Annual Transport Digest 2013 - Section 5 Public Transport

(cont'd) (in thousands)

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)

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.