Hong Kong Railway Museum (By David)

This attraction locate at Tai Po Hui, you can go here by the MTR.

The old Tai Po Market Station opened at 1913 and closed at 1983 due to the electrification of railway services, after that, this station reconstructed to be the Hong Kong Railway Museum.

You don't need to pay for entry fee. Instead, you need to pay your energy to climb this staircase.

If you come here at Tuesdays and some particular public holidays, you will be disappointed......

The first diesel locomotive (No. 51) arrived in Hong Kong at 1955. He is 55 years old now~!!

His name is called "SIR ALEXANDER". This name was come from the Governor of Hong Kong.

Another shot of No. 51.

The whole view of old Tai Po Market Station.

The signpost.

The Booking Office, tickets were sold 20 minutes before the train departure time.

What a nice Chinese style building!!

Station Manager's office in old days...

Let's guess what are they~~ Any ideas???

This is the answer!!

If you want to know the facilities in the Booking Office and the duties of Station Manager, you can find your answer at here.

Logos of railway operators in Hong Kong...

Locomotives in the past...

You can see the old railway system map and the timetable in this room.

Notice Broad

Have you tried to walk on the track??

Let's go onto the engineering coach!

Go to the next compartment then...

The third-class compartment with wooden seats......

The appearance of the engineering coach as well as the third-class compartment... 

If you were a richman, you could travel on the first class.

It was quite comfortable when you sit on the leather seats.

This is the luggage compartment.

 

Here is the ordinary-class at 1974.

The steam locomotive

 This is......

Actually, I don't know what it is=.=

In the past, you were required to take about 1 hour from Kowloon to Shenzhen and there were included 7 stations.

The end of your museum trip, let's take the MTR back to your home.