Section 5Public Transport
Franchised Buses and MTR Passenger Journeys by Region during 2010-2019 (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 | |
| 2010 | 239,068 | 935,203 | 204,134 | 119,170 | 938,784 | 355,102 |
| 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 |
| 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, Ma On Shan Line, South Island Line, 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. |