Section 5Public Transport

Public Transport Passenger Journeys by Operator Group during 2011-2020 (in thousands)

Year / Month Franchised Buses
KMB Citybus NWFB LWB NLB Sub-total
Franchise 1 Franchise 2 Sub-total
2011 936,364 196,453 23,487 219,940 175,163 30,254 20,899 1,382,620
2012 942,894 202,761 24,668 227,429 179,063 31,260 22,307 1,402,953
2013 952,813 208,841 25,948 234,790 182,045 33,178 23,600 1,426,426
2014 955,237 209,300 27,049 236,349 176,959 34,832 25,235 1,428,611
2015 969,192 199,959 28,677 228,636 169,161 36,664 25,483 1,429,137
2016 990,069 197,661 29,239 226,900 167,817 37,285 26,330 1,448,401
2017 1,005,546 180,619 30,863 211,482 163,293 39,095 28,367 1,447,783
2018 1,022,323 185,064 33,979 219,043 166,427 41,505 30,521 1,479,818
2019 1,022,920 184,733 38,412 223,145 167,165 45,804 35,248 1,494,283
2020 777,547 135,228 20,791 156,019 127,290 28,162 22,253 1,111,271
2020/01 82,192 14,690 2,882 17,572 13,489 3,645 2,735 119,634
/02 50,445 9,060 1,782 10,842 8,548 2,383 1,469 73,688
/03 56,593 10,154 1,799 11,953 9,610 2,313 1,592 82,061
/04 52,011 9,280 1,382 10,662 8,661 1,857 1,465 74,656
/05 66,756 11,447 1,585 13,032 10,594 2,157 1,760 94,298
/06 74,127 12,866 1,720 14,586 11,934 2,307 1,966 104,920
/07 62,291 10,916 1,531 12,447 10,102 2,166 1,700 88,706
/08 54,056 9,195 1,381 10,576 8,769 1,961 1,478 76,840
/09 66,658 11,394 1,613 13,007 10,750 2,218 1,749 94,383
/10 74,825 12,865 1,736 14,600 12,387 2,406 2,246 106,464
/11 75,030 12,952 1,789 14,741 12,436 2,445 2,194 106,846
/12 62,563 10,410 1,591 12,001 10,009 2,303 1,899 88,776
Year / Month Railways Public Light Buses
MTR (1) Hong Kong Tramways (2) Sub-total GMB RMB (3) Sub-total
MTR Lines AEL Light Rail
2011 1,474,255 11,799 161,289 78,960 1,726,303 559,026 132,639 691,665
2012 1,544,776 12,695 167,210 74,053 1,798,733 558,800 129,326 688,126
2013 1,590,332 13,665 171,652 72,282 1,847,931 552,005 128,399 680,404
2014 1,665,153 14,881 174,199 66,251 1,920,484 551,450 127,399 678,849
2015 1,695,778 15,725 176,149 64,854 1,952,505 558,175 120,827 679,001
2016 1,703,536 16,133 178,709 64,758 1,963,136 559,013 112,459 671,472
2017 1,754,145 16,621 178,502 62,806 2,012,075 554,628 107,780 662,408
2018 1,796,353 17,710 179,411 60,124 2,053,598 554,059 105,151 659,210
2019 1,691,182 15,764 155,885 54,529 1,917,359 539,626 103,170 642,796
2020 1,153,837 3,070 111,865 41,374 1,310,146 408,528 # 67,080 # 475,607 #
2020/01 124,730 972 10,360 4,340 140,403 42,210 # 7,167 # 49,377 #
/02 71,594 374 6,623 2,828 81,420 27,559 # 4,579 # 32,138 #
/03 84,084 259 7,852 3,164 95,359 31,324 # 5,044 # 36,369 #
/04 74,580 134 7,468 2,949 85,130 28,961 # 4,689 # 33,650 #
/05 97,036 156 9,374 3,544 110,110 34,280 # 5,528 # 39,808 #
/06 110,105 177 10,897 3,790 124,969 37,894 # 6,196 # 44,090 #
/07 91,140 167 9,234 3,134 103,675 33,125 # 5,444 # 38,569 #
/08 78,553 148 7,997 2,840 89,538 29,166 # 4,786 # 33,952 #
/09 100,988 179 9,910 3,365 114,443 34,271 # 5,654 # 39,925 #
/10 113,608 174 11,521 3,999 129,302 37,926 # 6,234 # 44,161 #
/11 114,396 171 11,381 3,985 129,933 38,057 # 6,205 # 44,262 #
/12 93,022 159 9,247 3,436 105,865 33,753 # 5,554 # 39,307 #
Year / Month Ferries (4) Taxis Residents' Services (5) MTR Buses
(Northwest New Territories)		 Total Average Daily
New World First Ferry Star Ferry Other Licensed Ferries Sub-total
2011 13,228 22,283 13,986 49,497 363,711 85,159 43,956 4,342,912 11,898
2012 13,650 21,669 14,065 49,383 349,950 85,597 46,024 4,420,767 12,079
2013 14,390 21,650 13,468 49,508 368,832 86,999 47,738 4,507,838 12,350
2014 14,706 21,045 13,661 49,412 355,001 86,667 50,404 4,569,429 12,519
2015 14,886 20,179 13,850 48,915 352,720 86,389 50,537 4,599,204 12,601
2016 14,431 19,531 13,912 47,874 341,522 85,669 50,413 4,608,487 12,591
2017 13,934 19,290 13,574 46,798 327,776 84,550 50,744 4,632,133 12,691
2018 13,427 19,658 13,382 46,467 324,502 82,286 51,025 4,696,906 12,868
2019 13,420 17,971 13,202 44,593 311,945 77,989 51,484 4,540,449 12,440
2020 11,288 8,529 11,626 31,443 241,532 # 57,684 # 42,077 3,269,760 # 8,934 #
2020/01 1,095 1,187 1,053 3,335 25,024 5,885 # 4,190 347,847 # 11,221 #
/02 742 568 785 2,095 16,145 3,972 # 2,767 212,226 # 7,318 #
/03 871 630 894 2,395 17,955 4,466 # 3,157 241,762 # 7,799 #
/04 829 583 830 2,243 15,952 3,999 # 2,927 218,557 # 7,285 #
/05 1,027 748 1,029 2,804 20,977 5,009 # 3,495 276,501 # 8,919 #
/06 1,029 745 1,047 2,821 23,472 5,508 # 3,935 309,714 # 10,324 #
/07 868 569 897 2,333 19,459 4,819 # 3,390 260,952 # 8,418 #
/08 765 491 789 2,045 17,123 4,328 # 2,933 226,759 # 7,315 #
/09 884 603 925 2,411 21,233 4,905 # 3,524 280,823 # 9,361 #
/10 1,171 809 1,221 3,202 22,970 # 5,214 # 4,043 315,354 # 10,173 #
/11 1,071 809 1,153 3,034 21,985 # 5,121 # 4,115 315,296 # 10,510 #
/12 936 787 1,002 2,725 19,236 # 4,459 # 3,601 263,968 # 8,515 #
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, South Island Line, Tuen Ma Line Phase 1, Intercity Through Train and the Hong Kong Section of the Express Rail Link.
(2) Excluding passengers on free ride days and specific groups of passengers enjoying free rides on selected days.
(3) No regular return is collected from operators of RMB. As such, RMB patronage figures are estimated based on the results of the Comprehensive Surveys on Public Light Buses, the number of licensed RMB and other relevant parameters. The estimated RMB patronage figures should not be taken as an accurate representation of the actual RMB patronage.
(4) Ferries include franchised and licensed services but exclude Kaitos.
(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.
There may be a slight discrepancy between the sum of individual items and the total owing to rounding.
# Provisional figures.