SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1974
MODERN SIGNALS TO COMPLEMENT DOUBLE TRACKING OF RAILWAY
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A MODERN ELECTRICAL SIGNALLING SYSTEM IS TO BE INSTALLED BETWEEN HUNG HOM AND SHA TIN STATIONS WITH THE DOUBLE TRACKING OF THE RAILWAY ALONG THAT SECTION. THE NEW SIGNALS WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING MECHANICALLY-OPERATED SYSTEM.
MR. REG GREGORY, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY SAID THE NEW SIGNALS WOULD ENABLE THE DOUBLE TRACKING TO ACHIEVE THE BEST RESULTS.
HE ADDED THAT AN OVERALL PLAN OF MODERNISING THE SIGNALLING SYSTEM FROM HUNG HOM THROUGH TO TAI PO MARKET HAD BEEN DRAWN UP AND SUBMITTED, AND WAS NOW UNDER CONSIDERATION.
ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW SIGNALLING SYSTEM, WILL BE A FACILITY CALLED CENTRAL TRAFFIC CONTROL. THE TOTAL SYSTEM WILL BE OPERATED FROM ONE SIGNALBOX CONNECTED TO ALL SIGNALS ALONG THE RAILWAY LINE.
IT WILL EMPLOY COLOUR LIGHT SIGNALS IN PLACE OF THE SEMAPHORE SIGNALS PRESENTLY USED TO REDUCE MAINTENANCE COSTS AND IMPROVE VISIBILITY.
+BY CO-ORDINATING THE SIGNALS AT ONE SWITCH-BOARD, TRAIN SERVICES WILL BE BETTER REGULATED AND DELAYS TO TRAINS WILL BE REDUCED,+ MR. GREGORY EXPLAINED. A PRELIMINARY COLOUR LIGHT SYSTEM ALREADY EXISTS BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY AND TAI PO KAU STATIONS.
IN TIME, MR. GREGORY SAID, IT WAS HOPED TO EXTEND THE NEW SYSTEM ALL THE WAY FROM THE HUNG HOM TERMINAL THROUGH TO LOWỤ STATION.
SHAUKE IWAN WEST RESERVOIR COMPLETED ******
THE FINAL STAGE OF THE SHAUKEIWAN WEST SERVICE RESERVOIR SITUATED ABOVE SHING ON VILLAGE HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
THE RESERVOIR WAS BUILT IN TWO STAGES AND HAS A TOTAL STORAGE CAPACITY OF 11.5 MILLION GALLONS.
WORK ON THE FIRST HALF OF THE RESERVOIR WAS COMPLETED IN MAY 1969.
THE ROOF AND SURROUNDING AREA OF THE RECENTLY COMPLETED SECTION PROVIDES AN OPEN SPACE OF OVER ONE ACRE. IT WILL BE CONVERTED INTO A PLAYGROUND TO FORM AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING PLAYGROUND SITED ON TOP OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE RESERVOIR.
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