FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1978
NEW MAXICAB ROUTES TO COME INTO OPERATION ON MONDAY
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THE FIRST OF 11 NEW MAXICAB ROUTES ON HONG KONG ISLAND WILL COME INTO OPERATION ON MONDAY (OCTOBER 23).
THE NEW SERVICES, WHICH WILL OPERATE BETWEEN CENTRAL AND BOWEN ROAD, WILL BE KNOWN AS MAXICAB ROUTE NO. 9.
THE SERVICE WILL OPERATE VIA EDINBURGH PLACE (WEST), CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, HARCOURT ROAD, COTTON TREE DRIVE, GARDEN ROAD, MAGAZINE GAP ROAD, BOWEN ROAD, BORRETT ROAD, KENNEDY ROAD, UPPER ALBERT ROAD, ALBANY ROAD, GLENEALY, WYNDHAM STREET, PEDDER STREET, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL AND EDINBURGH PLACE (WEST).
THE SERVICE WILL OPERATE FROM 7.20 A.M. TO 6.20 P.M. FROM MONDAYS TO FRIDAYS AND ON SATURDAYS IT WILL OPERATE FROM 7.20 A.M. TO 2 P.M. THERE WILL BE NO SERVICE ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
THE FARE WILL BE $1.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE TEN OTHER ROUTES WILL BE INTRODUCED PROGRESSIVELY IN THE LAST WEEK OF OCTOBER. THEY WILL SERVE SANDY BAY, KENNEDY TOWN, BROADWOOD ROAD, STANLEY, CHUNG HOM KOK, SHING ON VILLAGE AND CAPE COLLINSON.
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