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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1982

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REVISION OF PASSENGER FARES FOR DIRECT THROUGH TRAINS

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THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT AN AGREEMENT HAS RECENTLY BEEN REACHED WITH THE GUANGZHOU RAILWAY ADMINISTRATION THAT THE PASSENGER FARES FOR THE THROUGH TRAINS BETWEEN KOWLOON AND GUANGZHOU TOGETHER WITH THE CHARGES FOR LUGGAGE AND PARCELS WILL BE REVISED AS FROM DECEMBER 28.

THE NEW FARES AND CHARGES WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:-

(1) PASSENGER FARES

SINGLE JOURNEY (ADULT):

* FROM HK$54.40 TO HK$80 (FOR TICKETS SOLD AT HONG KONG)

AND FROM RMB Y16.40 TO Ý24.00 (FOR TICKETS SOLD AT GUANGZHOU)

* CHILD TICKETS, BE THEY SOLD AT KOWLOON STATION OR

GUANGZHOU STATION, SHALL BE HALF OF THE ADULT FARES

(2) CHARGES FOR LUGGAGES

UNIT CHARGE RATE FOR EVERY 5 KG OF LUGGAGE:

* FROM HK$2.30 TO HK$3.00 AT KOWLOON STATION AND FROM

RMB YO.70 TO RMB YO.90 AT GUANGZHOU STATION

(3) CHARGES FOR PARCELS

UNIT CHARGE RATE FOR EVERY 5 KG OF PARCELS:

* FROM HK$6.80 TO HK$9.00 AT KOWLOON STATION AND FROM

RMB Y2.10 TO RMB Y2.70 AT THE GUANGZHOU STATION

A KCR SPOKESMAN SAID THE AGREEMENT TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE RATE OF INFLATION AND THE FACT THAT THE THROUGH PASSENGER TRAIN FARES AND OTHER RELATED CHARGES HAD NOT BEEN REVISED SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SERVICE MORE THAN THREE-AND-A-HALF YEARS AGO.

+THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN HONG KONG AND GUANGZHOU TODAY, HE POINTED OUT.

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