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SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 1975
MORE CENTRALISED TERMINAL FOR AIRPORT-CENTRAL COACH SERVICE ******
PASSENGERS USING THE AIRPORT-CENTRAL COACH SERVICE IN CENTRAL AND CAUSEWAY BAY AREAS ON HONG KONG ISLAND WILL FIND THE TERMINAL POINT AND BUS STOP WITHIN EASIER REACH AS FROM TOMORROW (MONDAY).
COACHES WILL TERMINATE AND START FROM CENTRAL DISTRICT AT ICE HOUSE STREET NEXT TO MANDARIN HOTEL, REPLACING THE TAXI STAND THERE WHICH IS SELDOM USED. THE EXISTING TERMINAL POINT IS AT THE CENTRAL BUS STATION.
THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME ROUTE CHANGES FOR THE EASTBOUND JOURNEYS ON HONG KONG ISLAND TO ENABLE THE COACHES TO STOP NEARER THE HEART OF CAUSEWAY BAY DISTRICT THUS MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE THERE TO MAKE USE OF THIS SERVICE:
AS FROM TOMORROW, COACHES LEAVING ICE HOUSE STREET WILL TRAVEL VIA CHATER ROAD, MURRAY ROAD, QUEENSWAY, HENNESSY ROAD, GREAT GEORGE STREET, GLOUCESTER ROAD FLYOVER, ČROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL, HONG CHONG ROAD FLYOVER, CHATHAM ROAD, MA TAU WEI ROAD CHI KIẢNG STREET, TO KWA WAN ROAD, SUNG WONG TOI ROAD AND OLYMPIC
AVENUE.
COACHES FROM THE AIRPORT WILL OPERATE VIA OLYMPIC AVENUE, TAM KUNG ROAD, MA TAU WEI ROAD, CHATHAM ROAD, HONG CHONG ROAD, CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL, WATERFRONT ROAD FLYOVER, GLOUCESTER ROAD, PATERSON STREET, GREAT GEORGE STREET, GLOUCESTER ROAD, WATERFRONT ROAD, HARCOURT ROAD, COTTON TREE DRIVE, QUEENSWAY, JACKSON ROAD, CHATÉR ROAD, CLUB STREET AND CONNAUGHT ́ROAD CENTRAL AND THEN TERMINATE AT ICE HOUSE STREET.
THE COACH SERVICE, ROUTE 200, WILL OBSERVE ADDITIONAL STOPS SET UP BOTH IN CENTRAL AND IN CAUSEWAY BAY.
THE CHANGES HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED WITH ROAD USE, IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THIS SERVICE.
ARRANGEMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE TO BETTER PUBLICISE THE SERVICE TO POTENTIAL USERS WHICH INCLUDE ANNOUNCEMENTS ON THE CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION SCREENS AND THE POSTING OF DIRECTIONAL SIGNS INSIDE KAI TAK AIRPORT BUILDING.
IN ADDITION, IT IS HOPED THAT KOWLOON MOTOR BUS WILL ALSO ISSUE LEAFLETS TO HOTELS FOR DISTRIBUTION TO INTERESTED GUESTS.
ROUTE 200, OPERATING AT 15-MINUTE FREQUENCIES AT A FLAT RATE OF $3, IS ONE OF THE TWO EXPRESS COACH SERVICES INTRODUCED EARLIER THIS YEAR TO IMPROVE PUBLIC TRANSPORT FACILITIES AT THE AIRPORT. THE OTHER ONE IS ROUTE 201 OPERATING TO TSIM SHA TSUI IN KOWLOON.
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