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Thursday, June 22, 1972

CROSS-HARBOUR BUS ROUTES

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Passengers travelling on the new cross-harbour bus routes will

be charged $1 each irrespective of the distance travelled. The fare will

include the toll fee.

The Commissioner for Transport, Mr. B.D. Wilson, said this

afternoon that the Kowloon Motor Bus and the China Motor Bus Companies

would operate joint services on three routes linking Kowloon and Hong Kong

Island via the tunnel.

The routes are: Kwun Tong to Kennedy Town via Choi Hung, Hung

Hom, and Central: Lai Chi Kok to Shau Kei Wan via Mong Kok, Yau Ma Tei,

and North Point: and Kowloon Tong (Wang Tau Hom) to Pokfield Road via

Yau Ma Tei, Central and Mid-Levels.

All routes will serve Causeway Bay. When necessary short-working

journeys will also be operated between Choi Hung and Central; Mong Kok and

North Point; and between Yau Ma Tei and Central to meet traffic requirements.

Mr. Wilson said that a total of 80 new double deck buses will be

allocated by the two companies to operate the routes and each will show

its destination in white characters on a red background.

The services, on a limited stop basis, will operate between ? a.m.

and 8 p.m. During peak hours the frequency on each route will be six minutes

and at all other times 10 minutes, subject to duplication.

These facilities are to be provided on a trial basis for six

months and will then be reviewed in the light of operating experience.

Full details of the exact routes, stopping places and timing will

be published shortly and exhibited at main terminals.

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