SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1982
NEW TIMETABLE FOR DIESEL-HAULED PASSENGER TRAINS
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THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY WILL INTRODUCE A NEW TIMETABLE FOR THE DIESEL-HAULED PASSENGER TRAINS ON MONDAY (OCTOBER 11)
IN ORDER TO TIE IN WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF THE NEW SIGNALLING SYSTEM IN FANLING.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE KCR SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT THERE ARE AT PRESENT 33 TRAINS 16 NORTHBOUND AND 17 SOUTHBOUND RUNNING DAILY BETWEEN KOWLOON AND LOWU, INCLUDING ONE DOWN TRAIN FROM TAI PO MARKET.
WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REVISED TIMETABLE, THE NUMBER OF TRAINS IN OPERATION WILL BE INCREASED TO 35 17 NORTHBOUND AND 18 SOUTHBOUND -- NECESSITATING THE ORIGINAL TIME SCHEDULE BEING SLIGHTLY ALTERED.
COPIES OF THE NEW TIMETABLE ARE DISPLAYED AT ALL STATIONS FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC.
TIME SCHEDULES FOR THE ELECTRIC TRAINS AND EXPRESS THROUGH TRAINS BETWEEN KOWLOON AND GUANGZHOU WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED.
URBAN CLEARWAYS IN HUNG HOM AND TO KWA WAN
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CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS WILL BE IMPOSED ON A NUMBER OF ROAD SECTIONS IN HUNG HOM AND TO KWA WAN IN KOWLOON TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE TWO AREAS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY.
THE CLEARWAYS RESTRICTIONS WHICH WILL TAKE EFFECT FROM 10 AM ON MONDAY (OCTOBER 11) WILL BE IMPOSED ON LOK SHAN ROAD, CHI *FANG STREET, MOK CHEONG STREET, AND SHEUNG HEUNG ROAD NEAR THE IR JUNCTIONS WITH MA TAU WAIROAD; PAK KUNG STREET NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH CHATHAM ROAD NORTH; AND HA HEUNG ROAD NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH CHI KIANG STREET. WITHIN THESE ROAD SECTIONS, VEHICLES OTHER THAN FRANCHISED BUSES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO STOP FOR PASSENGERS OR GOODS FROM 7 AM TO 10 AM AND FROM 4 PM TO 7 PM DAILY,
AT THE SAME TIME, WHAMPOA STREET NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH BAKER STREET, THE EASTERN KERBSIDE LANE OF SHING TAK STREET NEAR MA TAU KOK ROAD AND ANOTHER SECTION NEAR FU NING STREET WILL BE DESIGNATED AS URBAN CLEARWAYS FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM DAILY.
THE CLEARWAY RESTRICTION ON THE NORTHERN KERBSIDE LANE OF FU NING STREET BETWEEN MA TAU CHUNG ROAD AND SHING TAK STREET WILL PE RESCINDED.
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