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Thursday, September 13, 1973
Most of the necessary tracks and sidings, totalling about eight
miles, have been laid. They will eventually link up with the existing alignment of the railway at the Princess Margaret Road tunnel.
Building of pedestrian and vehicle access ramps to the podium is also well underway. A dual carriageway flyover linking the northern part of the podium to Gillies Avenue has nearly been completed. Work on another flyover, linking the podium to the Cross Harbour Tunnel approach roads, has also started.
Three elevated pedestrian footbridges will connect the podium to its surrounding areas. Work on two of these, joining the podium with the Polytechnic and Chathan Road respectively, is already at an advanced stage. Work on a third footbridge, linking the podium with the Hung Hom Ferry pier, will start
in the near future.
Earlier, new service facilities including a shed for repairing locomotives, turntable and oil storage tanks were completed to serve both the present torminus at Tsim Sha Tsui and the future Hung Hom terminus.
It is expected that the railway terminus will be open to traffic in the
summer of 1975.
Note to Editors:
Copies of a photograph showing the giant podium under construction are boxed for collection.
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