Passengers boarding a southbound diesel train, Lo Wu Railway Station, Kowloon-Canton Railway, Hong Kong, Lunar New Year 1981. The crowd have all just returned to Hong Kong from mainland China. Policemen on the platform are engaged in crowd management, due to high holiday-season numbers of passengers. This was before the KCR was electrified in the early 1980s.

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Size: 5098px × 3398px
Location: Lo Wu Railway Station, Hong Kong
Photo credit: © John Holmes / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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