WEDNESDA
. 1981
MR JONES ADDED THAT +PASSENGER INTERCHANGE FACILITIES BETWEEN THE TWO LINES WILL BE PROVIDED AT PRINCE EDWARD, ARGYLE AND WATERLOO STATIONS AND THE TRACK LAYOUT AND PLATFORM CONFIGURATION AT THESE STATIONS HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT SO AS TO MINIMISE INCONVENIENCE TO PASSENGERS.
+AT PRINCE EDWARD STATION THERE WILL BE EASY CROSS-PLATFORM INTERCHANGE FOR PASSENGERS TRAVELLING BETWEEN KWUN TONG AND TSUEN WAN AND VICE VERSA. SIMILAR CROSS-PLATFORM INTERCHANGE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ARGYLE STATION FOR THOSE COMING FROM KWUN TONG AND TRAVELLING TO STATIONS SOUTH OF WATERLOO OR THE OTHER WAY ROUND.
ALTERNATELY, PASSENGERS WILL BE ABLE TO INTERCHANGE BETWEEN THE TWO LINES AT ANY OF THE THREE STATIONS BY MOVING TO DIFFERENT PLATFORM LEVELS, MR JONES EXPLAINED.
NEW ELECTRIC TRAINS WILL CUT JOURNEY TIME BY HALF
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THE AVERAGE TRAIN JOURNEY TIME FROM SHEUNG SHUI IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO HUNG HOM IN KOWLOON WILL BE CUT BY NEARLY ALE WHEN IMPROVEMENTS TO THE KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY ARE COMPLETED, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON DEREK JONES, REVEALED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR JONES SAID THE AVERAGE JOURNEY TIME OF THE NEW ELECTRIC TRAINS BETWEEN THE TWO PLACES SHOULD BE 36 MINUTES COMPARED WITH 65 MINUTES FOR THE EXISTING DIESEL TRAINS.
HE WAS ANSWERING A QUESTION FROM THE HON CHARLES YEUNG, WHO ASKED FOR DETAILS ON THE PROGRESS OF DEVELOPMENT ON THE RAILWAY.
MR JONES ALSO SAID THAT IT WAS NOW EXPECTED THAT ELECTRIFIED AND DOUBLE-TRACKED SERVICES BETWEEN KOWLOON AND SHA TIN, INCLUDING THE NEW STATION AT KOWLOON TONG TO CONNECT WITH THE MTR, WILL BEGIN IN MAY 1982, OR UNDER FIVE MONTHS' TIME.
THE ELECTRIC TRAIN SERVICES SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO THE NEW TAI PO MARKET STATION BY FEBRUARY 1983 AND TO THE FINAL SECTION THROUGH TO LO WU IN THE SUMMER OF 1983.
WHEN THE FULL ELECTRIFIED SERVICE IS IN OPERATION-THERE WILL BE 16 TRAINS AN HOUR IN EACH DIRECTION BETWEEN KOWLOON AND SHA TIN DURING PEAK PERIODS, AND EIGHT OF THESE WOULD CONTINUE THROUGH TO SHEUNG SHUT OR LO WÙ AND VICE VERSA.
DURING OFF-PEAK PERIODS THERE WOULD BE NINE TRAINS PER HOUR IN EACH DIRECTION BETWEEN KOWLOON AND SHA TIN, OF WHICH FOUR EACH DIRECTION WOULD CONTINUE TO, OR COME FROM, SHEUNG SHUI LO WU, HE CONCLUDED.
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