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Operator should refit trams and revise routes to boost usage
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Hong Kong Tramways operates the cheapest form of public transport in the city and has not raised tram fares for 12 years.
Now it wants an increase of 50 cents so it can introduce various upgrades.
I have a number of ideas about what improvements I would like to see.
First of all, there should be greater frequency on some routes. There are certainly problems with frequency, with the trams running in the northern part of Hong Kong Island where the traffic sometimes appears to be one way.
On one occasion, I was waiting to catch a tram from Wan Chai to Causeway Bay, but all I saw were trams bound for Western district.
I think the longer journeys have to be broken down into smaller loops.
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