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Saturday, January 12, 1974

MORE TRAINS FOR LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS

Special passenger train services will be operated during the three-day

Chinese New Year holiday period starting from January 23 to cope with the

expected increase in commutera.

Eleven up-trains will be running from Tsim Sha Tsui to various

destinations in the New Territories between 8.54 a.m. and 9.40 p.m., while

twelve down-trains will be operating between 10.26 a.m. and 10.30 p.m.

The special up-trains will be operating from Tsim Sha Tsui Station

and will not stop at Mong Kok Station. The normal schedule up-trains will

also bypass Mong Kok Station between 6.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m.

During this period, passengers normally boarding at Mong Kok Station

should use Tsim Sha Tsui Station. Holders of season or monthly tickets will

be allowed to board at Tsim Sha Tsui without extra charge.

A spokesman for the Kowloon-Canton Railway said that during the

holiday period additional night trains would be arranged if necessary.

He said all up-trains from Kowloon to the New Territories were

expected to be full between 6 a.. and 3 p.m., while down-trains would probably

be full between 3 p.m. and 9 p..

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