趁「一切美麗舊年華」被同步拆下之前，再沿著鐵路「慢」遊這一世紀…

時代巨輪無聲無息地轉動前進，本土文化、歷史軌跡很輕易地被城市發展的急流所淹沒，猶幸仍有舊照記錄一切，記載回憶。在新舊照片對比下，有沒有勾起你搭電車的回憶呢？那些年一起搭「叮叮」的回憶使人回味，現在正舉辦的電車展覽能讓你重溫「叮叮」舊夢。香港今旅酒店榮幸地邀請了香港電車專家及著名收藏家張順光先生合作舉辦「城西 ‘叮叮’ 電車回顧展」，乘上電車時光機穿越過去，追溯一百多年來西區的電車發展，尋覓屬於香港人的集體回憶。

「城西 ‘叮叮’ 電車回顧展」展出由張順光先生借出的19幅珍貴電車及西區歷史舊照，橫跨五代電車歷史，見證電車如何伴隨港人成長，照片亦記錄了西區堅尼地城、西營盤至上環的歷史變遷。由靠山傍海的小平房、異國風情的殖民建築到星羅棋布的摩天大廈，電車的歷史舊照拼湊出香港不斷變換的新面貌。

Hotel Jen Hong Kong proudly presents “Ding Ding Track Alongside @ Western District” Exhibition, which is the first collaboration with Hong Kong Tramways expert and the well-known collector, Mr. Alan Cheung. It invites the audience to take a glimpse of the centenary development of Hong Kong Tramways 香港電車 and the lives in old Hong Kong, and to recall our collective memory.

“Ding Ding Track Alongside @ Western District” Exhibition showcases the precious collection lent from Mr. Alan Cheung, nineteen priceless trams and historical pictures of the Western District span across five generations of tramway, witnessing how “Ding Ding” accompanies Hong Kong through times good or bad, as well as recording the transition of the Western District. By demonstrating how the coastal bungalows were progressively changed to colonial buildings, then replaced by high-density skyscrapers and properties, the historical photos piece up the contour of the ever-changing Hong Kong.

No one can guarantee what Hong Kong would look like in the future, we never stop asking what we can seize in the tides of change. Those historical pictures capture what we lost and what remains unchanged, seizing our memories. What is your best and most memorable moments happened on the tram?

「城西 ‘叮叮’ 電車回顧展」
“Ding Ding Track Alongside @ Western District” Exhibition
Date:
2018.8.9 – 11.30
Venue:
Hotel Jen Hong Kong 1/F, 2/F & 28/F
508 Queen’s Road West, Kennedy Town, Hong Kong
香港今旅酒店1樓、2樓及28樓
香港堅尼地城皇后大道西508號

Free Admission

Special Thanks to:
張順光先生
香港今旅酒店 Hotel Jen Hong Kong

(舊照片由張順光先生及香港今旅酒店提供)

A typical 3rd generation tram stopped at the junction of Connaught Road West and Des Voeux Road West. C.1930s. 二十世紀30年代，一輛典型的第三代電車停在干諾道西與德輔道西的交匯處。 (The new photo is taken at the Connaught Road West Tram Station.) (新照攝於干諾道西電車站附近。)

3rd generation tram was running along the coastline of Western District, 1930s. 二十世紀30年代，第三代電車沿著西區的海岸線運行。 (The tramways were built parallel to the northern coastline of Hong Kong Island. The new photo is taken at Water Street Tram Station.) (舊西區的海岸線現為電車路一帶。攝於水街電車站。)

5th generation tram with trailer stopped at Whitty Street, 1960s. 1960年代第五代有軌電車連拖卡停於屈地街。 (The new photo is taken at the Hong Kong Plaza, near the original Whitty Street Tram Terminus.) (舊屈地街電車總站原本在現今香港商業中心旁。)

A stranded prototype of 5th generation tram,1980s. 1980年代，第六代電車。 (The seventh-generation tram has been put into service since 2011.) (現已發展到第七代電車。)

1st generation tram, stopped at Des Voeux Road Central (near The Sincere Company), 1905. 攝於1905年，第一代電車在德輔道中（現即先施百貨附近）停靠。

2 nos of 3rd class trams (1st generation) outside Kwong Tung Hotel at Whitty Street, C.1900s. 攝於1900年, 屈地街廣東大酒店外的兩架第一代三等電車。 (The new photo is taken at the Hong Kong Plaza.) (現為香港商業中心。)

2 nos of 3rd generation trams were running both ways at Whitty Street Depot, 1930s. 二十世紀30年代，兩架第三代電車在屈地街總站雙向行駛。 (The new photo is taken at Whitty Street tram station.) (新照攝於現今屈地街車站。)

5th generation tram was travelling at waterfront near godowns in Western District, 1960s. 1960年代，第五代電車在西區香港麵粉廠有限公司附近的海濱駛行。 (The new photo is taken at the Hong Kong Industrial Building, which was Hong Kong Flour Mills Limited in the 50s – 70s) (新相攝於香港工業大廈，其前身是香港麵粉廠有限公司。)

Furthest end of tram route at Kennedy Town, C.1900s. 1900年，堅尼地城是電車路線的最末端。 (The new photo is taken at the Kennedy Town Terminus, the junction of Davis Street and Belcher’s Street.) (新照攝於現今堅尼地城總站的爹核士街與卑路乍街交界。)