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WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1982
BUS ROUTE CHANGES FOLLOWING MTR TSUEN WAN EXTENSION
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IMPORTANT BUS ROUTE CHANGES WILL BE MADE IN TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG, TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG FROM SUNDAY (MAY 16) TO IMPROVE SERVICES FOLLOWING THE FULL OPENING OF THE MTR TSUEN WAN EXTENSION THE FOLLOWING DAY (MAY 17).
THE REVISION IS DESIGNED TO CREATE A MORE INTEGRATED TRANSPORT SYSTEM WITH FLUENT FEEDER SERVICES TO THE MTR STATIONS.
DISCLOSING THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE CHIEF TRANSPORT OFFICER, NEW TERRITORIES, MR DANIEL AU STRESSED HOWEVER, THAT BUS SERVICES WOULD CONTINUE TO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROVIDING DIRECT TRANSPORT LINKS BETWEEN WESTERN NEW TERRITORIES AND URBAN KOWLOON.
FOR INSTANCE, DIRECT BUS SERVICES TO KOWLOON WOULD BE AVAILABLE AT ALL MAJOR HOUSING ESTATES IN THOSE AREAS.
+COMMUTERS WILL THEREFORE HAVE THE WIDEST POSSIBLE CHOICE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT FACILITIES,+ HE SAID.
*WITH THE MTR'S TSUEN WAN EXTENSION IN FULL SWING, EXTRA FEEDER SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED AND THIS WILL MEAN THE CANCELLATION OF SEVERAL NT-KOWLOON ROUTES.
+BUT TO COMPENSATE FOR THESE CANCELLATIONS -- ONLY SIX ROUTES EXTRA BUSES AND INCREASED FREQUENCIES TO KOWLOON FROM THOSE AREAS WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED, MR AU SAID.
SIX ROUTES 33A, 33B, 330, 40M, 45M AND 246 WILL BE WITHDRAWN BUT IN THEIR PLACE FOUR ADDITIONAL LINKS WILL BE
INTRODUCED.
THESE ARE NO. 60M FROM ON TING TO TSUEN WAN MTR STATION AT A FARE OF 60 CENTS= NO. 31M FROM SHEK LEI TO KWAI FONG MTR STATION (60 CENTS)- NO, 32 FROM SHEK WAI KOK TO TAI KOK TSUF FERRY ($1)- AND NO. 43M FROM CHEUNG CHING TO KWAI HING MTR STATION VIA KWAI FONG (60 CENTS).
THE OTHER ROUTE ALTERATIONS WILL BE AS FOLLOWS.
* NO. 51M, BETWEEN YUEN LONG (EAST) AND TSUEN WAN MTR
STATION WILL REPLACE NO. 51 WHICH RUNS FROM YUEN LONG (WEST) TO TAI KOK TSUI FERRY.
* NO. 66 WILL OPERATE BETWEEN TAI HING AND CHEUNG SHA
WAN. SERVICES ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED.
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NO. 66M WILL OPERATE FROM TAI HING TO TSUEN WAN MTR STATION.
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