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19. Numbers and types of special trains run during the year were as follows:-

Goods (loaded)

(empty)

Passenger

Military

Test train

Ballast train

Up

Down

Total

75

529

604

4

28

32

75

50

125

29

20

49

2

2

4

161

152

313

346

781

1,127

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20. RATES AND FARES. There were no alterations to the basic rates and fares.

Military personnel were continual offenders by travel- ling without having first obtained proper tickets. On December 5th, 1952, a new rule was introduced whereby a 50% surcharge was imposed on all Military personnel travelling without tickets. Beneficial results have been obtained.

21. ACCIDENTS. In the early morning of April 26th, 1952, a permanent-way coolie lost both legs in an accident at Kowloon Station yard. He was just about to finish his night work when a train of empty coaches propelling into the Station knocked him down. On recovery and after having been fitted with artificial legs, he was given a light job at Kowloon Station as an attendant.

22. On the afternoon of December 10th, 1952, at Mile 171 Military Occupation Crossing, an army gun carriage towing a gun collided with a local train. All the seven passengers in the vehicle were thrown out into a field and sustained injuries.

23. On the night of December 20th, 1952, a goods train ran into the rear of a rake of empty coaches just outside Kowloon Station's distant signal. The cost of repair to the damaged rolling stock amounted to $98,903.15. Fortunately there were no casualties.

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