24. During the year under review, among the goods transported to China by rail were 79 metric tons of sewing machines, 33 metric tons of diplomatic belongings, 28 metric tons of newspapers and 13 metric tons of personal effects.
25. 4,190 metric tons of mail and mail packets, compared with some 3,975 metric tons in the preceding year, were conveyed by rail to China for the Post Office. This amount was distributed fairly evenly over the whole year.
26. Details relating to goods traffic appear in Appendix V.
27. Operation. Train punctuality for the year under review was not very satisfactory. This poor result was mainly caused by the imposition of speed restrictions on trains during the construction of the pedestrian subway north of the Sha Tin Railway Station and the repair of the various bridges along the mainline.
No, of scheduled
Passenger Trains
Percentage
要
Trains on time
Trains delayed for less than 5 minutes...
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9,399
75.83
1,862
15.02
Trains delayed for 5 minutes and over...
1,134
9.15
Total No. of passenger trains run
12,395
100.00
28. A total of 4,113 special trains was operated during the year as against 3,766 in the previous year, an increase of 347 or 9.21%. The number and types of special trains run during the year under review were as follows:
Goods (loaded)
Goods (empty)
Passenger
Passenger (empty)
Military
Ballast trains
Trial trains
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:
Up
Down
Total
1,490
1,490
1,191
1,191
272
260
532
354
364
718
3
3
6
87
87
174
1
1
2
1,908
2,205
4,113
29. Fares and Rates. There was no revision of fares and goods rates in general during the year. From 2.7.68 to 30.8.68, when schools were closed for the summer holidays, special half-fare student tickets
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