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  Quarry Bay, Hong Kong - 12hk.com
Located toward the eastern end of the Hong Kong MTR line just past North Point, Quarry Bay is just 15 minutes from Central.
The nearby Taikoo Shing is one of the key housing estates on Hong Kong Island, and a favorite for expatriates from Japan.
Facilities and spots of interest in the area include the Quarry Bay Public Library, the Quarry Bay Park, the Mount Parker Trail (which can lead you all the way to Tai Tam Reservoir on the south side of Hong Kong Island and even to Stanley), and the Hong Kong Aquarium Plaza.
www.12hk.com /area/QuarryBay/QuarryBay.html   (171 words)

  
  MTR - Hong Kong Travel - Travel to China
Construction of the MTR was prompted by a government-commissioned study released in 1967.
MTR Corporation has always been reliant on developing properties next to railway stations for its profits (although the rail lines are profitable themselves); many recently built stations are incorporated into large housing estates or shopping complexes.
The MTR system in general is Easy Accessdisabled-friendly andmdash; the trains have dedicated wheelchair space, the stations have special floor tiles to guide the blind safely on the platforms, and there are extra wide entry/exit gates for wheelchairs to pass through.
www.famouschinese.com /virtual/MTR   (3722 words)

  
 Quarry Bay (MTR) at AllExperts
The station is noted for having the deepest platforms on the MTR network, with deepest depth of 37m from the ground, to allow the tunnel to dive across the Victoria Harbour.
As a result, four sets of escalators and many long passageways are necessary to connect the concourses to the deepest platforms.platforms=Platforms 1 and 2, and Platforms 3 and 4 are both island platforms.
Since platforms 3 and 4 were built some time after platforms 1 and 2, no platform interchanges are available in Quarry Bay station.
en.allexperts.com /e/q/qu/quarry_bay_(mtr).htm   (398 words)

  
 Hong Kong MTR - Mass Transit Railway | Hong Kong Travel Guide
The Mass Transit Railway or MTR (dei tit in cantonese which means "underground railway) is the primary mode of mass public transportation in Hong Kong.
Bylaws have been recently introduced to deter potentially dangerous actions on the MTR, such as the ban of flammable goods on the MTR and rushing into trains when the doors are closing.
It was only in June 2000 when the Hong Kong MTR Corporation begun to retrofit 2,960 pairs of platform screen doors at all 30 underground stations on the Kwun Tong Line, Tsuen Wan Line, and Island Line in a six year program.
www.china-hongkong-travelguide.com /hong-kong-mtr.html   (0 words)

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