Visit to the Airport Railway was being under construstion - 9th Sept, 1997

In June & September of 1997, the former p/way enginner Mr. Mike Baxter of MTRC arranged two visits of Airport Railway for us when the airport railway was still under construction. We visited the main depot in Siu Ho Wan and temporary depot in Mei Foo. In between the two locations, we had walked alone the tracks in Tsing Ma Bridge for around two and half hours. The 2nd visit report is being as below.

In 9th September of 1997, we had a group of 18 members visit to Mei Foo temporary depot in the early of morning. Mr. Mike Baxter had presented the layout of tracks first. We had visited all facilities after his presentation.

When we left Mei Foo depot, we took a minibus of MTRC to the entrance of tracks at Tsing Yi. We started to walk alone the tracks in Tsing Ma Bridge.

When we arrived at Lantau Island by walking, we took the minibus again to Siu Ho Wan depot. Mr. Mike Baxter had led us to visit so many facilities in depot. Meantime, we had chanced to saw the new EMUs unloading and test running.

We greatly appreciate the arrangement by Mr. Mike Baxter for both visits as well as our chairman Mr. CK Poon and all committee members.

 

Inside the Temporary Depot in Mei Foo

	Mr. Mike Baxter had presented the design and layout of new rails		Our members listen and wrote some notes
	The parts of roadbed		Parts of roadbeds storage area
	Measurment of rails assemble on roadbed		Parts of switches storage area
	Small running shed		Small diesel loco parking outside of running shed
	The work train parking inside running shed		Loading guage limit
	Small loading/unloading yard		We were walking to yard
	Some work trains parking in the yard		We visit some facilities inside the yard

 

 

Walked alone on track in Tsing Ma Bridge

	We went inside the track from Tsing Yi site		We walk alone the track to Tsing Ma Bridge
	At starting point of Tsing Ma Bridge, we found an extendable track		An overhead wires was still under laying
	The bottom of bridge could be seeing through from the net		The track had laid on bottom of bridge
	At top centre, the sunlight can come inside the bridge		This darker area is the bridge tower
	We walk alone on emergency path beside the track		Some different when we bypassed Ma Wan Island section
	We also walk alone on emergency path beside the track in Ma Wan section		Tracks and roadbeds laid on blocks in Ma Wan section
	Then, we bypasseded Kap Shui Mun Bridge		We arrived the Lantau Island
	We took group photos at the end of Kap Shui Mun Bridge		We walk alone on track in Lantau Island section
	Inside the single track tunnel		This is connecting point between tunnel and normal track
	Entrance of tunnels in Yam O, Lantau Island		We walk alone on track also.
	We waited for minibus at the curve and looking for any train test running

 

The main depot in Siu Ho Wan, Lantau Island.

	The cleaning machine outside the new depot		Control room of cleaning machines and other offices
	Track maintance car		Inside the new depot
	Work train parking outside of new depot		We walk to peir at another corner of depot area
	New TCL train waited to push back to depot		New coach landing at pier
	New TCL coach		Train push to depot
	New trains parking area		New AEL train
	New train test running		Total 7 coaches

 

Nearby Tsing Yi Station and Rambler Channel Bridge

	The Rambler Channel Bridge with four tracks		The bridge connected to Tsing Yi Station
	Working vehicle on the bridge		We found 3 tunnels at Tsing Yi Island. The lower tunnel is only for emergency parking
	The connection point between the bridge and Lai King viaduct track

Nearby Lai King Station and Olympic Station

	Work vehicle on viaduct track at Lai King		One work train bypassed Lai King Station
	The track laid on the ground near Olympic Station		We found the highspeed switch near Olympic Station also
	Olympic Station		At Olympic Station, we saw the tunnel which go to Kowloon Station

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Reported by Tony Lou
Committee of Hong Kong Railway Society