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Saturday, June 30, 1973
REDUCED TRAIN FARES FOR STUDENTS
A half-fare concession will be granted to students travelling
third class on scheduled trains between Kowloon and the New Territories
as from Tuesday (July 3).
Announcing this today, a spokesman for the Kowloon-Canton Railway
said the reduced fares were to encourage young people from urban and rural
areas to take part in activities organised outside their districts during
the summer vacation.
The concession fares will be effective until August 31 but will not
apply on Saturdays, Sundays or public holidays, and may be withdrawn at any
time.
Only return tickets, valid for the date of issue, will be sold
and no refund will be made in respect of the unused return portion of a
ticket under any circumstances.
Students will be required to produce documents to show that they are
full-time students when buying tickets or on the request of train inspectors.
Those found travelling beyond the stations for which their concession
tickets were sold will be required to pay half-fare for that portion of the
journey for which they do not hold tickets, in addition to a 50 per cent
surcharge.
Students found travelling in first or second class coaches on concession
tickets will have to pay the full fare of the higher class, plus a 50 per cent
In this case, however, the third class half-fare which they have
surcharge.
paid will be deducted.
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