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West Rail vs. Bus - Lingnan University Library

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Also $18 student one-day pass was introduced in summer of 2004 for students to<br />

travel on <strong>West</strong> <strong>Rail</strong>, Light <strong>Rail</strong> and feeder buses unlimited times within one day.<br />

Festival pass is launched in December 2004 until August 2005 for passengers to travel<br />

<strong>West</strong> <strong>Rail</strong>, Light <strong>Rail</strong> and feeder buses unlimited time within one day. Furthermore,<br />

discount coupons were distributed to passengers for shopping at shops inside <strong>West</strong><br />

<strong>Rail</strong> stations<br />

Place<br />

Coverage is the weakness of <strong>West</strong> <strong>Rail</strong> as most of the stations in <strong>West</strong> New<br />

Territories are far away from many densely populated areas. Also stations in urban<br />

areas are not located in commercial or business areas. Most of the passengers need to<br />

interchange with other kinds of transport to get to their destination. KCRC is aware of<br />

this problem and so tries to enhance its feeder services. They have an extensive<br />

network of Light <strong>Rail</strong> and feeder buses in <strong>West</strong> New Territories. They provide free<br />

feeder bus service in urban areas to commercial or business areas like Monk Kok,<br />

Shum Shui Po, Tsim Sha Tsui and Kwai Fong, etc. KCRC also decide to launch free<br />

feeder buses service for Tsing Yi (Sing Pao, 2004). They think that feeder service is<br />

the main factor for increasing passenger amount although it spends an addition<br />

$6,000,000 per year to provide the services (Ta Kung Pao, 2004). In addition to the<br />

free feeder buses provided by KCRC, other transportation modes also provide feeder<br />

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