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Fei Express into Kowloon from Canton - New Territories in background

Fei Express into Kowloon from Canton - New Territories in background
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Chatham Road
Railway

Looking north-east from Signal Hill, across Chatham Road.

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Friday, January 1, 1937
Gallery: 
1935-7 James McAndrew's photos
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Submitted by moddsey on Wed, 2016-01-20 22:10.

The express train service between Kowloon and Canton comprised four daily trains and were given the following names:

a) 'Fei Chin' - Flying Arrow,

b) 'Fei Ying' - Flying Eagle,

c) 'Fei Lung' - Flying Dragon and

d) 'Fei Sing' - Flying Star

The express train service was halted in 1938 due to Sino-Japanese hostilities.

1935 KCR TST Train Station

1930s TST KCR Train Station (Fei Express)

 

 

 

Interesting to see the development of the open areas adjoining Chatham Road and the KCR storage yard. I am not sure of the tented areas as yet - military or otherwise. The open and vacant grounds in between were called the Kowloon Football Grounds which I think the Kowloon Football Club did use.

More photos of the development of east Tsim Sha Tsui from the 1930s:

http://gwulo.com/node/6649

http://gwulo.com/node/7092

http://gwulo.com/node/4026