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FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1982

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TIMETABLES FOR OLD AND NEW TRAINS

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THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY WILL INTRODUCE A NEW TIMETABLE FOR THE DIESEL-HAULED PASSENGER TRAINS ON SUNDAY (MAY 2) IN ORDER TO TIE IN WITH THE INNER- SUBURBAN ELECTRIFIED SERVICE TO BE COMMISSIONED ON MAY 6.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE KCR SAID TODAY THERE ARE AT PRESENT 34 TRAINS 17 NORTHBOUND AND 17 SOUTHBOUND RUNNING DAILY BETWEEN KOWLOON AND LOWU, INCLUDING ONE DOWN TRAIN FROM TA! PO MARKET.

WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REVISED TIMETABLE, THE NUMBER OF TRAINS IN OPERATION REMAINS UNCHANGED BUT THE TIME SCHEDULE IS SLIGHTLY ALTERED, HE SAID.

PASSENGERS ARE REMINDED TO TAKE DIESEL-HAULED TRAINS FOR DESTINATIONS NORTH OF SHA TIN BECAUSE THE ELECTRIC TRAINS ONLY OPERATE BETWEEN KOWLOON AND SHA TIN.

THE ELECTRIFIED SERVICE WILL BE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC FROM 2 PM ON MAY 6 AFTER AN OPENING CEREMONY IN THE MORNING. IT WILL RUN AT 10 MINUTES INTERVALS.

THE FIRST ELECTRIC TRAINS WILL LEAVE KOWLOON STATION AT 6.12 AM AND SHA TIN STATION AT 6.10 AM, WHILE THE LAST TRAINS WILL LEAVE THE TWO STATIONS AT 12.02 AM AND 11.50 PM DAILY.

UNLIKE THE DIESEL-HAULED TRAINS, THE ELECTRIC TRAINS WILL STOP AT A NEW STATION AT KOWLOON TONG, WHICH IS AN INTERCHANGE WITH THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY.

MEANWHILE, THE KCR IS CONTINUING THE SIMULATION RUNS OF ELECTRIC TRAINS BETWEEN MAY 2 AND MAY 5 IN PREPARATION FOR THE NEW ELECTRIFIED SERVICE.

COMMUTERS ARE REMINDED NOT TO BOARD THE ELECTRIC TRAINS STOPPING AT STATIONS DURING THIS PERIOD, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WARNED TO KEEP AWAY FROM THE TRACKS AT ALL TIMES BECAUSE ELECTRIC TRAINS ARE SOMETIMES RUNNING AT A MAXIMUM SPEED OF 120 KILOMETRES PER HOUR.

COPIES OF THE NEW TIMETABLE ARE PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED AT ALL STATIONS FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF COMMUTERS.

TIME SCHEDULES FOR THE EXPRESS THROUGH TRAINS BETWEEN KOWLOON AND GUANGZHOU REMAIN UNCHANGED.

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