38. There was a marked decrease in the conveyance of mail and mail packets to China. The figure dropped to 6,019 tons, compared with 8,067 tons in the previous year.
39. Full details relating to goods traffic are shown in Appendix IX.
OPERATIONS
40. Train punctuality was unsatisfactory. This was mainly attributed to the introduction of longer trains. However, improvements were achieved towards the end of the year as staff began to familiarize themselves with the operation of longer and heavier trains.
No. of scheduled
passenger trains
Percentage
Trains on time
2,555
20.74
Trains delayed for less than 5 minutes ..... Trains delayed for more than 5 minutes
4,553
36.95
5.213
42.31
Total No. of passenger trains run :
12,321
100.00
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41. The number of freight trains run were 1,993 from China and 1,693 to China. The latter were virtually empty.
42.
The number and types of special or additional trains run during the year were as follows :·
www.
Up
Down
Total
Passenger
Passenger (empty)
591
570
1,161
112
205
317
Trial trains
Ballast trains
5
5
10
38
38
76
746
818
1,564
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43.
Accidents The following accidents occurred during the year :-
Trespassers injured by trains
6
Trespassers killed by trains
Passengers injured by trains
24
Passengers killed by trains
1
Staff injured on duty
Derailment (passenger trains)
Derailment of shunting locomotives
Pagrama
9
9
3
2
44.
All traffic was suspended on 19th October, 1974 until 15.00 hours when typhoon Carmen came close to Hong Kong. The service was again suspended after 20.30 hours due to a landslide. Normal services resumed the next day.
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