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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1975
KCR ENTERS A NEW ERA
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A NEW ERA IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY PEGINS ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 30) WHEN THE FIRST TRAIN FROM THE HUNG HOM TERMINUS LEAVES FOR LOWU AT 8.26 A.M.
THE DAY BEFORE, THE OLD STATION AT TSIM SHA TSUI WILL SEE THE LAST TRAIN DEPART AT 2.55 P.M.
DURING THE INTERVAL, A MAJOR CIVIL ENGINEERING OPERATION WILL BE CARRIED OUT ON THE RAILWAY LINE. THE EXISTING LINE TO TSIM SHA TSUI WILL BE SEVERED AND A NEW LINE TO HUNG HOM CONNECTED.
FOR PASSENGERS NORMALLY TAKING THE TRAIN FROM TSIM SHA TSUI STATION, THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY WILL RUN A SHUTTLE SERVICE DURING THIS TIME BETWEEN THE TSIM SHA TSUI AND MONG KOK STATIONS, CHARGING A FARE OF 30 CENTS.
THESE BUSES WILL LEAVE
20
MINUTES BEFORE THE SCHEDULED
DEPARTURE OF TRAINS FROM TSIM SHA TSUI.
ON SUNDAY, A NEW PASSENGER TIMETABLE WILL BE INTRODUCED. IN THE REVISED SCHEDULE, 20 PASSENGER TRAINS, THREE MORE THAN AT PRESENT, AND AN EXTRA FREIGHT TRAIN IN ADDITION TO THE PRESENT EIGHT, WILL BE RUN EACH DAY.
THIS IMPROVEMENT WILL GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS REDUCING OVER- CROWDING, PARTICULARLY DURING PEAK HOURS.
IN THE AFTERNOON, THE NEW RAILWAY TERMINUS WILL HOLD A HOUSE-WARMING PARTY FOR 500 CHILDREN FROM THE WALLED CITY AT ITS NORTHERN CONCOURSE.
THE CHILDREN WILL GO ON A PLEASURE TRIP ON A STAR FERRY AND LATER WILL BE FEASTED BY THE FOOD CATERER OF THE RAILWAY STATION. ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE AFTERNOON WILL BE ORGANISED BY THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE, KOWLOON CITY.
THE RAILWAY GENERAL MANAGER, MR. REG GREGORY, SAID IT WAS WITH A GREAT DEAL OF NOSTALGIA THAT THE KCR LEAVES ITS 60 YEAR-OLD TERMINUS AT TSIM SHA TSUI.
THE TERMINUS WAS BUILT IN 1916 TO REPLACE A STATION BETWEEN IT AND SALISBURY ROAD WHICH DATED BACK TO 1910, HE RECALLED.
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