Appendix R.
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
(British Section.)
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1914.
1. The foundations for the new Terminal Station at Kowloon were completed at the end of 1913 and in February of the year under review a contract was let for the Station Building. Satisfactory progress has been made by the Contractor, the building having approximately reached the first floor level. Orders for the necessary fittings and fixtures have been placed with the Crown Agents and it is anticipated that the Station will be opened for the use of the Public by March, 1916.
2. Since the opening of the Railway, great inconvenience and no little anxiety has been experienced at Hung Hom where the connection to the shunting and loco yards joined the main line to the south of an overbridge approached by a sharp curve. This awkward arrangement has been changed during the year by the laying of a second line of rails between Kowloon and Hung Hom thus relieving the main line between Kowloon and Yaumati of all junctions and crossings.
A starting signal interlocked with the movement of the points has been erected at Lo Wu giving line clear to trains from the Chinese Section to the British Section main line.
3. The Platforms of the new Terminal Station were opened for traffic in April after receipt of the points and crossings from England, the track removed from Salisbury Road and the portion formerly used by the Railway handed back to the Public Works Department.
4. The Station Yard for the present consists of 12 roads converging on to 2 lines, one being the through or main line to Yaumati, and the second, the "empty" line to Hung Hom and the loco yard. These are temporarily controlled by a complicated system of point locks but an order has been placed through the Crown Agents for a proper system of signalling which will be operated from one signal cabin containing 72 levers, room for 8 additional levers being provided for future extension. The level crossing gates at Holt's Wharf will also be controlled by this cabin.
5. As pointed out in my Report of 1913 the embankments between mile 7 and 14 were seriously damaged during the Typhoon of August 17th and it was decided that protection works of a more substantial nature were necessary along the coast line.
Appendix R.
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
(British Section.)
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1914.
1. The foundations for the new Terminal Station at Kowloon were completed at the end of 1913 and in February of the year under review a contract was let for the Station Building. Satis- factory progress has been made by the Contractor, the building having approximately reached the first floor level. Orders for the necessary fittings and fixtures have been placed with the Crown Agents and it is anticipated that the Station will be opened for the use of the Public by March, 1916.
2. Since the opening of the Railway, great inconvenience and no little anxiety has been experienced at Hung Hom where the con- nection to the shunting and loco yards joined the main line to the south of an overbridge approached by a sharp curve. This awk- ward arrangement has been changed during the year by the laying of a second line of rails between Kowloon and Hung Hom thus relieving the main line between Kowloon and Yaumati of all junctions and crossings.
A starting signal interlocked with the movement of the points has been erected at Lowu giving line clear to trains from the Chinese Section to the British Section main line.
3. The Platforms of the new Terminal Station were opened for traffic in April after receipt of the points and crossings from England, the track removed from Salisbury Road and the portion formerly used by the Railway handed back to the Public Works Department.
4. The Station Yard for the present consists of 12 roads con- verging on to 2 lines, one being the through or main line to Yaumati, and the second, the "empty" line to Hung Hom and the loco yard. These are temporarily controlled by a complicated system of point locks but an order has been placed through the Crown Agents for a proper system of signalling which will be operated from one signal cabin containing 72 levers, room for 8 additional levers being provided for future extension. The level crossing gates at Holt's Wharf will also be controlled by this cabin.
5. As pointed out in my Report of 1913 the embankments between mile 7 and 14 were seriously damaged during the Typhoon of August 17th and it was decided that protection works of a more substantial nature were necessary along the coast line
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