Peak Tramways Company Limited

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The Peak Tram is owned and operated by the Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels group (HSH), the owner of Hong Kong's famous Peninsula Hotel along with many other properties. The line, along with HSH's Peak Tower leisure complex at the line's summit, is promoted using the brand The Peak.

Address : No. 1 Lugard Road, The Peak, Hong Kong
Tel no. : +852 28497654
Fax no. : +852 28496237
Email : info@thepeak.com.hk
Website : http:// www.thepeak.com.hk

Year of establishment : 1888

Year of last refurbishment : 2007

Nearest MTR Station :Central

How to get there : Take the MTR to Central and make your way to the J2 exit of the Central MTR station. Turn right, through Chater Garden, cross Queen's Road Central and make your way up Garden Road. You will pass the Bank of China Tower and Citibank Plaza on your left and St John's Cathedral on your right before arriving at the terminus, which is to your left.

Company Profile : The Peak Tram is one of the world's oldest and most famous funicular railways. Opened in May 1888, it has made daily journeys connecting Hong Kong's Central business district to The Peak ever since. The double reversible funicular railway, as it is technically known, rises from 28m to 396m above sea level along a 1.4 km track with a gradient of between 4 to 27 degrees. Among Hong Kong's most popular tourist attractions, it terminates at the new Peak Tower shopping and entertainment complex - and one of the world's greatest panoramic views – the Sky Terrace.

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• Period Attire
• Peak Tram Operator
• HK$0.3 Peak Tram Round Trip Ticket
  
• The Peak Tram (1959 -1989)
• The Peak Tram (1989)
• The Peak Tram 120th Anniversary
• Peak Tramways Company Limited
• Cityscape

The Peak Tram (1989)

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Peak Tram began service in its present form in 1989 following a HK$60-million overhaul to upgrade it to a microprocessor-controlled electric drive system. Governor Sir David Wilson officiated at the reopening on September 20, 1989.

• Length: 1364 metres
• Height: 368 metres
• Maximum Steepness: 48%
• Track Gradient: 4 ~ 27 degrees
• Cars: 2 2-car train sets
• Capacity: 120 passengers per train set
• Configuration: Single track with passing loop
• Journey time: 4.9 minutes
• Maximum speed: 6 metres per second
• Track gauge: 4'11.85" foot (1520 mm)
• Traction: Electricity
  

Related Photos:

• Period Attire
• Peak Tram Operator
• HK$0.3 Peak Tram Round Trip Ticket
  
• The Peak Tram (1959 -1989)
• The Peak Tram (1989)
• The Peak Tram 120th Anniversary
• Peak Tramways Company Limited
• Cityscape

The Peak Tram (1959 -1989)

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A 62-seat, lightweight all-metal tramcar was introduced in 1959. Its operate until 1989.

Related Photos:

• Period Attire
• Peak Tram Operator
• HK$0.3 Peak Tram Round Trip Ticket
  
• The Peak Tram (1959 -1989)
• The Peak Tram (1989)
• The Peak Tram 120th Anniversary
• Peak Tramways Company Limited
• Cityscape

The Peak Tram 120th Anniversary

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Hong Kong : 30 May - To mark Peak Tram 120th Birthday, The Peak Tramways Company, Limited charging only HK$0.3 for a round-trip on 30 May, 2008 - the same fare in 1888 .


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Thousands of visitors queuing outside the Garden Road Peak Tram Station in Central. Some of them have waiting up to 5 hours before get on the Peak Tram.


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Two models dressed in period attire will take passengers back to 1888.

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Related Photos:

• Period Attire
• Peak Tram Operator
• HK$0.3 Peak Tram Round Trip Ticket
  
• The Peak Tram (1959 -1989)
• The Peak Tram (1989)
• The Peak Tram 120th Anniversary
• Peak Tramways Company Limited
• Cityscape

Peak Tram Operator

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Hong Kong : 30 May - To mark Peak Tram 120th Birthday, The Peak Tramways Company, Limited charging only HK$0.3 for a round-trip n 30 May, 2008 - the same fare in 1888 . Thousands of visitors queuing outside the Garden Road Peak Tram Station in Central. Some of them have waiting up to 5 hours before get on the Peak Tram.

Related Photos:

• Period Attire
• Peak Tram Operator
• HK$0.3 Peak Tram Round Trip Ticket
  
• The Peak Tram (1959 -1989)
• The Peak Tram (1989)
• The Peak Tram 120th Anniversary
• Peak Tramways Company Limited
• Cityscape

HK$0.3 Peak Tram Round Trip Ticket

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Hong Kong : 30 May - To mark Peak Tram 120th Birthday, The Peak Tramways Company, Limited charging only HK$0.3 for a round-trip on 30 May, 2008 - the same fare in 1888 . Thousands of visitors queuing outside the Garden Road Peak Tram Station in Central. Some of them have waiting up to 5 hours before get on the Peak Tram.

Related Photos:

• Period Attire
• Peak Tram Operator
• HK$0.3 Peak Tram Round Trip Ticket
  
• The Peak Tram (1959 -1989)
• The Peak Tram (1989)
• The Peak Tram 120th Anniversary
• Peak Tramways Company Limited
• Cityscape

Period Attire

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Hong Kong : 30 May - To mark Peak Tram 120th Birthday, The Peak Tramways Company, Limited charging only HK$0.3 for a round-trip n 30 May, 2008 - the same fare in 1888 . Thousands of visitors queuing outside the Garden Road Peak Tram Station in Central. Some of them have waiting up to 5 hours before get on the Peak Tram.

Two models dressed in period attire will take passengers back to 1888.

Related Photos:

• Period Attire
• Peak Tram Operator
• HK$0.3 Peak Tram Round Trip Ticket
  
• The Peak Tram (1959 -1989)
• The Peak Tram (1989)
• The Peak Tram 120th Anniversary
• Peak Tramways Company Limited
• Cityscape