33. On April 26th, an additional experimental weekend train was tried, leaving Kowloon for Canton at 1 p.m. on Saturdays and returning from Canton at 5.15 p.m. on Sundays, in an endeavour to attract week-end traffic. It was gaining popularity when the speed restriction of 20 miles per hour already referred to was imposed over the Chinese Section, and it had to be discontinued.
34. A typhoon gale was responsible for the cancellation of the motor train on July 24th. This was the only instance of trains being cancelled owing to weather conditions during the year.
35. Nineteen special trains were run, consisting of six through tourist specials, seven race specials, three naval and/or military, two picnic party, and one for the Governor of Canton.
36. The figures of passengers carried during the year showed considerable increases. They were as follows:-
1930 1929 Local 976,076 895,579 Foreign 937,992 901,840There was no appreciable difference in the figures for foreign goods traffic, whilst those for local goods were less by $2,000.
37. There were 9 convictions on charges brought by the Railway shown under the following headings:-
Ticket Frauds 5 Theft of railway property 3 Placing stones on rails 1 9ACCIDENTS.
38. The list of accidents was much lighter than usual :
Locomotive derailments 1 Coach Wagon Fires 0 4 ?? ,, Split points 0 0 Buffer-stop collisions Train Shunting 1 0 Level crossing gates bent 1 1·S 5
33. On April 26th, an additional experimental weekend train was tried, leaving Kowloon for Canton at 1 p.m. on Saturdays and returning from Canton at 5.15 p.m. on Sundays, in an endeavour to attract week-end traffic. It was gaining popularity when the speed restriction of 20 miles per hour already referred to was imposed over the Chinese Section, and it had to be discontinued.
34. A typhoon gale was responsible for the cancellation of the motor train on July 24th. This was the only instance of trains being cancelled owing to weather conditions during the
year.
35. Nineteen special trains were run, consisting of six through tourist specials, seven race specials, three naval and/or military, two pienie party, and one for the Governor of Canton.
36. The figures of passengers carried during the year showed considerable increases. They were as follows:-
Local Foreign
1930.
1929.
976,076
895,579
937,992
901,840
There was no appreciable difference in the figures for foreign goods traffic, whilst those for local goods were less by $2,000.
37. There were 9 convictions on charges brought by the Railway shown under the following headings:-
Ticket Frauds
Theft of railway property
Placing stones'on rails
5
3
1
9
ACCIDENTS.
11
38. The list of accidents was much lighter than usual :
Locomotive derailments
Coach Wagon
Fires
??
,,
Split points
Buffer-stop collisions
Train
Shunting
Level crossing gates bent
1
0
4
0
0
1
0
1
1
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