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Why did the train run on the opposite track?

粉嶺站有黑衣人破壞直通車 又把大石及單車推落路軌
(At Fanling Station, people in black T-shirts broke a through train. They dropped big stones and bikes onto the track)
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In Hong Kong, there are many facilities broken last night. One of them happened in Fanling Station. At 23:00, when the through train was approaching the station, people in black T-shirts ran onto the platform, and broke the train with hard stuff. Pictures taken by us show the train was approaching the station, and people ran onto the platform, and some people broke glass of the train windows by iron sticks and iron hammers. When the train was departing from the station, some dropped big stones and bikes onto the track. Then, there were passengers and staffs on the train.
In addition to it, North Ward Office and offices of the congressmen were also broken. Glass was broken.
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The train was running on the opposite track to overtake a suspended train ahead. The train must have passed through Railroad switch near Yuen Ling Village between Tai Wo and Fanling.