阿尔斯通九铁东铁整修 1999 MLR Alstom KCR East Rail Refurbishment

UPDATE: Original just got public from being private: • Alstom KCR East Rail R...
Welcome! This rare 11-minute documentary was recorded, compiled and edited in 1999-2000, and covers the refurbishment of the Mid-Life Refurbishment trains that were retired in May 6th of 2022 of Hong Kong Kowloon-Canton Railway East Rail (KCR EAST RAIL) or Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway East Rail Line, and was made to teach and educate people about the MLR Trains, before retirement. What happens in there? Watch until the end to find out! End music removed due to copyright.

[@FlatEarthKiller]

3:26 is FIRST CLASS incase anyone is wondering

[@y.m.michaelfung5905]

I am glad that I been involved in this project. Lots of memory from the video

[@FlatEarthKiller]

Oh nice! So, which was the hardest and easiest to change during your times in refurbishing the train?

[@ken69gg]

1999 : The starter of MLR Now : 4 classes of MLR remaining…

[@FlatEarthKiller]

2000 is starter as the last Yellow Head finished refurbishment that year (exceptions are E44), full set E45 is scrapped

[@FlatEarthKiller]

And yes only 4 MLRs are left today, all MLRS will be fully scrapped by June or July at this rate, or as early as May

[@FlatEarthKiller]

Update: no mlrs exist

[@KCRC_YELLOW_HEAD]

@@FlatEarthKiller no there's only a few cars😢

[@FlatEarthKiller]

@@KCRC_YELLOW_HEADI mean on the East Rail Line tracks. It’s been the first time in 40 years that a train that wasn’t an MLR ran the East Rail Line.

[@stopfartingplease]

Sadly, the train retired on 6th May, 2022. I think MTR should buy stadler new commuter train which fit instead of rotem.

[@FlatEarthKiller]

3:06-3:10 This is 370. A train retired in February 2020 due to it getting vandalized at University Station. 591-291-691 and 454 have been repaired and then placed back into service. 454 was renumbered to 430, and 430 was renumbered to 432, while the original 432 was scrapped along with the derailed carriages of E81/E21, the train with 430. BTW, on the original and refurbished 3094 stock, K03/K05, or present Mid Life Refurbishment(MLR), this is the status of cars with numbers 1-6 Car 1#### is a SOUTHbound drive car. Car 2#### is a PANTOGRAPH car. Pantographs provide electricity for the train, its also the motor carriage Car 3### is a NORTHBOUND drive car. Car 4#### is FIRST CLASS. Car 5#### is INTERMEDIATE and motorless carriage. Car 6#### is INTERMEDIATE and motorless carriage. 3:17 370’s Yellow Head section is replaced with a new head that is more modern.

[@tszyamhong6027]

I know why 591/291/691 were placed back in service cuz ,after Mlr e81/e21 213/513/613 derailment and needed a new replacement so they use 3 cars from e92/e70

[@samgor6423]

MTR aren't cruel, it had to happen someday because they were nearing the end of their lifespan, like ive mentioned before. Not saying it was deserved, just saying, they reached the end of their lifespan, so it makes sense to scrap them as otherwise the trains will break down at some point beyond repair. This happened to E96/E77

[@FlatEarthKiller]

you copied some of my wording lol

[@FlatEarthKiller]

Update: MTR Donates Two Retired Mid-Life Refurbishment Train Cars to Provide A New Landmark for Leisure on Wan Chai Harbourfront these two carriages are 196-377.

[@rlvedhzl3743]

7:26 note empty MCB spaces for ATB1,2 and 3

[@user-wr9nj4kb5c]

Thank you and Goodbye MLR..

[@FlatEarthKiller]

100% but it’s old plus I want MTR to scrap E104/E78 cause it has strong motor 278 and 458 from 1984 Sheung shui crash :troll:

[@FlatEarthKiller]

@@TanVasinTrains its agingly old, also im still gonna want to scrap them

[@mauwahtsang349]

永遠懷念mlr

[@lb8540._.ayamebusproduction]

May i use this video to use as MLR Memorial Video ?

[@FlatEarthKiller]

Sure!

[@lb8540._.ayamebusproduction]

@@FlatEarthKiller thanks

[@ARTA8SIMS]

amazing stuff

[@bsau145a6]

Will they preserve any of them?

[@FlatEarthKiller]

E44, maybe, i do not know.

[@KannasLacvui_from_mentaiko]

Since the MLR was completely retired, the whole EAL is getting bored for Rail fans. But I wondering if I can help making subtitles for this video it might looks more better~

[@FlatEarthKiller]

Sure!

[@KannasLacvui_from_mentaiko]

Well I need is the Permission of editing subtitles, KZbin providing Subtitles editor space for everyone, just simply give me a Subtitles editor permission so I can add subtitles for this vid. Here is their official video about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5-ugItohcaEkLs

[@FlatEarthKiller]

@@KannasLacvui_from_mentaiko Well sadly, i couldnt, sooo idk. I will make a subtitled version soon, though!

[@seanchannel2117]

3:41 the new one and old one

[@mauwahtsang349]

當年黃頭無隔音裙版幾靚

[@吳好堤]

可惜最後一列中期翻新列車已經喺5月6日3點退役

[@FlatEarthKiller]

Well, they are aging british trains so, its necessary to scrap it.

[@mauwahtsang349]

純英文我地香港讀書應該聽得明，大陸人可能听不明白

[@mauwahtsang349]

@@FlatEarthKiller I understand you English something although my English is not very good

[@SCP-087-B-S2]

中期翻新列車往金鐘嗎？

[@FlatEarthKiller]

no, R train goes to admiralty. this is mlr, the train the r train had replaced.

[@a03165]

Tony Lee 李家潤博士應該係依家車務總監

[@mtrainlover6365]

2022年5月6號佢都有出現榮休之旅

[@ckl0412]

goodbye MLR from 2022/5/6

[@FlatEarthKiller]

The last time i saw them was today at Lo Wu marshalling yard, an MLR car was split in half

[@FlatEarthKiller]

458 likes. Rip Ex-445.

[@chingpongchan5976]

mlr, thx my best train!see you

[@aviationchannel6204]

MTR has now almost killed all of these wonderful trains.

[@FlatEarthKiller]

They do that because they have nothing to do, however KCRC proposed changing its motors to extend its lifespan till 2035 which was dropped cause of Sha tin to central link

[@aviationchannel6204]

@@FlatEarthKiller I think they dropped the further reefurbishment program because there wasn't much life left in the trains. Still, I really enjoyed riding on them.

[@FlatEarthKiller]

@@aviationchannel6204 the interior did look older than exterior

[@AAA839]

@@FlatEarthKiller it just one research study.never made it in future consideration phase

[@ckl0412]

MLR is retired today

[@Chung94]

2:38 李家潤

[@mauwahtsang349]

Mlr退役在沙田站唱生日歌的那個人

[@FlatEarthKiller]

@@mauwahtsang349 Yep, Tony Lee. He sang the Birthday Song for MLR’s 40th birthday.

[@mauwahtsang349]

@@FlatEarthKiller 李家潤那時很年輕，現在頭髮白了老了一點

[@FlatEarthKiller]

@@mauwahtsang349 Thats correct.

[@ulysseslee9541]

like happened yesterday

[@FlatEarthKiller]

lol

[@mtrA125A142]

MLR is being replaced by R-Train

[@FlatEarthKiller]

Yes, this is a 1999 documentary produced by KCRC or GEC Alsthom.

[@mauwahtsang349]

@@FlatEarthKilleralstom is Metro-Cammell?

[@FlatEarthKiller]

@@mauwahtsang349 No. metropolitan cammell was an independent company but after losing the singapore metro contract they lost a lot of money and offset half of their workers, eventually metropolitan cammell merged with GEC Alsthom (now Alstom, GEC is in disfunction) Metropolitan Cammell and Metro Cammell are the same, just interchangeable names

[@mauwahtsang349]

@@FlatEarthKiller Metro-Cammell 應該被alstom收購咗

[@FlatEarthKiller]

@@mauwahtsang349already acquired by alstom

[@almostdied3200]

因為

[@mauwahtsang349]

永久保留六卡mlr,hongkong mtr will keep 6 car mlr train forever

[@BernardSo801]

My brain:Just shorten the MLR to 9 Cars

[@FlatEarthKiller]

Exactly what i thought in 2021

[@BernardSo801]

@@FlatEarthKillernot gonna lie in 2014 there was a video on how exhibition station would be built and they showed MLR Trains on the route,so I thought they would just shorten the MLRs to 9 cars.Sadly this isn’t the case

[@FlatEarthKiller]

@@BernardSo801 I think they did that because there wasn’t any footage of running R-Train. But yeah, i saw the same video. Also, 377-196 has been sent away to Wan Chai Promenade so now East Rail only has 8 MLR carriage

[@mikeyuen270470]

Wat the real channel

[@FlatEarthKiller]

DF110018

[@ungrh8000]

九广铁路

[@twpcentre]

3:19 E70於2019-11-13在大學站被示威者縱火焚毀而退役。

[@FlatEarthKiller]

1 number up is 371, the final on the line

[@almostdied3200]

如果

[@mauwahtsang349]

Yellow head and fly head good train