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 8 inches), commenced in 1906 and was completed in 1910. It was opened to traffic on 1st October, 1910, with through service to Canton commencing 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 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 $21,807,572 was $2,501,495 more than
the record of $19,306,077 in 1971-72.
(b) Passenger revenue at $10,332,574 was $1,055,770 more than
the record of $9,276,804 in 1971-72.
(c) Goods revenue at $10,225,736 was $1,357,930 more than the
record of $8,867,806 in 1971-72.
(d) Number of passengers at 12,404,970 was 1,100,520 more than
the record of 11,304,450 in 1971-72.
(e) Goods tonnage at 1,194,169 metric tons was 141,339 more than
the record of 1,052,830 in 1971-72.
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