Average Daily Public Transport Passenger Journeys by Mode during 2013-2022 (in thousands)
| Year | Franchised Buses |
MTR | Hongkong Tramways (2) |
Public Light Buses |
Ferries (3) | Taxis (4) | Residents' Services (5) |
MTR Buses (Northwest New Territories) |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTR Lines(1) + Airport Express Line |
Light Rail |
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| 2013 | 3,908 (2.0%) |
4,395 (3.3%) |
470 (2.9%) |
198 (-2.1%) |
1,864 (-0.9%) |
136 (0.5%) |
1,010 (5.7%) |
238 (1.9%) |
131 (4.0%) |
12,350 (2.2%) |
| 2014 | 3,914 (0.2%) |
4,603 (4.7%) |
477 (1.5%) |
182 (-8.3%) |
1,860 (-0.2%) |
135 (-0.2%) |
973 (-3.7%) |
237 (-0.4%) |
138 (5.6%) |
12,519 (1.4%) |
| 2015 | 3,915 (§) |
4,689 (1.9%) |
483 (1.1%) |
178 (-2.1%) |
1,860 (§) |
134 (-1.0%) |
966 (-0.6%) |
237 (-0.3%) |
138 (0.3%) |
12,601 (0.7%) |
| 2016 | 3,957 (1.1%) |
4,699 (0.2%) |
488 (1.2%) |
177 (-0.4%) |
1,835 (-1.4%) |
131 (-2.4%) |
933 (-3.4%) |
234 (-1.1%) |
138 (-0.5%) |
12,591 (-0.1%) |
| 2017 | 3,967 (0.2%) |
4,851 (3.3%) |
489 (0.2%) |
172 (-2.7%) |
1,815 (-1.1%) |
128 (-2.0%) |
898 (-3.8%) |
232 (-1.0%) |
139 (0.9%) |
12,691 (0.8%) |
| 2018 | 4,054 (2.2%) |
4,970 (2.4%) |
492 (0.5%) |
165 (-4.3%) |
1,806 (-0.5%) |
127 (-0.7%) |
889 (-1.0%) |
225 (-2.7%) |
140 (0.6%) |
12,868 (1.4%) |
| 2019 | 4,094 (1.0%) |
4,677 (-5.9%) |
427 (-13.1%) |
149 (-9.3%) |
1,761 (-2.5%) |
122 (-4.0%) |
855 (-3.9%) |
214 (-5.2%) |
141 (0.9%) |
12,440 (-3.3%) |
| 2020 | 3,036 (-25.8%) |
3,161 (-32.4%) |
306 (-28.4%) |
113 (-24.3%) |
1,294 (-26.5%) |
86 (-29.7%) |
660 (-22.8%) |
158 (-26.2%) |
115 (-18.5%) |
8,928 (-28.2%) |
| 2021 | 3,471 (14.3%) |
3,902 (23.5%) |
388 (26.9%) |
131 (16.1%) |
1,482 (14.5%) |
97 (13.2%) |
762 (15.6%) |
180 (14.3%) |
138 (20.1%) |
10,552 (18.2%) |
| 2022 | 3,105 (-10.5%) |
3,666 (-6.1%) |
361 (-7.0%) |
117 (-11.1%) |
1,330 (-10.2%)# |
82 (-15.6%) |
718 (-5.8%)# |
166 (-8.1%)# |
132 (-4.3%) |
9,677 (-8.3%)# |
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, South Island Line, Tuen Ma Line, Intercity Passenger Services and the Hong Kong Section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL).
(2)
Figures up to 2020 do not include passengers trips on free ride days as well as specific groups of passengers enjoying free rides on selected days.
(3)
Ferries include franchised and licensed services but exclude Kaitos.
(4)
Taxi patronage figures are estimated based on the operating data of taxis, but patronage of designated taxi services for COVID-19 patients and inbound travellers for the respective periods are excluded.
(5)
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. Since relevant data are not available, the patronage figures for these services cannot be provided.
Owing to rounding, there may be a slight discrepancy between the sum of individual items and the total.
Figures in brackets are the percentage changes over a year earlier.
§
Within ±0.05%.
#
Provisional figures.