FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1976.
SPECIAL TRAIN SERVICES OVER LUNAR NEW YEAR
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THREE SPECIAL UPTRAINS AND FIVE DOWNTRAINS WILL BE RUN DURING THE LUCAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF PICNICKERS AND VISITORS TO AND FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE THREE SPECIAL UPTRAINS WILL LEAVE KOWLOON (HUNG HOM) STATION AT 12.40 P.M., 2.13 P.M. AND 3.43 P.M. ON THE FOUR DAYS FROM JANUARY 31 (NEW YEAR DAY) TO FEBRUARY 3.
THESE TRAINS, TOGETHER WITH 13 REGULAR TRAINS DEPARTING AT VARIOUS TIMES BETWEEN 6.30 A.M. AND 3.12 P.M., WILL NOT STOP FOR PASSENGERS AT MONG KOK STATION DURING THIS FOUR-DAY PERIOD.
ALL PASSENGERS FOR THESE TRAINS ARE REQUESTED TO GO TO KOWLOON STATION. MONTHLY TICKET HOLDERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO BOARD THESE TRAINS WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGES.
THE FIVE SPECIAL DOWNTRAINS WILL START THEIR SOUTHBOUND JOURNEY FROM DIFFERENT STATIONS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES,
TWO WILL DEPART FROM FANLING AT 12.44 P.M. AND 3.51 P.M., TWO FROM LO WU AT 1.50 P.M. AND 5.12 P.M. AND ONE FROM TAI PO MARKET AT 1.57 P.M.
THE LAST SPECIAL TRAIN, LEAVING FROM LO WU, WILL ARRIVE AT KOWLOON AT 6.50 P.M.
TICKETS FOR TRAINS TO KOWLOON WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT MONG KOK STATION.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY SAID THAT ON THESE FOUR DAYS, THE UPTRAINS WOULD PROBABLY BE FULL BETWEEN 6 A.M. AND 3 P.M. WHILE THE DOWNTRAINS WOULD PROBABLY BE SO BETWEEN 3 P.M. AND 9 P.M.
HE GAVE AN ASSURANCE THAT FURTHER SPECIAL TRAINS WOULD BE RUN IN THE LATE EVENINGS IF THERE WAS PUBLIC DEMAND.
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