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2 unusual facts about East Rail Line


Automatic Warning System

Hong Kong, MTR East Rail Line (only used by intercity through trains; local trains use TBL as of 2012, enhanced with ATP)

Transmission balise-locomotive

Transmission balise-locomotive (Dutch: Transmissie Baken Locomotief) (TBL) (English "Transmission Beacon Locomotive") is a train protection system used in Belgium and on Hong Kong's East Rail Line.


Beijing-Kowloon Through Train

Services use the East Rail Line in Hong Kong, cross the boundary between Hong Kong and mainland China at Lo Wu and then continue along China's railway network via the Guangshen railway and the Jingguang railway to Beijing.

Fare avoidance

In the MTR system of Hong Kong, Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau Station of East Rail Line serve as checkpoints for rail passengers between Hong Kong and mainland China and vice-versa.

History of transport in Hong Kong

The Kowloon Canton Railway (now the East Rail Line on the MTR system) was built from the southern tip of Kowloon to Canton (now Guangzhou) in the Kwangtung Province (now Guangdong Province) in the 1900s.


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