27. A total of 5,278 special trains was run during the year as against 4,663 in the previous year, an increase of 13.19%. The number and types of special trains run for the year under review are as follows:
Goods (loaded)...
Goods (empty). Passenger
Passenger (empty)
Military ...
Ballast trains
Up
Down
Total
1,859
1,859
1,535
1,535
528
521
1,049
351
352
703
2
2
4
64
64
128
2,480
2,798
5,278
28.
Fares and Rates. There was no revision of fares and goods rates in general during the year. From 2nd July to 31st August, 1971, as in the past four years when schools were closed for the summer holidays, special half-fare student tickets were issued for train journeys from Kowloon Terminal and Mong Kok to the New Territories Stations and from the New Territories Stations to the Kowloon Terminal and Mong Kok. Altogether 13,640 such tickets were sold.
29. With effect from 1st October, 1971 the special concession tickets for the military personnel and their dependants were cancelled.
30. Accidents. The following railway accidents occurred during the period under review:
Trespassers injured by trains
Trespassers killed by trains
(Note: 4 out of the 6 trespassers killed by trains were suspected to
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have committed suicide.)
Passengers injured by trains
Passengers killed by trains
Passengers injured by the bridge girders
Staff injured on duty
Derailments
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1+
Collision of stationary empty goods lorry and overshooting goods
wagons
18
1
I
3
2
ACCOUNTS
31. A record gross operating revenue of $18,259,051 was earned by the Railway during the year. The Gross Operating Receipts from Passenger Traffic amounted to $9,276,804, from Goods Traffic
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