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Thursday, June 22, 1972
CROSS-HARBOUR BUS ROUTES
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Passengers travelling on the new cross-harbour bus routes will
be charged $1 each irrespective of the distance travelled. The fare will
include the toll fee.
The Commissioner for Transport, Mr. B.D. Wilson, said this
afternoon that the Kowloon Motor Bus and the China Motor Bus Companies
would operate joint services on three routes linking Kowloon and Hong Kong
Island via the tunnel.
The routes are: Kwun Tong to Kennedy Town via Choi Hung, Hung
Hom, and Central: Lai Chi Kok to Shau Kei Wan via Mong Kok, Yau Ma Tei,
and North Point: and Kowloon Tong (Wang Tau Hom) to Pokfield Road via
Yau Ma Tei, Central and Mid-Levels.
All routes will serve Causeway Bay. When necessary short-working
journeys will also be operated between Choi Hung and Central; Mong Kok and
North Point; and between Yau Ma Tei and Central to meet traffic requirements.
Mr. Wilson said that a total of 80 new double deck buses will be
allocated by the two companies to operate the routes and each will show
its destination in white characters on a red background.
The services, on a limited stop basis, will operate between ? a.m.
and 8 p.m. During peak hours the frequency on each route will be six minutes
and at all other times 10 minutes, subject to duplication.
These facilities are to be provided on a trial basis for six
months and will then be reviewed in the light of operating experience.
Full details of the exact routes, stopping places and timing will
be published shortly and exhibited at main terminals.
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