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SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1978

SPECIAL TRAIN SERVICES DURING LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS

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THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY WILL OPERATE SPECIAL TRAIN SERVICES FROM FEBRUARY 7 TO 9 TO COPE WITH THE EXPECTED INCREASE IN COMMUTERS DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.

DURING THESE THREE DAYS SIX ADDITIONAL TRAINS WILL LEAVE KOWLOON STATION AT 9.56 A.M., 10.50 A.M., 12.35 P.M., 1.35 P.M., 3.39 P.M. AND 5.05 P.M. ANOTHER SPECIAL TRAIN WILL DEPART FROM

KOWLOON STATION AT 6.50 A.M. ON LUNAR NEW YEAR DAY.

ALL ADDITIONAL AND SCHEDULED TRAINS LEAVING KOWLOON STATION BEFORE 3 P.M. DURING THESE THREE DAYS WILL NOT STOP AT MONG KOK STATION.

THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY WILL ALSO OPERATE SIX ADDITIONAL SOUTHBOUND TRAINS DURING THESE THREE DAYS THREE DEPARTING FROM LO WU AT 11.34 A.M., 12.58 P.M. AND 5.51 P.M.- TWO FROM FANLING AT 2.14 P.M. AND 2.42 P.M. AND ONE FROM SHA TIN AT 5.46 P.M.

ON LUNAR NEW YEAR DAY AN ADDITIONAL SOUTHBOUND TRAIN WILL DEPART FROM LO WU AT 8.38 A.M.

A KCR SPOKESMAN SAID MORE SPECIAL TRAINS WILL BE RUN IN THE LATE EVENINGS DURING THESE THREE DAYS IF THERE IS A DEMAND.

HE SAID MONTHLY TICKET HOLDERS WILL BE PERMITTED TO BOARD THE SPECIAL TRAINS WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGES.

THE SPOKESMAN EXPECTED THAT DURING THESE THREE DAYS THE NEW TERRITORIES-BOUND TRAINS WILL BE FULL BETWEEN 6 A.M. AND 3 P.M. AND THE KOWLOON-BOUND ONES WILL ALSO BE FULL BETWEEN 3 P.M. AND 9 P.M.

FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF PASSENGERS GOING TO CHINA DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR PERIOD, ORDINARY CLASS RETURN TICKETS FROM KOWLOON TO LO WU STATIONS WILL BE SOLD AT KOWLOON STATION FROM NEXT WEDNESDAY (FEBRUARY 1) UNTIL FEBRUARY 28.

EACH RETURN TICKET WILL BE VALID FOR THE JOURNEY FROM KOWLOON TO LO WU ON THE DATE OF ISSUE AND FOR A RETURN JOURNEY ON ANY DAY FROM THE DATE OF ISSUE UNTIL FEBRUARY 28, 1978.

ON ARRIVAL AT LO WU, PASSENGERS HOLDING RETURN TICKETS ARE REQUESTED TO SHOW THE TICKETS TO THE TICKET COLLECTORS AT THE EXIT GATES AND THEN KEEP THE TICKETS FOR USE ON THE RETURN JOURNEY AFTER WHICH THE TICKETS WILL BE COLLECTED AT KOWLOON OR MONG KOK STATION.

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