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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1989
MEASURES TO ALLEVIATE CONGESTION ON MTR
A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL MEASURES WILL BE INTRODUCED SHORTLY TO ALLEVIATE THE CONGESTION ON THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY NATHAN ROAD CORRIDOR DURING PEAK HOURS, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY I WEDNESDAY).
THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY WILL INTRODUCE THREE NEW OR MODIFIED ROUTES AND ONE CROSS HARBOUR ROUTE NEXT YEAR ΤΟ DIVERT COMMUTERS FROM THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY.
A COACH SERVICE. ROUTE 38X FROM RIVIERA GARDEN IN TSUEN WAN TO THE CHINA FERRY TERMINAL IN TSIM SHA TSUI, WILL BE INTRODUCED IN JANUARY.
THE EXISTING BUS ROUTE 43D BETWEEN CHEUNG CHING IN TSING YI AND SHAM SHUI PO FERRY WILL BE EXTENDED TO CHEUNG HANG IN TSING YI AND JORDAN ROAD FERRY IN MARCH.
IN AUGUST, A NEW BUS ROUTE 79X FROM TAI PING ESTATE DISTRICT TO JORDAN ROAD FERRY AND CROSS HARBOUR ROUTE 690 SING IN TSEUNG KWAN O TO CENTRAL WILL BE PUT INTO SERVICE.
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IN ADDITION. A FERRY LINK FROM TSING YI ΤΟ CENTRAL HAS BEEN INTRODUCED SINCE MID-NOVEMBER TO RELIEVE THE DEMAND ON THE MTR TSUEN WAN LINE.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS DISCUSSING WITH THE MTRC FOR THE RE-INTRODUCTION OF FREE BUS SERVICES FROM HUNG HOM KCR STATION TO THE MTR STATION IN TSIM SHA TSUI.
FREE FEEDER BUS ROUTES FROM KOWLOON TONG AND HUNG HOM КСК STATIONS TO THE MTR STATION IN TS IM SHA TSUI HAD BEEN MAINTAINED DURING THE MORNING PEAK HOURS FROM MAY TO AUGUST, THE SERVICES WERE SUSPENDED FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF THE RAIL SECTION OF THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE INTERMODAL CO-ORDINATION POLICY HAD BEEN FLEXIBLY APPLIED. FOUR CROSS HARBOUR BUS ROUTES AND THREE BUS ROUTES FROM EAST AND WEST NEW TERRITORIES TO SOUTH KOWLOON HAD BEEN INTRODUCED TO ALLEVIATE THE MTR PEAK HOR CONGESTION PROBLEM.
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