PUBLIC TRANSPORT PASSENGER JOURNEYS BY OPERATOR GROUP Year / Month Franchised Buses KMB City Bus NWFB CMB LWB NLB Sub-total Franchise 1 Franchise 2 Sub-total 1993 965849 22203 22203 - 235665 - 4106 1227823 1994 976670 67703 67703 - 196803 - 6502 1247678 1995 995997 87504 87504 - 190973 - 5377 1279850 1996 1031889 119686 119686 - 179212 - 5270 1336057 1997 1051102 144508 3242 14750 - 176449 2883 5923 1384106 1998 1034351 171919 11376 183295 46958 104920 14364 6208 1390096 1999 1060011 190700 12309 203009 160371 - 16901 5449 1445741 2000 1089176 199856 13454 213310 186521 - 17251 5507 1511765 2001 1111171 201725 14754 216480 194489 - 18999 6827 1547966 2002 1134354 204445 15930 220375 195450 - 20311 8960 1579450 2003 1060508 192188 15149 207336 180538 - 19260 9681 1477322 2003 / 01 95820 17436 1353 18790 16076 - 1654 725 133063           02 85343 15363 1265 16628 14105 - 1600 870 118546           03 90760 16437 1285 17722 15198 - 1628 716 126024           04 72020 13112 951 14063 12462 - 1327 655 100527           05 84652 15189 920 16108 14679 - 1330 740 117508           06 84771 15173 1048 16221 14475 - 1385 686 117539           07 89228 16459 1347 17806 15335 - 1666 818 124852           08 90076 16604 1456 18060 15453 - 1816 922 126328           09 89191 16028 1284 17311 15211 - 1644 819 124177           10 93952 17072 1411 18484 16125 - 1742 936 131238           11 91375 16399 1367 17766 15454 - 1685 881 127161           12 93320 16916 1462 18377 15966 - 1785 912 130361 (cont'd) Year / Month Railways MTR (1) KCRC Hongkong Tramways Sub-total Local Line AEL East Rail West Rail (2) Light Rail 1993 778509 - 208863 - 106555 125205 1219132 1994 804062 - 222290 - 116980 124636 1267967 1995 812519 - 233804 - 122651 112963 1281936 1996 816572 - 248331 - 125124 107816 1297843 1997 811897 - 262024 - 126185 101908 1302014 1998 793602 3928 269443 - 114747 92893 1274340 1999 779309 10396 276248 - 114712 87864 1268529 2000 767416 10349 289337 - 118104 86106 1271313 2001 758421 9022 292703 - 116610 87439 1264194 2002 777210 8457 296437 - 114465 87123 1283691 2003 770419 6849 278646 1269 106377 81667 1245227 2003 / 01 70090 715 25542 - 9687 7491 113524           02 59500 612 22692 - 8234 6426 97465           03 63882 611 23532 - 8954 6942 103921           04 48533 291 17840 - 6659 5614 78937           05 58308 285 20530 - 8454 6426 94004           06 59918 380 21542 - 8626 6489 96955           07 66418 612 23413 - 9031 6710 106184           08 68232 685 24914 - 8709 6867 109407           09 66643 640 23741 - 9364 6683 107072           10 69123 681 24894 - 9516 7287 111502           11 67089 650 24487 - 9187 7115 108529           12 72681 687 25519 1269 9957 7617 117729 Notes :  (1)  MTR Local Line includes Kwun Tong Line, Tsuen Wan Line, Island Line, Tung Chung Line and Tseung Kwan O Line. Tseung Kwan O Line was introduced on 18.8.2002. (2) KCRC West Rail was introduced on 20.12.2003. (cont'd) Year / Month Public Light Buses Ferries GMB RMB (3) Sub-total Hongkong & Yaumati Ferry (4)(5) New World First Ferry Services (5) "Star" Ferry Licensed Ferry Services Sub-total 1993 266753 347311 634065 41135 - 35723 8922 85779 1994 290524 358174 648699 40169 - 36161 9539 85870 1995 308644 328141 636786 36916 - 34950 9246 81112 1996 332592 314722 647314 34213 - 35225 8885 78324 1997 353839 226835 580674 29990 - 32477 9113 71581 1998 362204 217345 579549 22756 - 30025 9959 62739 1999 371234 207607 578841 15195 - 28679 13374 57247 2000 386333 201662 587995 535 13619 28579 13407 56140 2001 402241 194254 596495 - 14534 28462 12436 55431 2002 419051 185029 604080 - 14885 28677 11428 54990 2003 417116 176077 593193 - 14133 27287 11961 53381 2003 / 01 36700 15279 51979 - 1166 2419 976 4560           02 32671 13705 46376 - 1169 2234 921 4324           03 34635 15096 49731 - 1163 2309 1023 4495           04 28109 14556 42665 - 1131 1686 988 3805           05 32735 15060 47795 - 1187 1886 1055 4128           06 33229 14641 47869 - 1075 1926 942 3944           07 35595 15209 50804 - 1188 2272 963 4423           08 36085 14892 50977 - 1268 2502 947 4718           09 36057 14295 50352 - 1124 2197 965 4286           10 37477 14732 52209 - 1245 2478 1066 4789           11 36441 14071 50511 - 1184 2413 1019 4616           12 37383 14541 51925 - 1233 2965 1094 5291 Notes :  (3)  Figures before 1997 are estimated based on the results of the 1988 Minibus Survey, having regard to the number of minibuses licensed and the number of days in the month. Starting from 1997, the revised figures are based on the results of the 1997 Survey on Patronage of Public Light Buses, having regard to the number of minibuses licensed and the number of days in the month. (4) Figures include estimated number of passengers in vehicles carried by the vehicular ferry services. Vehicular Ferry Service between North Point and Kowloon City ceased operation on 28.1.1998. Ferry Service between Central and Jordan ceased operation on 2.2.1998. All franchised routes of the Hongkong & Yaumati Ferry Co. Ltd. were changed to licensed routes starting from 1.4.1999. (5) The ferry service licences of the Hongkong & Yaumati Ferry Co. Ltd. were transferred to the New World First Ferry Services Ltd. starting from 15.1.2000. Starting from February 2000, the passenger journeys did not include estimated number of passenger journeys in vehicles carried by vehicular ferry services. (cont'd) (thousands) Year / Month Taxi (6) Residents' Services KCRC Light Rail Transit Feeder Bus (7) Peak Tramways Total Average Daily 1993 464950 31345 32005 3416 3698516 10133 1994 465370 32779 34718 3982 3787063 10376 1995 472041 34416 35960 3985 3826086 10482 1996 473213 38790 38074 4401 3914015 10694 1997 472342 40741 39251 4246 3894953 10671 1998 475805 40019 37872 3321 3863740 10586 1999 476849 41845 22031 3277 3894359 10669 2000 478325 48194 15510 3476 3972720 10854 2001 476892 56000 20106 3504 4020588 11015 2002 476906 61987 25535 3714 4090353 11206 2003 477212 60877# 25920 3092 3936225# 10784# 2003 / 01 40545 5314# 2258 309 351552# 11340#           02 36607 4744# 1973 332 310366# 11085#           03 40530 5026# 2215 240 332181# 10716#           04 39202 4513# 1650 107 271407# 9047#           05 40450 4840# 2126 105 310957# 10031#           06 39133 4798# 2133 111 312482# 10416#           07 40474 5295# 2228 238 334499# 10790#           08 40504 5223# 2149 374 339681# 10957#           09 39230 5118# 2390 253 332879# 11096#           10 40554 5376# 2493 334 348495# 11242#           11 39294 5253# 2386 324 338074# 11269#           12 40689 5377# 1916 364 353651# 11408# Notes :  (6)  Estimated figures based on the results of the Annual Taxi Surveys, having regard to the number of taxis licensed and the number of days in the month. The figure cannot wholly reflect fluctuation in passenger journeys. (7) Passengers of KCRC-East Rail Feeder Bus were included before 3.5.1999. KCRC-East Rail Feeder Bus was operated by KMB starting from 3.5.1999. # Provisional figures Trend of Average Daily Public Transport Passenger Journeys 1993-2003 Trend of Average Daily Passenger Journeys of Franchised Buses by Month 1993-2003 Trend of Average Daily Passenger Journeys of MTR by Month 1993-2003 Trend of Average Daily Passenger Journeys of East Rail by Month 1993-2003 Trend of Average Daily Passenger Journeys of Ferries by Month 1993-2003 Trend of Cross Boundary Vehicular Traffic by Month 1993-2003 Trend of Cross Boundary Passenger by Month 1993-2003