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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1977
FEASIBILITY STUDY ON INTERCHANGE BETWEEN MTR AND KCR STATIONS
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A STUDY IS TO START SHORTLY ON THE FEASIBILITY OF BUILDING AN INTERCHANGE BETWEEN THE FUTURE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY
CORPORATION'S STATION AT KOWLOON TONG AND A PROPOSED KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY STATION THERE.
A BRITISH COMPANY, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AND MARKET RESEARCH LTD. HAS BEEN AWARDED A CONTRACT VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $800,000 TO UNDERTAKE THE STUDY WHICH WILL TAKE FIVE MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED TODAY BY MR. REG GREGORY, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILIWAY ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT AND MR. K.V. SMITH, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AND MARKET RESEARCH LIMITED.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT BY 1984 AS MANY AS 160,000 PEOPLE PER DAY COULD BE USING THE INTERCHANGE OF WHOM 20,000 WOULD USE IT DURING PEAK HOURS.
STUDY.
ABOUT 20 EXPERTS WILL BE INVOLVED IN CARRYING OUT THE
THE POSSIBILITY OF BUILDING A KCR STATION IN KOWLOON TONG HAS BEEN UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
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