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Revised

Question No. 2

Reply by the Hon. Michael Leung, Secretary for Transport,

to a Question by the Hon LIU Lit-for in Legislative Council on 11.3.87

Question: Will

Government

the

inform this Council of details of the average daily passenger patronage during peak hours at MTR stations on the Island Line as compared with their designed capacities, and what

what measures will be taken to ensure that these stations are fully utilized?

sir,

At present the maximum one direction loading in

the peak hour on the Island Line is some 25,000 passengers

which is only

is only about 1/3 of the comparable figure on the

Tsuen Wan Line and 44% of that on the Kwun Tong Line.

It is worth noting that of the nearly 1.6 million

people currently using the MTR system daily, some 448,000

28%

Island Line station (excluding Central

Admiralty) for at least one end of their journey.

or

use an

and

It is true that

true that currently the Island Line is less

well utilised than either the Kwun Tong or Tsuen Wan

Lines. However, it must be recognised that the full Island

Line has only been in operation for some 9 months and the

growth since the opening of the initial section between

Admiralty and Chaiwan

in May 1985 has been quite

encouraging; the current intra-Island patronage being some

50% higher than that attracted last year.