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Wednesday, February 27, 1974

NEW CROSS-HARBOUR BUS ROUTE STARTS ON FRIDAY

EEG

A new cross harbour bus service jointly operated by Hong Kong's

two franchised bus companies

on Friday (March 1).

KMB and CMB will come into operation

The service, known as Route 105, will operate between Lai Chi

Kok and West Point with the buses passing through Central District.

There will be a peak hour frequency of one bus every six minutes

while the off-peak frequency will be 12 minutes.

The service is designed to link the fast developing residential

area around Lai Chi Kok with Central. It will also supplement the

existing Route 104 with which it shares a common route for much of the

journey.

Route 104 operates between Pak Tin and West Point and the common

route begins at the junction of Nathan Road and Prince Edward Road.

This means that during peak hours the two services should provide

a bus every three minutes along the common section of the route. At the

same time, Route 104 will be extended to Sands Street in West Point.

The flat fare for Route 105 will be $1 (50 cents after passing

through the tunnel).

The first buses will leave the termini at Lai Chi Kok and West

Point at 6.37 a.m. and the last buses will leave at 11.30 p.D.

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