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Saturday, June 30, 1973

REDUCED TRAIN FARES FOR STUDENTS

A half-fare concession will be granted to students travelling

third class on scheduled trains between Kowloon and the New Territories

as from Tuesday (July 3).

Announcing this today, a spokesman for the Kowloon-Canton Railway

said the reduced fares were to encourage young people from urban and rural

areas to take part in activities organised outside their districts during

the summer vacation.

The concession fares will be effective until August 31 but will not

apply on Saturdays, Sundays or public holidays, and may be withdrawn at any

time.

Only return tickets, valid for the date of issue, will be sold

and no refund will be made in respect of the unused return portion of a

ticket under any circumstances.

Students will be required to produce documents to show that they are

full-time students when buying tickets or on the request of train inspectors.

Those found travelling beyond the stations for which their concession

tickets were sold will be required to pay half-fare for that portion of the

journey for which they do not hold tickets, in addition to a 50 per cent

surcharge.

Students found travelling in first or second class coaches on concession

tickets will have to pay the full fare of the higher class, plus a 50 per cent

In this case, however, the third class half-fare which they have

surcharge.

paid will be deducted.

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