49. Station Buildings. The station buildings at Yau Ma Tei, Sheung Shui and Wo Hop Shek, Signal Cabins at Yau Ma Tei and Hung Hom, Store Office at Blackheads, and the Locomotive Shed at Lo Wu were overhauled and re-decorated. Corroded mild steel gates and fences in the concourse of Kowloon Station were renewed.
50. Staff Quarters. The following staff quarters were overhauled and re-decorated:
Wylie Court Quarters, Luen Wan Street Quarters, Platelayers' and Fitters' Quarters at Blackheads, Signalman's Quarters at Hung Hom, Traffic Staff Quarters and Signal Fitters' Quarters at Tai Po Kau and No. 8 Ganghut, Platelayers' Quarters and Running Staff Quarters at Lo Wu.
51. Typhoon Damage. The following repairs to minor typhoon damage were carried out:
(a) Repairs to washouts in embankment at Mile 61.
(b) Rendering of slopes in cuttings opposite Tai Po Market Station
and at Mile 15.
(c) Repairs to doors and windows of station buildings and staff
quarters at Kowloon, Yau Ma Tei and New Territories.
52.
New Works and Improvements.
(a) To cater for more goods wagons, an additional loop line was installed at Lo Wu Station. The work involved the laying of two 1 in 8 turnouts and 1,710 feet of plain track. In order to accom- modate the additional loop line, the 20-foot span double-line steel- girder Bridge No. 37 was widened with precast reinforced concrete slab deckings resting on new mass concrete pier and abutments supported by precast reinforced concrete piles. The existing corroded steel girders were also removed and replaced with similar concrete deckings.
(b) One shelter of 3,200 square feet, two shelters with a total area of 980 square feet and another two with a total area of 1,536 square feet were constructed at Yau Ma Tei, University and Sheung Shui Stations respectively.
(c) To cope with longer trains, platforms at the following stations
were extended during the year:
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