Public Transport Passenger Journeys by Operator Group during 2003 - 2012 (in thousands)

Year / Month

Franchised Buses

KMB

Citybus

NWFB

LWB

NLB

Sub-total 

Franchise 1

Franchise 2

Sub-total

2003

1,060,508

192,188

15,149

207,336

180,538

19,260

9,681

1,477,322

2004

1,063,850

192,881

17,922

210,803

184,629

22,305

12,058

1,493,644

2005

1,009,943

186,241

18,840

205,081

177,476

24,292

13,352

1,430,144

2006

1,007,873

186,814

20,948

207,762

183,076

26,505

14,050

1,439,267

2007

1,008,141

188,328

22,118

210,446

184,380

27,668

16,145

1,446,780

2008

986,487

187,019

22,081

209,100

175,472

28,874

17,191

1,417,124

2009

965,164

186,574

21,490

208,064

171,886

28,160

18,040

1,391,314

2010

946,740

188,529

22,538

211,067

172,121

29,411

19,064

1,378,404

2011

936,364

196,453

23,487

219,940

175,163

30,254

20,899

1,382,620

2012

942,894

202,761

24,668

227,429

179,063

31,260

22,307

1,402,953

2012 / 01

76,799

16,282

2,008

18,289

14,491

2,523

1,875

113,976

         02

74,590

16,087

1,848

17,935

14,085

2,347

1,725

110,682

          03

79,762

17,235

2,031

19,266

15,199

2,589

1,893

118,709

          04

74,199

15,663

2,034

17,696

14,104

2,586

1,816

110,401

         05

80,333

16,948

2,092

19,040

15,107

2,660

1,775

118,915

          06

76,709

16,355

2,011

18,366

14,429

2,576

1,756

113,836

          07

77,387

16,861

2,056

18,917

14,652

2,645

1,886

115,486

         08

80,099

17,758

2,210

19,969

15,300

2,797

1,930

120,095

         09

80,411

17,211

2,055

19,266

15,284

2,615

1,895

119,470

         10

81,712

17,742

2,134

19,875

15,707

2,701

2,003

121,998

          11

80,289

17,224

2,063

19,288

15,343

2,572

1,835

119,326

         12

80,605

17,396

2,127

19,523

15,361

2,649

1,921

120,059

(cont'd) (in thousands)

Year / Month

Railways

MTR (1)

Hong Kong Tramways

Sub-total

MTR Lines (2)

AEL

East Rail (3)

West Rail(4)

Light Rail

2003

770,419

6,849

278,646

1,269

106,377

81,667

1,245,227

2004

833,550

8,015

294,075

47,793

131,700

84,923

1,400,056

2005

857,954

8,493

326,994

64,761

136,144

84,221

1,478,567

2006

866,754

9,576

336,529

72,248

136,416

83,942

1,505,464

2007

924,278

10,175

315,272

70,620

135,620

82,009

1,537,974

2008

1,302,069

10,601

-

-

137,730

82,347

1,532,747

2009

1,315,732

9,869

-

-

143,489

84,383

1,553,473

2010

1,401,912

11,145

-

-

154,522

82,783

1,650,362

2011

1,474,255

11,799

-

-

161,289

78,960

1,726,303

2012

1,544,776

12,695

-

-

167,210

74,053

1,798,733

2012 / 01

124,473

1,008

-

-

13,482

6,408

145,371

          02

121,130

894

-

-

13,035

6,065

141,123

          03

129,011

989

-

-

13,953

6,527

150,479

          04

117,702

1,093

-

-

12,884

5,962

137,642

          05

127,339

1,063

-

-

14,372

6,141

148,914

          06

122,773

1,020

-

-

13,791

6,018

143,601

          07

131,837

1,072

-

-

14,241

5,851

153,001

          08

134,949

1,139

-

-

13,981

5,950

156,019

          09

130,512

1,059

-

-

14,489

6,088

152,147

          10

133,291

1,153

-

-

14,517

6,394

155,355

          11

133,958

1,055

-

-

14,182

6,198

155,394

          12

137,800

1,150

-

-

14,283

6,452

159,686

Notes:

(1)

The operations of the MTR and KCRC were merged on 2 December 2007.  Afterwards, the counting of passenger journey for passengers making railway interchanges at Kowloon Tong, Mei Foo, Nam Cheong, Tsim Sha Tsui and East Tsim Sha Tsui stations was different.  Hence, the figures after the merger are not strictly comparable with those of earlier figures.

 

 

(2)

From 2 December 2007, the East Rail and West Rail of the former KCRC have been merged under MTR.  Since then, MTR Lines include Kwun Tong, Tsuen Wan, Island, Tung Chung, Disneyland Resort, Tseung Kwan O, East Rail, West Rail, Ma On Shan Lines and Intercity.  MTR Disneyland Resort Line was introduced on 1 August 2005.  MTR Tseung Kwan O Line LOHAS Park Station was opened on 26 July 2009 while West Rail Line Austin Station was opened on 16 August 2009.

 

 

(3)

East Rail of the former KCRC includes Ma On Shan Rail, Lok Ma Chau Spur Line and Intercity.  Ma On Shan Rail was introduced on 21 December 2004.  Lok Ma Chau Spur Line was introduced on 15 August 2007.

 

 

(4)

West Rail of the former KCRC was introduced on 20 December 2003.

(cont'd) (in thousands)

Year / Month

Public Light Buses

Ferries (6)

GMB

RMB (5)

Sub-total

New World First Ferry

"Star" Ferry

Other Licensed Ferry

Sub-total

2003

417,116

178,214

595,331

14,133

27,287

11,985

53,405

2004

453,765

171,844

625,609

14,541

29,529

12,666

56,736

2005

476,764

165,402

642,166

14,288

28,936

12,855

56,079

2006

498,460

158,590

657,050

14,406

29,082

12,803

56,292

2007

511,158

151,429

662,587

14,883

25,851

13,334

54,067

2008

526,807

145,661

672,469

13,729

25,212

14,894

53,835

2009

533,998

142,389

676,387

12,250

23,804

15,150

51,204

2010

549,559

137,025

686,584

12,702

23,013

13,749

49,464

2011

559,026

132,639

691,665

13,228

22,283

13,986

49,497

2012

558,800

129,326

688,126

13,650

21,669

14,065

49,383

2012 / 01

46,126

10,606

56,732

1,061

1,816

1,126

4,003

         02

44,662

10,579

55,240

991

1,731

1,095

3,817

          03

47,413

11,292

58,705

1,128

1,835

1,207

4,170

          04

44,691

9,946

54,637

1,282

1,828

1,208

4,317

          05

47,819

11,057

58,876

1,101

1,744

1,207

4,052

          06

46,116

10,680

56,796

1,056

1,676

1,131

3,863

          07

46,897

10,901

57,798

1,185

1,866

1,118

4,168

          08

47,493

11,182

58,675

1,293

2,002

1,191

4,486

          09

46,938

10,672

57,610

1,129

1,646

1,201

3,976

          10

47,568

10,774

58,342

1,202

1,791

1,259

4,252

          11

46,303

10,837

57,140

1,111

1,702

1,189

4,002

          12

46,775

10,800

57,575

1,111

2,032

1,132

4,276

Notes:

(5)

The whole series of RMB patronage figures for the period from January 2003 to November 2004 was revised in February 2005.  Figures before 2003 are estimated based on the results of the Survey on Patronage of Public Light Buses conducted in 1997, while those for 2003 and after are based on the results of a similar survey conducted in end 2002.  Due to limitation of data, the figures cannot fully reflect the fluctuations in RMB patronage over the months.

 

 

(6)

Ferries include franchised and licensed services but excludes Kaitos.

(cont'd) (in thousands)

Year / Month

Taxis (7)

Residents'
Services (8)

MTR Buses
(for West Rail Line/Light Rail)

Peak Tramway

Total (9)

Average Daily (9)

2003

356,002

63,461

25,920

3,092

3,819,760

10,465

2004

377,828

64,924

20,062

4,107

4,042,966

11,046

2005

374,478

64,811

27,181

3,924

4,077,351

11,171

2006

389,505

66,060

30,090

4,434

4,148,162

11,365

2007

400,516

66,432

32,452

4,929

4,205,738

11,523

2008

391,748

70,321

34,736

4,984

4,177,964

11,415

2009

348,308

77,923

37,517

4,843

4,140,970

11,345

2010

358,250

81,017

40,881

5,359

4,250,321

11,645

2011

363,711

85,159

43,956

5,755

4,348,667

11,914

2012

349,950

85,224

46,024

5,893

4,426,306

12,094

2012 / 01

28,836

6,736

3,542

526

359,724

11,604

          02

28,165

6,800

3,647

442

349,917

12,066

          03

29,696

7,276

3,925

400

373,361

12,044

          04

27,789

6,702

3,562

455

345,505

11,517

          05

29,701

7,366

3,969

453

372,246

12,008

          06

28,769

7,157

3,770

466

358,259

11,942

          07

29,187

7,115

3,767

563

371,085

11,970

          08

30,525

7,351

3,768

625

381,545

12,308

          09

29,115

7,289

4,003

438

374,048

12,468

          10

29,670

7,238

4,094

507

381,455

12,305

          11

29,005

7,331

4,017

473

376,688

12,556

          12

29,491

7,236

3,960

545

382,826

12,349

Notes:

(7)

The whole series of taxi patronage figures for the period from January 1989 to November 2004 was revised in February 2005.  Figures for the months since February 2003 are estimated using the taxi operating data of the corresponding month.  Since similar data were not available for earlier months, figures for these months were revised only based on some crude assumptions; they therefore cannot fully reflect the fluctuations in taxi patronage in these months.

 

 

(8)

Residents' services are services provided by or on behalf of the management, residents or owners of any residential development for the carriage of passengers to or from the residential development.  Residents' services are a type of non-franchised public bus services.  Non-franchised public buses also provide tour service, hotel service, student service, employees' service, international passenger service and contract hire service.  But since relevant data are not available, the patronage figures for these services cannot be provided.

 

 

(9)

The whole series of total public transport patronage figures for the period from January 1989 to November 2004 was revised in February 2005 owing to the revisions in taxi and RMB patronage.  Please refer to footnotes (5) and (7) for details.

 

 

There may be a slight discrepancy between the sum of individual items and the total owing to rounding.