[走行音 Motor Sound] Farewell trip of MLR train 東鐵中期翻新列車榮休之旅 + 紅磡進站及回廠 

Date: 6/5/2022 (Retirement of MLR trains)
Venue: Hung Hom Station Platform 1 (Arrival), Train Compartment No. 271 (Farewell Trip from Hung Hom to Sha Tin) and Fo Tan Station Platform 4 (Return to Depot)
Activity: Farewell of MLR trains (owned by KCRC and operated by MTRCL)
Traction: GTO Thyristor Phase Angle Control + GEC Traction Type G315
Description: Originally procured by KCRC from Metro Cammel England for the Electrified Kowloon-Canton Railway. They was put in service on 6/5/1982 running between Hung Hom and Sha Tin station. The Mid-life refurbishment project was carried out by GEC Alsthom between 1996 to 1999 to increase the train capacity.
Maximum speed =100 km/h @ Beacon Hill Tunnel, calculated from the passing time of Signal lights: Signal 1343 to 1314 = 62 km/h
Signal 1314 to 1347 = 68 km/h
Signal 1347 to 1318 = 81 km/h
Signal 1318 to 1351 = 88 km/h
Signal 1351 to 1322 = 93 km/h
Signal 1322 to 1355 = 97 km/h
Signal 1355 to 1326 = 100 km/h
Signal 1326 to 1433 = 89 km/h
(畢架山隧道內的車速以9支信號燈的通過時間計算出。)
Timelog:
Hung Hom Depart 13:08:00(Scheduled) / 13:09:23(Actual)
Mong Kok Arrival 13:13:04 (Scheduled) / 13:12:49 (Actual)
Kowloon Tong Arrival 13:16:19(Scheduled) / 13:16:03 (Actual)
Tai Wai Arrival 13:21:28 (Scheduled) / 13:21:24 (Actual)
Sha Tin Arrival 13:23:48 (Scheduled) / 13:24:34 (Actual)