Section 5Public Transport

Franchised Buses and MTR Passenger Journeys by Region during 2011-2020 (in thousands)

Year Franchised Buses MTR (MTR Lines + AEL) (1)
Intra Hong Kong Island Intra Kowloon & New Territories (2) Cross Harbour Intra Hong Kong Island Intra Kowloon & New Territories (2) Cross Harbour
2011 245,517 930,391 206,712 123,383 989,648 373,024
2012 250,967 940,638 211,348 127,817 1,042,779 386,874
2013 254,452 955,245 216,729 128,921 1,078,299 396,777
2014 249,297 965,936 213,378 144,805 1,118,020 417,209
2015 233,242 981,337 214,558 162,510 1,120,384 428,609
2016 230,046 1,001,078 217,277 165,460 1,125,343 428,866
2017 210,910 1,022,686 214,186 182,062 1,146,216 442,489
2018 212,342 1,044,929 222,547 187,805 1,178,496 447,762
2019 208,409 1,061,724 224,149 176,903 1,115,273 414,769
2020 156,254 783,513 171,504 114,399 755,204 287,303
Notes (1) MTR Lines include Kwun Tong Line, Tsuen Wan Line, Island Line, Tung Chung Line, Disneyland Resort Line, Tseung Kwan O Line, East Rail Line, West Rail Line, South Island Line, Tuen Ma Line Phase 1, Intercity Through Train and the Hong Kong Section of the Express Rail Link (XRL).
(2) Including bus routes and MTR lines to and from the boundary control points, MTR Intercity Through Train and XRL.