ENG-1962 — Page 503

APPENDICES

Appendix X-Contd

(Chapter 15: Communications)

Kowloon-Canton Railway, British Section*

Length of line

Main points of call Passengers carried

Passenger kilometres

Freight carried

Total revenue

Operating expenditure

Net operating revenue

Capital expenditure

·

:

Main line-22 miles

Total length of line-35 miles New Territories (Hong Kong)

7,004,345

(6,834,481)

445

146,406,256 (138,934,877)

385,671.44 metric tons (329,489.54) $10,293,315.72 ($9,424,427)

$ 4,626,472.74 ($4,352,720)

$ 5,666,842.98 ($5,071,707)

$ 4,419,109.31 ($5,515,955)

* Figures for 1961 are shown in brackets.

Vehicles

The number of vehicles registered in the Colony on the 31st December 1962 was 63,056. This represented an overall increase of 7,230 over 1961. There is now a density of 120.4 vehicles for every mile of roadway.

Private cars (including 42 on Lantau Island)

Motor cycles (including scooters and 2 on Lantau Island)

Taxis (including 524 in New Territories)

Buses

Goods vehicles

Dual purpose vehicles (Private car/goods vehicle) Hire cars

Public cars

Crown vehicles

Rickshaws

Tricycles

Trailers

Chairs

:

:

:

:

*

+

:

:

:

40,216

4,949

1,767

1,185

10,867

593

120

91

1,694

818

735

21

Passenger Aircraft

Passengers Freight

Mail

:

:

:

Air Traffic

Total..

In

7,873

292,007

2,097,015 kilos

637,291 kilos

63,056

Out

7,879

299,397

4,883,108 kilos

907,052 kilos