SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1974
NEW MAXICAB ROUTES
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TWO ADDITIONAL MAXICAB ROUTES WILL BE INTRODUCED NEXT MONDAY CJUNE 170 TO SERVE PEOPLE TRAVELLING BETWEEN CENTRAL DISTRICT AND THE OLD PEAK ROAD AREA, AS WELL AS BETWEEN CENTRAL AND PO SHAN ROAD AND CONDUIT ROAD IN THE MID-LEVELS.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE EXISTING MAXICAB ROUTE 110. 2 SERVING MOUNT AUSTIN ROAD, PLANTATION ROAD AND BARKER ROAD WILL BE WITHDRAWN BECAUSE OF LACK OF PATRONAGE.
THE EXISTING ROUTE NO. 1, BETWEEN THE PEAK AND CENTRAL, WILL BE AMENDED ALSO WITH EFFECT FROM THE SAME DATE SO AS TO OPERATE VIA UPPER ALBERT ROAD, ALBANY ROAD AND WYNDHAM STREET ON THE JOURNEY TO CENTRAL.
THE CENTRAL-PO SHAN ROAD SERVICE, DESIGNATED ROUTE NO. 3. WILL OPERATE FROM THE EXISTING STANDS NEAR THE CITY HALL VIA CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, HARCOURT ROAD, COTTON TREE DRIVE, GARDEN ROAD, ROBINSON ROAD, GLENEALY, CONDUIT ROAD AND TERMINATE AT PO SHAN ROAD.
FROM PO SHAN ROAD, THE BUSES WILL TRAVEL BACK TO CENTRAL VIA CONDUIT ROAD, GLENEALY, ROBINSON ROAD, ALBANY ROAD, LOWER GLENEALY, WYNDHAM STREET, PEDDER STREET, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL.
JOURNEYS LEAVING PO SHAN ROAD AFTER 4.45 P.M. WILL OPERATE VIA CONDUIT ROAD, CASTLE ROAD AND ROBINSON ROAD TO ALBANY ROAD.
THERE WILL BE A FLAT FARE OF $1. THE OPERATING FREQUENCY WILL VARY FROM 7 TO 10 MINUTES. THE FIRST RUN WILL BE AT 7 A.M. FROM CENTRAL AND THE LAST ONE AT 7.30 P.M. FROM PO SHAN ROAD ON MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS. THE SERVICE WILL NOT OPERATE ON SUNDAYS' AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
THE CENTRAL-OLD PEAK ROAD SERVICE, DESIGNATED ROUTE NO. 2, WILL OPERATE FROM THE TERMINUS NEAR THE CITY HALL VIA CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, HARCOURT ROAD, COTTON TREE DRIVE, GARDEN ROAD, MAGAZINE GAP ROAD, HAY ROAD, TREGUNTER PATH, OLD PEAK ROAD, RETURNING TO CENTRAL VIA MAY ROAD, MAGAZINE GAP ROAD, GARDEN ROAD, UPPER ALBERT ROAD, ALBANY ROAD, GLENEALY, WYNDHAM STREET, PEDDER STREET AND CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL.
THE OPERATING FREQUENCY OF THIS ROUTE WILL VARY BETWEEN 15 MINUTES AND HALF AN HOUR, WITH NO SERVICE ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. THE FARE WILL BE AT A FLAT RATE OF $1.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THE NEW ROUTES WERE BEING INTRODUCED FOLLOWING ADVICE GIVEN TO THE MINI-BUS OPERATORS ON THE SUITABILITY OF CERTAIN AREAS FOR THE OPERATION OF FEEDER SERVICES.
+IT 13 HOPED THAT WITH THESE MAXICAB SERVICES, MORE MOTORISTS WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO LEAVE THEIR CARS AT HOME, THUS HELPING TO EASE TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN CENTRAL, HE SAID.
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