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SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1992

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MORE SERVICES TO RELIEVE MTR CONGESTION

MORE ALTERNATIVE MODES OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO COMMUTERS TRAVELLING ALONG THE NATHAN ROAD CORRIDOR OF MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY DURING THE MORNING PEAK HOURS FROM NEXT MONDAY

(JUNE 1).

BEING THE SECOND PHASE OF A SERIES OF MEASURES то RELIEVE CONGESTION ALONG THE CORRIDOR, THE NEW FACILITIES WILL INCLUDE THE INTRODUCTION OF A BUS-ONLY LANE ALONG WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR.

ALSO INCLUDED ARE MORE NEW CROSS-HARBOUR AIR-CONDITIONED BUS SERVICES AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL AND EXTENDED FERRY SERVICES FROM TUEN MUN AND TSUEN WAN TO CENTRAL.

A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT APART FROM THE EXISTING FERRY SERVICES, AN ADDITIONAL SAILING OF ORDINARY FERRY SERVICE WILL BE PROVIDED FROM TUEN MUN AT 7.45 AM BETWEEN MONDAYS AND SATURDAYS EXCEPT PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, AND THIS WILL BE EXTENDED TO WAN CHAI VIA CENTRAL.

ON ORDINARY FERRY SERVICES FROM TSUEN ADDITIONAL SAILING WILL BE PROVIDED AT 8.05 AM. TWO OTHER SAILINGS AT 7.05 AM AND 8.15 AM FROM EXTENDED TO WAN CHAI VIA TSING YI AND CENTRAL.

WAN TO CENTRAL, ONE THIS, TOGETHER WITH TSUEN WAN, WILL BE

TO HELP SPEEDY MOVEMENT OF BUSES FROM NORTHWEST KOWLOON TO CENTRAL KOWLOON, A BUS LANE WILL BE DESIGNATED ON THE EASTBOUND NEARSIDE LANE OF THE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR BETWEEN YEN CHOW STREET AND A POINT ABOUT 200 METRES TO THE WEST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH PRINCE EDWARD ROAD WEST AND SYCAMORE STREET FROM JUNE 1.

ALL VEHICLES EXCEPT BUSES ARE PROHIBITED FROM USING THE BUS LANE BETWEEN 7.30 AM AND 9 AM DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

TO TIE IN WITH THE OPENING OF THE BUS LANE, KOWLOON MOTOR BUS AIR-CONDITIONED BUS ROUTE NUMBERS 258B, 258C, 259B, 259C, 260B AND 267S WILL BE RE-ROUTED VIA CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD, LAI CHI KOK ROAD, WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR, PRINCE EDWARD ROAD WEST, LAI CHI KOK ROAD AND NATHAN ROAD ON THEIR WAY TO STAR FERRY.

IN ADDITION TO THE NEW CROSS-HARBOUR BUS ROUTE NUMBER 114 OPERATING BETWEEN SHAM SHUI PO FERRY PIER AND THE MACAU FERRY PIER IN CENTRAL VIA TAI KOK TSUI FROM TODAY, FOUR NEW AIR-CONDITIONED BUS ROUTES WILL BE INTRODUCED TO STRENGTHEN SERVICES FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES TO KOWLOON IN THE MORNING PEAK HOURS,

THESE ROUTES, OPERATING FROM MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS EXCEPT PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, WILL INCLUDE NO. 230X FROM ALLWAY GARDENS, TSUEN WAN TO WHAMPOA GARDEN, HUNG HOM; NO. 244X FROM TSING YI FERRY PIER TO STAR FERRY; NO. 268B FROM YUEN LONG EAST TO STAR FERRY AND NO. 271 FROM FU HENG ESTATE, TAI PO TO TSIM SHA TSUI.

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