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Contents 1 Route Table of Light Rail 2 Criticism of MTR 3 MTR-KCR merge 4 Safety on The MTR 5 BVE Trainsim 6 Standard gauge or narrow gauge?

[edit] Route Table of Light Rail

Should we make a table JUST for Light Rail? It doesn't quite seem to fit in the current "MTR Line" one. But it's going to need a lot of effort.

Toyotaboy95-Specialist in Wikipedia (talk) 11:23, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

My opinion is that both Airport Express and Light Rail should be separated from the network table, as they have different fare system and network system from the 9 lines. – PeterCX&Talk 14:39, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Criticism of MTR

Read this http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=12&art_id=61468&sid=17571556&con_type=1 (THE STANDARD)--should we add it????

Toyotaboy95-Specialist in Wikipedia (talk) 01:15, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

The so-called "early retirement package" is quite common among Hong Kong enterprises and government departments, so I doubt the need of such information. But I am not against it and I think if someone is gonna include this cite, it worth to open a new section about MTR staff to include their uniform style as well in order to stuff the new section. -- Sameboat - 同舟 (talk) 02:25, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] MTR-KCR merge

I've started a discussion on the MTR-KCR merge at WPHK (so we can have one consolidated discussion about it instead of having the same discussion across the few relevant articles). [1]. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 16:17, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

After the merger on 2 Dec, should we merge KCR with MTR?, but, if we do, it's a loss of history. Another important topic is to improve Lok Ma Chau (KCR) since it is important and should attract more attention. Toyotaboy95-Specialist in Wikipedia (talk) 05:37, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Do you mind bringing this up at the WPHK talk page so we have a consolidated discussion? Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 07:55, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Safety on The MTR

do you think MTR deserves an article on safety (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_on_the_Mass_Rapid_Transit) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Toyotaboy95 (talk • contribs) 05:06, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] BVE Trainsim

It looks like this isn't actually initiated by MTR itself, and was just created by some train enthusiasts. I propose we remove it. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 05:30, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Surely. -- Sameboat - 同舟 (talk) 06:01, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

• Removed. - Mailer Diablo (talk) 08:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Standard gauge or narrow gauge?

There's an anon insist "correcting" the MTR gauge width standard in ZH version. After 3RR with the resultant full-protection, he finally gives his word in the talk page. Unsurprizingly, no response. As I've witnessed several times the editwar happens again after protected article unprotected. We need some expert to do the judge and prove whether it is standard gauge or narrow gauge. -- Sameboat - 同舟 (talk) 09:06, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

According to the UrbanRail.Net article on Hong Kong railways, the MTR runs on 1432 mm

(≈ 4'8³/₈") gauge, which is 3 mm (≈ ¹/₈") narrower than standard gauge. I'd call it standard gauge, since I think a few mm of leeway is built into any definition (e.g., a 995 mm railway would probably still be considered meter-gauge). If you want, I suppose you could call it a medium gauge. 66.234.222.96 (talk) 06:11, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Is there a reference for why they picked near standard gauge - to make sure main line trains never can use it? I believe the TTC in Canada did this on some of their tram / trolley lines. Wongm (talk) 06:22, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

I tend to think it's because of the rolling stock requirement. Hong Kong Tramways uses narrow gauge, but of course it is a much older railway. --Kvasir (talk) 06:36, 31 March 2008 (UTC)