“請小心月台空隙 Please mind the gap” / 人流 Human Logistics / SML.20130211.7D.22291.P1

“Mind the gap” is the universal messaging on metros around the world. The 大學(東鐵)火車站 University MTR station’s platform gap is especially wide because the station was built before the modern trains were built.

 

Originally known as the Kowloon–Canton Railway (KCR; Traditional Chinese: 九廣鐵路) before merging with the MTR Corporation in 2007, the 東鐵 East Rail was part of a major railway network in Hong Kong since the 1910. In the old days there were no station platform—you get on the train from the ground level—so the gap was not really an issue.

 

Some gaps along the East Rail are so severe that special “extenders” were built which moves towards the train when the train stops. I will try to find one to show you what I mean the next time I go.

 

The University MTR station is the railway station for 香港中文大學 The Chinese University of Hong Kong. I know this station well because I spent my first 18 years in Hong Kong living on campus (my dad is a professor at CUHK) before I moved to the US for college.

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-02-11 11:47:05 GMT+0800

+ Dimensions: 5053 x 3369

+ Exposure: 1/125 sec at f/7.1

+ Focal Length: 98 mm

+ ISO: 125

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D

+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + EF 1.4x Extender III

+ GPS: 22°24'48" N 114°12'36" E

+ Location: 中國香港新界沙田區大學地鐵站月台 中国香港新界沙田区大学地铁站月台 University MTR Station Platform, Shatin District, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China

+ Serial: SML.20130211.7D.22291.P1

+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics

 

“請小心月台空隙 Please mind the gap” / 人流 Human Logistics / SML.20130211.7D.22291.P1

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