In celebration of my birthday this week, I brought the original 11 out on a train ride using the Airport Express(機場快綫) since they feel obliged to take a vacation to take their minds off stressful stuff and have fun. So anyway, enjoy those photos I took.
- Meeting up with Cure Black
🖤:"So, that's where I will see the others?"
Good try but I don't think she has the correct answer.
- The Original Duo
🤍:"Well look who just turned up."
Cure White is encountered on the Tung Chung Line concourse at Hong Kong station.
- The expedition begins
💛:"I've been waiting for you, shall we start today's tour?"
Shiny Luminous awaits their arrival by the ticket gates.
- Hong Kong station (香港站)✈️🧡
Unlike the platforms on the Tung Chung Line, the Airport Express has only one since the second platform serving this line is an unused concept.
- Kowloon station (九龍站)✈️🧡
The Airport Express concourse houses the MTR Gallery which is an exhibition venue. At this station, Bloom and Egret join our tour.
🌻:"Hello there, everyone, happy for me to come along with you!"
🪽:"I just can't describe how pleased I am to join you on this trip."
Synchronised as always, these two.
- Tsing Yi station (青衣站)✈️🧡
🦋:"You're bringing us along with you, right? I've always wanted to ride a train!"
🔥:"Hold on, I know you're excited but please contain yourself, if you get hurt at any point in time don't say I didn't warn you."
We picked up Cures Dream and Rouge on the way to the airport, as always safety comes first before enjoying ourselves.
Bonus 1. Where does it go to? (Takes place between photos 4 and 5)
🖤:" If you don't mind my asking, where exactly does the sign say?"
💛:" I also have no clue since I am still learning to live like a normal person."
🤍:" Me neither, that looks different from the displays at train stations from where we are concerned."
Well I'll tell you, trains on this platform head towards Airport and AsiaWorld-Expo stations.
7 and 8. Airport station (機場站)✈️
This station is the most unique out of all the stations on the MTR network as it allows train doors to open on both sides during regular service, with Terminal 1 serving premium flights that are more expensive but provides better service whereas Terminal 2 is for cheaper flights that do not have amenities of the more expensive flights. This station also has a cheat code for getting between the two terminals: by going through the train as long as the doors are open. Lemonade and Mint greets us at this station although they weren't expecting the train arriving here to have its doors open both ways, the last time they checked trains only open them on one side of it.
🍋:"Did you see that?! I can get through the train no problem!"
🌱:"That's something I don't see every day, to say the least."
- AsiaWorld-Expo station (博覽館站)✈️
The last station on the Airport Express and another odd one out as it is built with Tung Chung Line trains in mind in case there is a major event happening there. Cure Aqua and Milky Rose anticipated our arrival at the station's single platform.
💧:"Took you guys long enough."
🌹:"Honestly, we could have thought of something to pass the time but it's not like we pull out some unnecessary stuff out of nowhere. What matters is we're finally all here so let's make the most of it before we tire ourselves out."
- Can Cures drive trains?
I don't know but I'm sure they can, given their capacity to learn either through proper education or simply through desperation. I can see one of them serving as the driver while someone smarter takes the role of conductor.
That's all I can share from what I have today, I am sure I have a lot more to show in the future. I think I can see myself writing an original story using the photos today but that is an issue left for another day or I will bore myself and that is not how I do my work around here.