Cancellation of KMB 289K - Why not MOS Rail?

I am a resident of Chevalier Garden but I don't understand why people must take a bus to go to University KCR Station in order to take a northbound KCR East Rail train to Tai Po Mkt and Lo Wu. Why people are so rigid?

In fact they can take a MOS Rail train to Tai Wai in order to take a northbound and southbound KCR train. I am one of the few "weirdos" or "perverts"  doing that. But it seems inefficient to do that because the distance traveled is longer. But this does not imply that the time spent is necessarily longer.

People may have made a logical mistake. A longer distance does not necessarily imply the time traveled is longer. We have to take may other factors (speed of the vehicle, frequency etc.) into consideration in order to define what is "convenient".  

Don't forget that SP1900 trains (130km/h) are much faster than a bus (~80km/h). And also 289K is already not very frequent. (MOS Rail is much more frequent) I would rather take the MOS train to Tai Wai than waiting for the 289K bus for 10~15 minutes.

And somebody mentioned that the KCR MOS+ER combination is much cheaper than the 289K+ER combination when we tarvel from Tai Shui Hang to Sheung Shui.

And buses are less environmentally freindly than metros. Buses produce air pollution but metros do not. For the sake of the environment (not yourselves), even taking the MOS Rail may be a little bit indirect, we should take the metro whenever we can! The air in HK is alreday poor enough to put off foreigners to stay here. As a responsible HK citizen, sometime we have the sacifice our own "convenience" for the sake of the society. The HK Govt has invested a large sum of money to build the MOS Rail and why should we waste the new metro line?  

I personally do not oppose the cancellation of thr route 289K. Using minibus to serve the 289K diehards are alreday far more sufficient.

[ 本帖最後由 LX319 於 2006-8-5 11:52 編輯 ]

This article is about the proposed cancellation of KMB route 289K

289K don't need to change other train.
MOS+East Rail need to run stair.

其實289K而加咁樣循環線法會唔會太過兜
而加佢可唔可以兜完富安即走上公路返大學呢?

仲有289K能唔能夠兜埋以前287K 0個D地方呢?

原帖由 DC3938 於 2006-8-5 12:19 發表
289K don't need to change other train.
MOS+East Rail need to run stair.

坐289K都唔係真係去大學啦，最終目的咪又係轉火車... 大學站巴士總站去
大學站個月台，一樣要行樓睇喎...

原帖由 PB602 於 2006-8-6 00:59 發表


坐289K都唔係真係去大學啦，最終目的咪又係轉火車... 大學站巴士總站去
大學站個月台，一樣要行樓睇喎...

大學站巴士總站去大學站月台，只需上一條樓梯或行斜路。

若在大圍站轉車，要上落共兩條樓梯。

原帖由 eric278 於 2006-8-6 01:03 發表

大學站巴士總站去大學站月台，只需上一條樓梯或行斜路。

若在大圍站轉車，要上落共兩條樓梯。

大圍站有扶手電梯，唔駛自己行~~

或者人地都嘗試過搭馬鐵轉東鐵，
但係始終覺得289K轉東鐵適合佢地多D呢，
289K好處係可以預時間等車、99%有位坐、
有較多車廂空間行李（因為冇人企）、
又唔洗拉住行李行一大段路同上上落落，
唔好忘記除左大圍站轉車段路之外，
由屋企行去馬鐵站條路都好長好迂迴，
仲係冇瓦遮頭添。再者，淨係計車程，
巴士只係10-12分鐘，馬鐵轉東鐵連轉車
都要20-25分鐘啦，係多一倍呀。

至於打工仔，繁忙時間通常都會搭村巴
唔搭289K啦，因為平幾毫、快一半、再行少幾步。