Section 5 Public Transport

Year / Month	Franchised Buses
	KMB	Citybus			NWFB(1)	CMB(1)	LWB	NLB	Sub-total
	KMB	Franchise 1	Franchise 2	Sub-total	NWFB(1)	CMB(1)	LWB	NLB	Sub-total
1999	1,060,011	190,700	12,309	203,009	160,371	-	16,901	5,449	1,445,741
2000	1,089,176	199,856	13,454	213,310	186,521	-	17,251	5,507	1,511,765
2001	1,111,171	201,725	14,754	216,480	194,489	-	18,999	6,827	1,547,966
2002	1,134,354	204,445	15,930	220,375	195,450	-	20,311	8,960	1,579,450
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
2008/01	84,803	15,817	1,825	17,642	15,325	-	2,325	1,394	121,488
02	77,422	14,306	1,744	16,049	13,743	-	2,269	1,415	110,899
03	83,366	15,434	1,908	17,342	14,946	-	2,435	1,490	119,578
04	82,128	15,230	1,803	17,033	14,755	-	2,309	1,388	117,612
05	84,519	15,710	1,873	17,583	15,042	-	2,406	1,458	121,008
06	77,811	14,621	1,722	16,343	13,634	-	2,250	1,233	111,270
07	83,882	16,160	1,898	18,057	14,836	-	2,564	1,454	120,794
08	78,759	15,336	1,842	17,178	13,852	-	2,502	1,411	113,702
09	82,081	15,730	1,789	17,519	14,478	-	2,424	1,417	117,918
10	84,458	16,387	1,902	18,289	14,988	-	2,527	1,508	121,770
11	82,611	15,838	1,838	17,675	14,692	-	2,405	1,496	118,879
12	84,649	16,450	1,937	18,387	15,183	-	2,458	1,528	122,204

(cont'd)(in thousands)

Year / Month	Railways
	MTR (2)					Hong Kong Tramways	Sub-total
	Local Line(2)(3)	AEL	East Rail(4)	West Rail(5)	Light Rail	Hong Kong Tramways	Sub-total
1999	779,309	10,396	276,248	-	114,712	87,864	1,268,529
2000	767,416	10,349	289,337	-	118,104	86,106	1,271,313
2001	758,421	9,022	292,703	-	116,610	87,439	1,264,194
2002	777,210	8,457	296,437	-	114,465	87,123	1,283,691
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
2008/01	110,709	842	-	-	11,547	7,052	130,149
02	101,434	810	-	-	10,379	6,222	118,845
03	106,337	885	-	-	10,914	6,919	125,055
04	104,788	928	-	-	11,068	6,742	123,526
05	107,038	852	-	-	11,483	6,984	126,356
06	102,483	913	-	-	11,077	6,316	120,788
07	113,543	900	-	-	11,781	6,897	133,120
08	108,703	883	-	-	11,139	6,489	127,215
09	109,630	854	-	-	11,974	6,630	129,089
10	112,036	977	-	-	12,367	7,205	132,584
11	109,447	863	-	-	11,978	7,259	129,547
12	115,920	894	-	-	12,025	7,634	136,473

Notes:	(1)	China Motor Bus Co., Ltd. ceased operation on 1.9.1998. New World First Bus Services Ltd. was introduced on 1.9.1998.

	(2)	The operations of the MTR and KCRC were merged on 2.12.2007. Previously, Octopus users making railway interchanges at Kowloon Tong, Mei Foo, Nam Cheong, Tsim Sha Tsui and East Tsim Sha Tsui Stations, were counted separately in MTR and KCRC passenger journeys. However, these passengers have been counted once in MTR local line passenger journeys since the merger. Hence, the figures after the merger are not strictly comparable with those of earlier figures.

	(3)	From 2.12.2007 onwards, MTR Local Line includes Kwun Tong, Tsuen Wan, Island, Tung Chung, Disneyland Resort, Tseung Kwan O, East Rail, West Rail and Ma On Shan Lines. Disneyland Resort Line was introduced on 1.8.2005.

	(4)	KCRC East Rail includes Ma On Shan Rail and Lok Ma Chau Spur Line. Ma On Shan Rail was introduced on 21.12.2004. Lok Ma Chau Spur Line was introduced on 15.8.2007. East Rail has been merged under MTR East Rail and Ma On Shan Lines since 2.12.2007.

	(5)	KCRC West Rail has been merged under MTR West Rail Line since 2.12.2007.

(cont'd)(in thousands)

Year / Month	Public Light Buses			Ferries
Year / Month	GMB	RMB(6)	Sub-total	Hongkong & Yaumati Ferry(7) (8)	New World First Ferry (8)	"Star" Ferry (9)	Licensed Ferry Services (9)	Sub-total
1999	371,234	207,607	578,841	15,195	-	28,679	13,374	57,247
2000	386,333	201,662	587,995	535	13,619	28,579	13,417	56,149
2001	402,241	194,254	596,495	-	14,534	28,462	12,456	55,452
2002	419,051	185,029	604,080	-	14,885	28,677	11,453	55,015
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
2008/01	44,006	12,551	56,558	-	1,212	2,086	1,114	4,412
02	40,103	11,352	51,456	-	1,159	1,874	1,002	4,035
03	43,187	12,028	55,214	-	1,376	2,254	1,245	4,875
04	42,772	12,065	54,837	-	1,247	2,055	1,156	4,459
05	44,275	12,319	56,594	-	1,345	2,116	1,220	4,681
06	42,475	11,894	54,368	-	1,152	1,822	1,081	4,055
07	45,270	12,486	57,756	-	1,064	2,220	1,270	4,554
08	43,397	12,477	55,874	-	1,036	2,160	1,222	4,417
09	45,004	12,014	57,018	-	976	1,859	1,320	4,156
10	46,043	12,251	58,294	-	1,051	2,124	1,427	4,603
11	44,680	11,981	56,661	-	1,038	2,149	1,411	4,598
12	45,597	12,242	57,839	-	1,073	2,491	1,426	4,990

Notes:	(6)	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.

	(7)	Figures include estimated number of passengers in vehicles carried by the vehicular ferry services.

	(8)	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.

	(9)	"Star" Ferry includes both its franchised services and licensed services. Licensed Ferry excludes Kaitos.

(cont'd)(in thousands)

Year / Month	Taxis(10)	Residents' Services(11)	MTR Light Rail Transit Feeder Bus	Peak Tramways	Total(12)	Average Daily(12)
1999	353,098	41,845	22,031	3,277	3,770,608	10,330
2000	357,588	48,195	15,510	3,476	3,851,993	10,525
2001	355,447	56,000	20,106	3,504	3,899,163	10,683
2002	357,479	61,987	25,535	3,714	3,970,952	10,879
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
2008/01	34,184	6,114	2,893	405	356,203	11,490
02	32,290	5,593	2,475	414	326,007	11,242
03	33,059	5,996	2,802	351	346,930	11,191
04	32,368	5,636	2,855	343	341,635	11,388
05	33,172	5,831	2,964	399	351,005	11,323
06	32,396	5,717	2,728	354	331,677	11,056
07	34,264	5,880	2,866	485	359,719	11,604
08	32,966	5,736	2,696	488	343,094	11,068
09	33,314	5,949	3,005	370	350,819	11,694
10	32,371	5,921	3,189	445	359,177	11,586
11	30,972	5,816	3,140	436	350,049	11,668
12	30,391	6,133	3,124	494	361,648	11,666

Notes:	(10)	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, revision of figures for these months was based on some crude assumptions only; they therefore cannot fully reflect the fluctuations in taxi patronage in these months.

	(11)	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 and MTR Light Rail Transit Feeder Bus are 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 is not available, the patronage figures for these services cannot be provided.

	(12)	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 (6) and (10) for details.