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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1975

RAILWAY MARSHALL ING YARD TO BE BUILT AT LO WU

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PLANS ARE IN HAND TO BUILD A MARSHALLING YARD AT LO WU AT A COST OF $10.7 MILLION TO IMPROVE RAILWAY SERVICES, PARTICULARLY FOR FREIGHT ARRIVING FROM CHINA.

FREIGHT WAGONS ON TRAINS FROM CHINA ARE BOUND FOR DIFFERENT STATIONS ALONG THE LINE FOR MONG KOK AND HUNG HOM AT PRESENT AND IN FUTURE FOR FO TAN AND SHA TIN.

+UNLESS THE WAGONS ARE SORTED ACCORDING TO THEIR DESTINATIONS FEFORE LEAVING LO WU. THEY HAVE TO BE UNCOUPLED AND REGROUPED AT EACH OF THE FREIGHT STATIONS,+ A K.C.R. SPOKESMAN SAID.

+AS THE MARSHALL ING CAN ONLY BE DONE ON THE MAIN RUNNING LINE, THIS IS TIME-CONSUMING AND DISRUPTS TRAIN SCHEDULES,+ HE ADDED.

THESE COMPLICATIONS WILL BE SOLVED BY BUILDING A MARSHALL ING YARD AT LO WU, ANOTHER IMPROVEMENT IS THAT TRAINS CARRYING PIGS AND OTHER LIVESTOCK CAN BE DIVERTED TO THE YARD AWAY FROM PASSENGER TRAINS AT THE STATION.

THE MARSHALLING YARD WILL CONSIST OF SEVEN SORTING TRACKS AND A SHUNTING NECK. THIS IS THE MINIMUM SIZE NECESSARY TO DEAL WITH ALL DESTINATIONS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID,

THE COMPLETION OF THE WORK, EXPECTED IN EARLY 1977, WILL SMOOTH THE FLOW AND INCREASE CAPACITY FOR FREIGHT MOVEMENTS OVER THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

SOME 93,000 SQUARE FEET OF PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL LAND WILL

BE REQUIRED FOR THE BUILDING OF THIS YARD.

LAND RESUMPTION IS NEEDED FOR THIS PUBLIC PROJECT AND A NOTICE UNDER THE CROWN LANDS RESUMPTION ORDINANCE HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE.

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