A handful of transport variations from China and Hong Kong. Activity related to this travel has rather restricted my recent time for '47Soton', and trainspotting was not really on my agenda while there.
A Class SS8 electric locomotive, built 1994 - 2001, believed to be SS8 0163, is arriving at Shenzhen from the north,15th April. This train may be proceeding to Hong Kong, the locomotive class is the only China Railways Class permitted to run on to the East Line there (Kowloon Canton Railway). These locomotives run on 25kV 50Hz electricity supply and are rated at 3600 kW (4830 hp).
For reference, a China Railways map. The picture was taken from the Di Wang Tower.
A MTR SP1900 emu, constructed by Kinki Sharyo, rolls into the terminus of the East Rail Line at Lok Ma Chau in the Frontier Closed Area (linked by footbridge to the Futian Control Point), 20th April. I travelled in car M225.
MTR Corporation are part of the recently announced winning bid for the South West Trains franchise.
Alexander Dennis Enviro 500 MMCs of Long Win Bus, and an older ALX500 of Kowloon Motor Bus at Sheng Shui station, while making a transfer from the MTR to a bus to the airport.
UM4055 1542 12.8m new 13Dec16
UL8336 5534 12m new 01Dec16
KMB and LWB are in a common ownership.
