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Tuen Mun Road traffic keeps moving

Tuen Mun Road traffic in both directions moved smoothly in general today (Tuesday), a Transport Department spokesman said.

The bus-only Kowloon-bound carriageway on Tuen Mun Road has been well utilised with more red minibuses travelling on the Bus-only Lane (BOL).

In off-peak hours, container vehicles were permitted to use BOL at police discretion to relieve congestion on Castle Peak Road.

The travelling times on Tuen Mun Road reflected by KMB 60M in the morning and evening peak hours respectively are 35 - 40 minutes in Tsuen Wan bound, and 35 - 60 minutes in Tuen Mun bound.

Passengers carried by buses and ferries to and from Tuen Mun during the morning and evening peak hours are 72,000 and 35,800 respectively with breakdowns below:

Morning Peak Hours (6 am - 9 am)

Evening Peak Hours (5 pm - 7 pm)

* ferries to Central

4,800

* ferries to Tsuen Wan

1,200

* buses from Tuen Mun

66,000

* ferries from Central

3,800

* ferries from Tsuen Wan

2,000

* buses to Tuen Mun

30,000

72,000

35,800

End/Tuesday, September 5, 1995

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