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FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1975.
WORK TO START SOON ON DOUBLE
TRACKING RAILWAY
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THE RAILWAY LINE BETWEEN THE NEW HUNG HOM TERMINAL AND SHATIN WILL BE WIDENED TO A DOUBLE TRACK TO IMPROVE RAIL TRAFFIC FLOW.
THE DOUBLE-TRACKING WORK, DUE TO START IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS FOR COMPLETION IN JANUARY 1977, CONSISTS OF LAYING ABOUT SIX KILOMETRES OF RAILWAY TRACK NEXT TO THE EXISTING LINE, EXCLUDING THE SECTION THROUGH THE BEACON HILL TUNNEL.
ACCORDING TO MR. REG GREGORY, GENERAL MANAGER
OF KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY, DOUBLE” TRACKING IS THE BEST WAY OF IMPROVING RAIL TRAFFIC FLOW WHICH IS NOW REACHING SATURATION POINT FOR SINGLE TRACKING.
+WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT IN EARLY 1977, WE HOPE TO START A REGULAR SHUTTLE TRAIN SERVICE BETWEEN HUNG HOM AND SHATIN AT FREQUENT INTERVALS.
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+IN ADDITION, THE DOUBLE TRACKS WILL ALSO HELP EASE CONGESTION TO SOME EXTENT ALONG THE SINGLE-TRACK LINE BETWEEN SHATIN AND LOWU. HE ADDED.
MR. GREGORY SAID THE PROJECT WAS PART OF A CONTINUOUS PLAN TO PROVIDE DOUBLE TRACKING TO LOWU BY. 1980.
TO COPE WITH THE ANTICIPATED INCREASE IN RAIL TRAFFIC, THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY HAS PUT FORWARD A PROPOSAL TO THE GOVERNMENT TO PURCHASE TWO MORE LOCOMOTIVES AND 14 MORE NEW COACHES. THE KCR IS ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF RE-FURNISHING 14 PRE-WAR COACHES INTO MODERN PASSENGER CARRIAGES.
WORK ON THE DOUBLE TRACKING PROJECT ALSO INVOLVES
· CONSTRUCTION OF FOUR CONCRETE BRIDGES, THE WIDENING OF THE EXISTING EMBANKMENT IN SOME SECTIONS, AND THE CUTTING OF HILLSIDES OUTSIDE THE TWO PORTALS OF THE BEACON HILL TUNNEL.
OF THE BRIDGES TO BE CONSTRUCTED, ONE WILL SPAN BOUNDARY STREET, AND ANOTHER WILL BE LOCATED AT THE NORHTERN PORTAL OF BEACON HILL TUNNEL.
THE REMAINING TWO WILL BE BUILT OVER A DITCH SOUTH OF TAI PO ROAD LEVEL-CROSSING, IN SHATIN AND ACROSS A NEW ROAD IN TAI WAI.
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