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Saturday, September 9, 1972

NEW CENTRAL BUS TERMINUS TO OPEN

The new Central bus terminus, the biggest ever built by the

Government, will come into operation from 6 a.m. on Monday (September 11).

The terminus occupies an area of 55,000 square feet on the

. Central reclamation between the vehicular ferry pier and the new Connaught

Centre building.

It replaces the existing terminus outside the vehicular ferry pier.

The Acting Commissioner for Transport, Mr. R. Butler, said

that altogether there will be about 140 departures an hour from the new terminus.

With the opening on Monday, all traffic leaving the vehicular ferries

will be directed to a new link road on the northern side of the new bus

station and to the west of Connaught Centre for exit onto Connaught Road Central.

Appropriate traffic signs will be posted.

The bus services departing from the new terminus will be:

Route 3A (Felix Villas)

Route 4 (Wah Fu Estate)

Route 4 Express (Wah Fu Estate)

Route 6 (Stanley Prison)

Route 6A (Repulse Bay)

Route 7 (Aberdeen)

Route 7B (Wong Chuk Hang Estate)

Route 12 (Robinson Road)

Route 12A(Macdonnell Road)

Route 15 (Upper Peak Tram Station), and supplementary journeys

on Route 101 via the Cross Harbour Tunnel to Kwun Tong.

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