INTRODUCTION
THE General Manager, Railway, administers on behalf of the Hong Kong Government the British Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway which runs from the Kowloon Station in Tsim Sha Tsui to Lo Wu on the Chinese border. The construction of this Section, which is 36 kilometres (22 miles) long and has a standard gauge of 1,435.9 mm. (4 feet 81 inches), commenced in 1906 and was completed in 1910. It was opened to traffic on 1st October, 1910, with through service to Canton com- mencing on 5th October, 1911.
2. The daily traffic normally consists of 17 passenger trains each way and an average of five goods trains. At weekends and public holidays additional passenger trains are put in service to cope with the increased demand. There has been no through passenger service between Kowloon and Canton since 1949 and passengers travelling to and from China must change trains at the border. Mail and goods wagons, however, travel through without transhipment. The running time between the two terminals in the British territory, including stops at seven intermediate stations, is about one hour.
GENERAL SURVEY
3. The increase in both goods and passenger traffic continued during the year and many new records were established (see Appendices IV and V) as shown below:
(a) Gross railway revenue at $19,306,077 was $2,827,687 more than
the record of $16,478,390 in 1970-71.
(b) Passenger revenue at $9,276,804 was $1,142,009 more than the
record of $8,134,795 in 1970-71.
(c) Goods revenue at $8,867,806 was $1,577,946 more than in 1970-71 and $718,277 more than the record of $8,149,529 in 1966-67.
(d) Number of passengers at 11,304,450 was 947,198 more than the
record of 10,357,252 in 1970-71.
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