17. On November 6th, 1955, the day on which summer time ceased to be observed in the Colony, a new timetable was brought into force. As the running cost of the diesel electric locomotives is very low, nearly all the local passenger trains were designed to be operated by these two locomotives.
No. of passenger
Percentages
trains
Trains on time
Trains delayed for less than 5 minutes Trains delayed for 5 minutes and over
5,628
68.99
2,127
26.07
403
4.94
Total number of passenger trains run
8,158
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18. Number and types of special trains run during the
year were as follows:-
Goods (loaded)
Goods (empty)
Passenger
Military
Trial trains
Ballast trains
Up
Down
Total
3
293
296
81
81
159
117
276
23
27
50
2
2
4
87
87
174
355
526
881
19. A naming ceremony of the two diesel electric locomo- tives by His Excellency the Governor and Lady Grantham was held on Nos. 3 and 4 platforms of Kowloon Station on Septem- ber 5th, 1955. The first locomotive was named "Sir Alexander' and the second "Lady Maurine".
20. In order to attract picnickers to the island of Tapmun at the mouth of Tolo Harbour a rail-bus was run on Sundays on and after May 15th, 1955, to convey passengers to Taipo where a ferry service is operated by the Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Co. Ltd. From the introduction of the winter timetable on November 6th, it was replaced by a full sized train.
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