CONFIDENTIAL
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Since the line serves stations in the New Territories, not all the passengers are making onward journeys to destinations in China. The number of rail passengers to and from China
17-8 millia, crossing the bridge at Lo Wu during the eight hours that it is
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open each day is currently 15,000 (Monday to Friday), 25,000 (weekends) and 80,000 (peak during public holidays). In 1980 something over 6 million passengers passed through the immigration controls at Lo Wu,
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In addition, two through trains to Guangzhou leave Hung Hom each day. In 1980, a total of 940,000 passenger journeys to and from Hung Hom were made by this route.
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The extensive modernisation and electrification of the Hong Kong section of the line is expected to reduce journey time from the present 70 minutes to 40 minutes. is planned to increase the number of trains going to Lo Wu to 4 per hour (and this figure could be substantially increased as needed e.g. peak festival periods). Once again, not all passengers will be travelling as far as Lo Wu for onward travel to China, but it is clear that the immigration and customs facilities at the planned new railway station at Lo Wu will need to be able to cope with a substantial increase in the numbers of passengers.
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Plans for the modernisation of the Chinese section are at a tentative and preliminary stage. In the past, various Chinese officials have spoken of plans to double-track and to electrify the line north of Lo Wu as far as Guangzhou. However, it is apparent that these are not well advanced. Nevertheless, once the modernisation of the Hong Kong section is complete, Chinese requests for additional (diesel-hauled) through trains
can be expected.
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