐵) is the main rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. Since the MTR service first opened in 1979, the network has expanded to encompass seven lines and 53 stations in 91.0 km. Run by MTR Corporation Limited, the MTR system is a very popular mode of public transport in Hong Kong, with an average of 3 million journeys recorded each day. ...more on Wikipedia about "MTR"
Telford Garden (德福花園) is a private housing estate beside Kowloon Bay Station of MTR, Ngau Tau Kok, Hong Kong. It was the first property developed by MTR. The whole estate is above MTR Kowloon Bay Depot. Telford Plaza (德福廣場) is the largest shopping mall in Ngau Tau Kok area. ...more on Wikipedia about "Telford Garden"
Four variations of the MTR rolling stock operate on the MTR Network of Hong Kong. All trains are electric multiple units (EMUs), equipped with ATC and ATP, operating on 1432 mm rail gauge and are powered by 1500 V DC through overhead electrification. Except the rolling stock of the Airport Express, all other trains are designed with features to cope with high density passenger traffic on stopping services. Examples are the latitudinal seating arrangement, additional ventilation fans and 5 doors on each side per car. MTR is the metro system in the world using the longest (~23 m), widest and highest capacity rolling stocks (~350 passengers/car), with the most number of cars making up a train (8 cars constitute 1 MTR EMU). ...more on Wikipedia about "Trains on the MTR"
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