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SIX MORE BUS ROUTES TO HELP RELIEVE MTR CONGESTION

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THE THIRD PHASE OF AN ACTION PLAN TO HELP RELIEVE MORNING PEAK HOUR CONGESTION ON THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY SYSTEM ALONG THE NATHAN ROAD CORRIDOR WILL BE LAUNCHED THIS MONTH WHEN ROUTES ARE INTRODUCED.

THE SIX NEW ROUTES BEING APPROVED BY THE WILL SERVE MAINLY BETWEEN THE EAST AND WEST NEW URBAN AREA WITH TWO CROSS-HARBOUR SERVICES.

SIX MORE NEW BUS

TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TERRITORIES AND THE

ROUTES ARE

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (SATURDAY) SAID THESE AIMED AT PROVIDING NEW TERRITORIES COMMUTERS WITH AN ALTERNATIVE OTHER THAN THE MTR NATHAN ROAD LINE WHEN GOING SOUTH TO KOWLOON OR HONG KONG DURING THE MORNING RUSH HOURS.

MEASURES FOR THE THIRD PHASE COMBINED BOTH RESIDENTIAL COACH AND FRANCHISED BUS SERVICES AND WOULD BOOST PUBLIC TRANSPORT CAPACITY OF THE NATHAN ROAD CORRIDOR BY ANOTHER 3,000 PASSENGERS, HE SAID.

ON MONDAY (JULY 8), A NEW RESIDENT SERVICE 23R OPERATING BETWEEN MEI FOO AND TSIM SHA TSUI EAST AT A FARE OF $6 WILL BE INTRODUCED BY CITYBUS.

ANOTHER RESIDENTIAL COACH ROUTE 82R, SERVING HIN KENG IN SHA TIN, TSIM SHA TSUI AND HUNG HOM WILL BE OPERATED BY YAU FUNG TOUR AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS MONTH AT A FARE OF $6.

KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY AND CHINA MOTOR BUS COMPANY WILL JOINTLY PROVIDE FOUR NEW AIR-CONDITIONED BUS ROUTES LATER THIS MONTH.

ROUTE 259B WILL START FROM TUEN MUN PIERHEAD WHEREAS ROUTE 259C WILL START FROM SUN TUEN MUN CENTRE, BOTH WILL TERMINATE AT TSIM SHA TSUI AND AT A FARE OF $11.

THE TWO CROSS-HARBOUR SERVICES, ROUTE 302 FROM TSZ WAN SHAN AND ROUTE 303 FROM MA ON SHAN, WILL BOTH TAKE PASSENGERS то CENTRAL VIA THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING. THE FARES ARE $7 AND $13 RESPECTIVELY.

MEASURES OF THE THREE PHASES TOGETHER WOULD PROVIDE A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 8,000 ADDITIONAL PASSENGERS.

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