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"WE EXPECT THE RAILWAY TO CARRY AS AIRPORT TRAVELLERS,' HE SAID.
MANY AS 50 PER CENT
OF
IT WOULD BE PURPOSELY DESIGNED AND BUILT TO OFFER COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE TO AIRPORT USERS.
ΤΗΕ MAXIMUM
THE TERMINUS AT THE AIRPORT WOULD FORM AN INTEGRAL PART OF AIR TERMINAL FACILITIES.
THE
ΤΟ
DEDICATED TRAINS WOULD RUN EXPRESS SERVICE FROM THE AIRPORT
IN THE URBAN SPECIAL
AREA
THE STATIONS
WHERE
TRAIN PASSENGERS COULD CHANGE TO OTHER FORMS OF TRANSPORT.
WOULD ALSO PROVIDE A THE RAILWAY
GENERAL PUBLIC SERVICE. BRINGING RELIEF TO THE NATHAN ROAD CORRIDOR, SERVING NEW DEVELOPMENTS THIRD CROSS HARBOUR ON THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION AND PROVIDING A LINK.
HAD BEEN INVITED ΤΟ MR LEUNG SAID THE TWO RAIL CORPORATIONS APPLY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THE AIRPORT RAILWAY,
A DECISION WOULD THEN BE TAKEN AS TO WHICH OPERATOR
SELECTED,
HE SAID AN AIRPORT RAILWAY FEASIBILITY STUDY WOULD BE
ALIGNMENT. EARLY NEXT YEAR TO DETERMINE THE VIABILITY OF THE RAILWAY.
CAPACITY
AND
SHOULD BE
LAUNCHED FINANCIAL
MR LEUNG SAID THE
MASSIVE
BUILDING HARBOUR
PROGRAMME CROSSING,
AND PARTS
INCLUDING THE OF
LANTAU FIXED CROSSING. THE WESTERN ROUTE 3 WOULD RELY CONSIDERABLY ON PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
EXACT
WHILE THE
DETAILS HAD YET ΤΟ BE WORKED OUT. HE YEAR TO ENVISAGED THAT OPEN INVITATIONS WOULD BE MADE SOME TIME NEXT
TO TAKE PART IN PROVIDE SECTOR CONSORTIA. BOTH LOCAL AND OVERSEAS. THESE PROJECTS.
ON EARLY PLANNING OF THE INTERFACE BETWEEN VARIOUS PUBLIC MR TRANSPORT MODES WHEN LANTAU WAS OPENED UP BY THE ROAD AND RAILWAY.
GOVERNMENT SAID THE
WAS LEUNG
EXAMINING THE RECREATIONAL TRAVEL. HAVING REGARD TO THE LANTAU AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
POTENTIAL
GROWTII LIKELY
DEVELOPMENTS
IN
IN
WE WILL LOOK INTO INTEGRATION
"ONCE THE OUTCOME OF THIS STUDY IS KNOWN. THE ROLE OF LANTAU TAXIS AND BUSES. THE FERRIES AND THEIR WITH OTHER TRANSPORT SERVICES OUTSIDE LANTAU.
CAPACITY
"OUR AIM IS TO MAP OUT A PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICE NETWORK
ADEQUATE WHICH IS BALANCED.
AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE
OF EXISTING AND PLANNED LOCAL ROADS ON LANTAU." HE SAID.
TURNING TO THE NON-AIRPORT RELATED TRANSPORT LEUNG SAID ALL ESSENTIAL WORKS WOULD PROCEED AS PLANNED.
PROGRAMME. MR
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