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Hong Kong railway fans queue overnight to try new cross-harbour train

Avid train fans make a dash for the platform at Exhibition Centre station in Hong Kong. (South China Morning Post photo)

HONG KONG: Hong Kong railway fans on Sunday rushed to board the first train at dawn on a newly opened, cross-harbour section of the city's costliest MTR project, with the long-awaited launch coming off years of repeated delays and cost overruns.

Despite the light rain, hundreds of train enthusiasts had lined up overnight outside the entrance of Exhibition Centre station in north Wan Chai to be the first passengers on the stretch.

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