Yes, there is free transport from Central to mid-hill on the HK island — the Central/Mid-levels escalators. It is 800-meter long and makes a 135-meter vertical climb/descent between Central (near the sea) to the Mid-Levels area, saving a lot of traffic along the narrow zigzag roads on the hill. The escalators go one-way uphill or downhill depending on the time of the day. See more photos on Wiki.
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This entry was posted by Lisi on Friday, May 26th, 2006, at 5:00 pm, and was filed in Central, Street scene.
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I think it’s cool how it’s side by side with the stairs. When it’s going uphill, can people still take the stairs to go up? nice shot by the way
May 26th, 2006, at 6:02 pm #Great shot, really captures the pace of life there.
May 26th, 2006, at 6:07 pm #santy asked the same question I was going to ask!
May 26th, 2006, at 6:30 pm #good idea, good way to save on car traffic…
May 26th, 2006, at 6:57 pm #nice impression of the scene.
May 26th, 2006, at 7:40 pm #This so cool, love to try it one day.What are the views like?
May 26th, 2006, at 8:19 pm #Great shot
May 26th, 2006, at 9:11 pm #thats very clever solution! a Good shot,too!
May 26th, 2006, at 10:04 pm #if i remember it well, some scenes in ‘Chungking Express’, a film of Wong-ka-wai, were shot in these escalators… Lisi ?
May 26th, 2006, at 11:46 pm #p:s don’t know why think of this film when seeing the picture ??!!
It’s a nice short cut, for sure.
May 27th, 2006, at 12:31 am #grat shot!!! It must be so cool to cross it like this!!
May 27th, 2006, at 2:14 am #I was there in April this year. I went there just to see this thing. And my questions was why they didn’t build one for coming back down.
May 27th, 2006, at 3:03 am #Nice shot. The like the subtle motion in this photo.
May 27th, 2006, at 2:03 pm #What a great idea. This photo really captures the ordinary people!
May 27th, 2006, at 2:35 pm #Santy and Chris — yes, of course, you can go either way on the stairs but frankly, I haven’t seen anybody using the stairs instead.
Mark — the view is typical of HK, you’ll see lots of concrete around you!
Michelle — same here…and it attracts a lot of Asian tourists because of that film.
Thanks for the footprints everyone!
May 27th, 2006, at 5:48 pm #it’s pretty cool on the escalator, cos you can see those second storey cafe or bookstore…
things that one can only find in hk..
May 29th, 2006, at 6:59 am #Great shot ! Two world seem to oppose. Framing is excellent.
June 7th, 2006, at 4:16 am #