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THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1975
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EXTRA MAXI-CAB SERVICE FOR SHOUSON HILL RESIDENTS
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ANOTHER +MAXI-CAB+ SERVICE WILL START NEXT WEEK TO MEET THE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS OF SHOUSON HILL AREA DURING THE MORNING PEAK PERIOD, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY.
FROM NEXT MONDAY (JULY 14), THE NEW PUBLIC LIGHT BUS FEEDER SERVICE WILL RUN BETWEEN SHOUSON HILL ROAD AND PEDDER STREET IN CENTRAL LETWEEN 7.45 A.M. AND 9.05 A.M. FROM MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE ADDITIONAL SERVICE WAS INTENDED TO SUPPLEMENT THE TWO MAXI-CAB SERVICES INTRODUCED LAST WEEK BETWEEN ABERDEEN AND CENTRAL AND CAUSEWAY BAY VIA SHOUSON HILL.
THE TWO ABERDEEN ROUTES HAVE PROVED SO POPULAR THAT PLBS ON OUTWARD JOURNEYS FROM ABERDEEN INVARIABLY HAVE FEW OR NO SEATS LEFT FOR INTENDING PASSENGERS AT SHOUSON HILL DURING PEAK HOUR, HE SAID.
+ARRANGEMENTS HAVE NOW BEEN MADE WITH THE OPERATOR TO INTRODUCE THE MORNING-PEAK-HOUR SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICE WHICH WILL START AT SHOUSON HILL ROAD NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH WONG CHUK HANG ROAD OBSERVING EN ROUTE TO CENTRAL THE SAME STOPPING PLACES AS THOSE FOR THE TWO ABERDEEN SERVICES,+ HE SAID.
THE FIRST RUN WILL LEAVE AT 7.45 A.M. FROM SHOUSON HILL, AND AT 8.05 A.M. FROM PEDDER STREET, WHILE THE LAST JOURNEY WILL LEAVE AT 9.05 A.M. FROM SHOUSON HILL, AND AT 8.45 A.M. FROM CENTRAL.
THE NEW SERVICE WILL OPERATE AT A FREQUENCY OF 20 MINUTES.
THE FARE IS $1, SAME AS FOR THE TWO OTHER ROUTES.
THE ABERDEEN-CENTRAL ROUTE WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE, AT A REVISED FLAT FREQUENCY OF 15 MINUTES, FROM 6.15 A.M. TO 9.30 A.M. AND FROM 4.15 P.M. TO 7.30 P.M. THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, EXCEPT THAT THE EVENING-HOUR JOURNEYS ARE NOT OPERATED ON SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS OR PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
THERE ARE NO CHANGES FOR THE ABERDEEN-CAUSEWAY BAY SERVICE WHICH RUNS FROM 9.15 A.M. TO 12 MIDNIGHT THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AT A PEAK FREQUENCY OF 15 MINUTES.
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