SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 1982
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INTERCHANGE FACILITIES AT KCR KOWLOON STATION
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A WIDE RANGE OF CONVENIENT INTERCHANGE FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED FOR COMMUTERS OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY AT KOWLOON STATION THE TERMINUS WHICH WAS MOVED FROM TSIM SHA TSUI TO HUNG HOM SINCE 1975.
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE NOW USING THIS BUSY STATION FOR THE NEW ELECTRIC TRAINS PLYING BETWEEN HUNG HOM AND SHA TIN, THE DIESEL TRAINS FROM KOWLOON TO LO WU AND THE DIRECT THROUGH TRAINS BETWEEN KOWLOON AND GUANGZHOU, A KCR SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
+IN VIEW OF THE INCREASED PASSENGER TRAFFIC, IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO REMIND THE PUBLIC MORE DETAILS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE INTERCHANGE FACILITIES AVAILABLE AT THIS POPULAR STATION,✦ HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT THE KOWLOON STATION IS CONVENIENTLY LINKED BY A WALKWAY TO HUNG HOM FERRY FOR FERRIES TO CENTRAL, WAN CHA! AND NORTH POINT.
THE WALKWAY ALSO LEADS TO THE HUNG HOM FERRY BUS TERMINUS FOR KMB BUSES ON ROUTE NO. 3B FOR TSZ WAN SHAN (NORTH), RT. NO. 5D FOR TELFORD GARDENS, RT. NO. 7B FOR WANG TAU HOM AND RT. NO. 15 FOR LAM TIN (NORTH).
IN ADDITION, THE WALKWAY SYSTEM CAN REACH THE SOUTHBOUND BUS LAY-BY IN THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL PLAZA WHERE KCR PASSENGERS CAN BOARD ALL CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL BUSES HEADING FOR KENNEDY TOWN (RT. NO. 101, 104), SHAU KEI WAN (RT. NO. 102), POKFIELD ROAD (RT. NO. 103), WEST POINT (RT. NO. 105, 113), CHAI WAN (RT. NO. 106), BRAEMAR HILL ROAD (RT. NO. 108), CENTRAL (MACAU FERRY, RT. NO. 111), NORTH POINT (RT. NO. 112), QUARRY BAY (RT. NO. 116) AND WAH FU (RT. NO. 170).
AT THE PODIUM LEVEL OF THE STATION, INTERCHANGE FACILITIES INCLUDE A TAXI STAND, MAXICAB SERVICES, EN-ROUTE BUS SERVICES AND THE KOWLOON STATION BUS TERMINUS.
DETAILS OF THESE INTERCHANGE FACILITIES ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
A TAXI STAND WITH 15 PARKING SPACES IS LOCATED AT THE EASTERN ENTRANCE OF THE STATION,
THREE MAXICAB ROUTES HEADING FOR HANKOW ROAD IN TSIM SHA TSUI FROM TAI WAN SHAN (RT. NO. 5), WHAMPOA ESTATE (RT. NO. 6) AND HO MAN TIN (RT. NO. 8) VIA THE KOWLOON STATION.
THREE KMB ROUTES FROM TSZ WAN SHAN (SOUTH, RT. NO. 5C), 01 MAN (RT. NO. 8) AND KAI TAK AIRPORT (CARGO TERMINAL RT. NO. 25) TERMINATE AT STAR FERRY BUS TERMINUS VIA THE KOWLOON STATION.
TERMINATING AT THE BUS TERMINUS ON THE PODIUM ARE THREE BUS ROUTES HEADING FOR KWUN TONG FERRY (RT. NO. 5B), LOK FU (RT. NO. 7A) AND SHAM SHUI PO FERRY (RT. NO. 12A).
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