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Monday, Desember 18, 1972

KCR TO HAVE MORE CARRIAGES

Double-Tracking Project In Planning Stage

The Kowloon-Canton Railway is buying 40 passenger carriages to

cope with the continuously increasing volume of passenger traffic.

Mr. P.H. Lam, General Manager of the Kowloon-Canton Railway,

said today that international tenders for the supply of the carriages had

been invited through the Crown Agents in London and a number of overseas

tenders were received before the end of September, 1972.

Each carriage will cost between $500,000 and $600,000, compared

with about $400,000 paid for the last purchase in 1961.

Twenty-eight new carriages will replace part of the old rolling

stock, and the other 12 will be used for lengthening the existing trains

or forming an additional train to improve the service.

batches.

These 40 carriages are expected to arrive at the end of 1973 in

The Kowloon-Canton Railway will also be considering to buy a

new locomotive from either the United States or Australia next year,

Mr. Lan disclosed.

The Kowloon-Canton Railway has now nine locomotives and 70 carriages

with a total capacity of about 6,340 passengers.

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