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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1977

SPECIAL TRAIN SERVICES DURING CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL

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SPECIAL PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICES WILL BE OPERATED TO WO HOP SHEK DURING THE CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL PERIOD, ON OCTOBER 16 (SUNDAY), OCTOBER 21 (FRIDAY) AND OCTOBER 23 (SUNDAY), TO COPE WITH THE EXPECTED INCREASE IN COMMUTERS.

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 AS IN LAST YEAR.

ALSO AS IN LAST YEAR, TRAINS ON OCTOBER 23, THE SUNDAY FOLLOWING CHUNG YEUNG, WILL ADDITIONALLY GO TO WO HOP SHEK AND FANLING.

ON OCTOBER 16, UP-TRAINS WILL RUN AT ABOUT HOURLY INTERVALS BETWEEN THE KOWLOON STATION AT HUNG HOM AND WO HOP SHEK BETWEEN 8.07 A.M. AND 3.48 P.M. THE SAME NUMBER OF DOWN-TRAINS WILL BE OPERATED ALSO AT ABOUT HOURLY INTERVALS BETWEEN 9.30 A.M. AND 5.49 P.M.

ON OCTOBER 21 AND 23, UP-TRAINS WILL BE OPERATED AT HOURLY INTERVALS BETWEEN 6 A.M. AND 5 P.M. WHILE DOWN-TRAINS WILL RUN AT ABOUT HOURLY INTERVALS BETWEEN 7.01 A.M. AND 6.04 P.M.

THESE SPECIAL TRAINS WILL NOT PICK UP PASSENGERS AT THE MONG KOK STATION. PASSENGERS NORMALLY BOARDING TRAINS AT MONG KOK ARE ADVISED TO GO TO KOWLOON STATION AT HUNG HOM DURING THIS PERIOD AND HOLDERS OF MONTHLY TICKETS WILL BE PERMITTED TO BOARD THE ABOVE TRAINS 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 THAT 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 SOUTHBOUND TRAINS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT THE MONG KOK STATION.

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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.

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PASSENGERS ARE ADVISED TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN BY POLICEMEN AND THE RAILWAY STAFF IN FORMING ORDERLY QUEUES AND TO READ CAREFULLY NOTICES WHICH ARE EXHIBITED AT THE KOWLOON STATION. IN ADDITION, THE PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM INSTALLED OUTSIDE THE STATION WILL ENABLE PASSENGERS IN QUEUES TO RECEIVE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE TRAIN ARRANGEMENTS.

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO REMINDED PASSENGERS GOING TO SANDY RIDGE CEMETERIES THAT THEY SHOULD TRAVEL ON TRAINS GOING TO LO WU AND THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO REMAIN IN THE CLOSED AREA BETWEEN 8 A.M. AND 6 P.M. DURING THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 16 TO 23 PROVIDED THAT THEY WERE BONA FIDE WORSHIPPERS AND IN POSSESSION OF A HONG KONG IDENTITY CARD.