SUNDAY, MAY 9, 1982
NO CHANGE IN TSUEN WAN BUS ROUTES ON MAY 10
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THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE IN BUS ROUTES WHEN THE FIRST PHASE OF THE MTR TSUEN WAN EXTENSION BETWEEN TSUEN WAN AND LAI KING STATIONS COMES INTO OPERATION ON MAY 10.
CHIEF TRANSPORT OFFICER/NEW TERRITORIES, MR DANIEL AU, SAID RESIDENTS IN TSUEN WAN, YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN WISHING TO INTERCHANGE WITH MTR CAN USE THE EXISTING BUS SERVICES BETWEEN MAY 10 AN 15.
THE FIVE MTR STATIONS TO BE OPENED ON MAY 10 WILL BE TSUEN WAN, KWAT HING, KWAI FONG, TAI WO HAU AND LAI KING.
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COMMUTERS WISHING TO GO TO TSING YI, KWAI CHUNG AND SHING ESTATES CAN INTERCHANGE AT KWAI FONG OR KWAI HING MTR STATIONS WITH THE BUS SERVICES OR MAXICAB ROUTES ALONG HING FONG ROAD.
THOSE WISHING TO GO TO TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG CAN GET OFF AT TSUEN WAN STATION AND USE THE FOOTBRIDGE NEXT TO FOU WAH CENTRE OR THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING TO TAKE THE BUS ROUTES AT CASTLE PEAK ROAD.
HE ADVISED MOTORISTS TO MAKE FULL USE OF KWAI FONG STATION FOR +KISS AND RIDE+ AS AMPLE SPACE FOR PICKING UP AND SETTING DOWN PASSENGERS WILL BE AVAILABLE.
A TEMPORARY OPEN-AIR CAR PARK NEAR TSUEN WAN STATION WITH ABOUT 150 PARKING SPACES WILL BE OPENED AT THE END OF THIS MONTH TO PROVIDE +PARK AND RIDE+ FACILITIES.
COMMENTING ON THE BUS ROUTE CHANGE ON MAY 16, HE STRESSED THAT THIS IS TO PROVIDE COMMUTERS WITH WIDEST POSSIBLE CHOICE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT FACILITIES.
HE EMPHASISED THAT EACH HOUSING ESTATE IN TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG WILL HAVE AT LEAST ONE DIRECT BUS ROUTE TO URBAN KOWLOON AND A FEEDER ROUTE TO THE NEARBY MTR STATION.