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MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1976

SPECIAL TRAINS FOR CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL

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SPECIAL PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICES WITH MORE SEATING ACCOMMODATION THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS WILL BE OPERATED TO WO HOP SHEK ON OCTOBER 31 (SUNDAY), NOVEMBER 1 (MONDAY) AND NOVEMBER 7 (SUNDAY) FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF PEOPLE OBSERVING THE CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL.

DURING THESE THREE DAYS, FACILITIES FOR PASSENGERS GOING TO WO HOP SHEK WILL BE IMPROVED BY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF SEATS AVAILABLE BY 30 PER CENT COMPARED WITH LAST YEAR.

UNLIKE PREVIOUS YEARS, TRAINS ON NOVEMBER 7, THE SUNDAY FOLLOWING CHUNG YEUNG WILL ADDITIONALLY GO TO WO HOP SHEK AS WELL AS FANLING AND THERE WILL BE AN EXTRA SIX TRAINS.

UP-TRAINS WILL RUN AT ABOUT HOURLY INTERVALS BETWEEN THE KOWLOON STATION AT HUNG HOM AND WO HOP SHEK BETWEEN 6.13 A.M. AND 4.55 P.M. ON THE FIRST TWO DAYS. THE SAME NUMBER OF DOWN-TRAINS WILL BE OPERATED ALSO AT ABOUT HOURLY INTERVALS BETWEEN 7.30 A.M. AND 6.20 P.M.

ON NOVEMBER 7, UP-TRAINS WILL RUN AT HOURLY INTERVALS BETWEEN 8,11 A.M. AND 4.55 P.M. DOWN-TRAINS WILL BE OPERATED AT ABOUT HOURLY INTERVALS BETWEEN 9.28 A.M. AND 6.30 P.M.

THESE SPECIAL TRAINS WILL NOT PICK UP PASSENGERS AT THE MONG KOK STATION.

PASSENGERS NORMALLY BOARDING AT MONG KOK ARE ADVISED TO GO TO THE KOWLOON STATION AT HUNG HOM DURING THIS PERIOD AND HOLDERS OF MONTHLY TICKETS WILL BE ALLOWED TO BOARD AT THE KOWLOON STATION WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY SAID THAT MORE SPECIAL TRAINS MIGHT BE OPERATED IN THE LATE EVENINGS

IF DEMAND WARRANTED.

HE SAID ALL THE UP-TRAINS FROM KOWLOON TO THE NEW TERRITORIES WERE EXPECTED TO BE FULL BETWEEN 6 A.M. AND 3 P.M., WHILE DOWN-TRAINS WOULD PROBABLY BE FULL FROM 3 P.M. TO 9 P.M. TICKETS FOR SOUTH-BOUND TRAINS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT MONG KOK STATION.

ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE NO ADVANCE BOOKING OF RAILWAY TICKETS, SPECIAL CONCESSION RETURN TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE KOWLOON STATION ON THE THREE DAYS, FOR ORDINARY CLASS FROM KOWLOON TO WO HOP SHEK, AND FOR ORDINARY CLASS FROM KOWLOON TO LO WU, AND THEN TO SANDY RIDGE, AND SINGLE JOURNEY TICKETS FROM WO HOP SHEK TO KOWLOON.