Bio:Railway abandonment in Hong Kong
Posted on April 14, 2011 by Marcus
Despite the small number of railways located in Hong Kong, with the majority less than 40 years old, there are still a decent collection of abandoned lines, stations and tunnels. Lets start with the oldest…
Sha Tau Kok Railway
The Sha Tau Kok Railway was a 2 ft (610 mm) gauge narrow gauge line in the northern New Territories, running north from the main Kowloon Canton Railway at Fanling station, to Sha Tau Kok on the border with China. Opened in 1912, the line closed 1928 when a parallel road was opened. Today one of the steam locomotives is preserved in the Hong Kong Railway Museum, and on the ground some of the line can still be traced, with one of the stations still existing (photo via Wikipedia). You can read a bit more about the line in this PDF from the Hong Kong Railway Museum.
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