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2.

ExCo Memorandum XCC(72) 27 April 1972 Pages 21 and 22 Paragraphs 60

63

"The Complementary and Competitive Nature of the

Mass Transit Railway

60.

The Railway would be both complementary to and

competitive with modified forms of surface public

transport (the nature of which would change considerably).

The major role of the MTR would be to provide rapid and

unimpeded mass transit facilities in the most thickly

populated parts of the urban area. The public could be

expected to prefer the MTR for longer trips, particularly

cross-harbour trips, because of its greater speed and

convenience. Surface public transport would carry people

on those through-routes that would remain unaffected by

the MTR, on short trips within the area served by the MTR,

and on feeder trips to connect with MTR stations. Although

the MTR is designed for heavy utilisation by large numbers

of people, it would at the same time pick up many people

who would regard it as a satisfactory substitute for the

personal transport to which they had become accustomed or

to which they would aspire if the MTR did not exist.

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61.

Outside the area served by the railway there

would be a need to extend the public transport system,

including perhaps comfortable express buses serving

comparatively remote and high-class residential areas.

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