Appendix 36
(Chapter 13: Communications and Transport)
Registered Motor Vehicles
Public service vehicles
Public buses
China Motor Bus Company Kowloon Motor Bus Company
New Lantao Bus Company
Others
Public light buses
Taxis
Public hire cars
Private vehicles
Motor cycles
Motor tricycles
Private cars
Private buses
Private light buses
•
243
1973
As at end of year
1974
1975
565
595
1,324
1,371
629 1,560
43
42
42
1,179
1,194
1,186
3,943
4,277
4,307
4,754
4,754
4,754
1,106
1,264
1,283
23,283
23,254
22,290
58
38
26
129,309
119,273
114,260
340
308
293
1,743
-31,534
843 2,751
202,775
902 2,923 193,439
1,447 32,034
913 2,994 188,018
1,648 31,596
Goods vehicles
Crown vehicles (excluding vehicles of HM Forces)
Motor cycles
Other motor vehicles
Total
Tramcars
Hongkong Tramways Company
Tramcars
Trailers
Peak Tramways Company
Tramcars
*
:
:
:
:
162 22
162
22
162
22
22
3
3
3
Total
187
187
187
Public Transport: Passengers Carried by Undertaking
Thousand journeys
1973
1974
1975
Kowloon Motor Bus Company
493,691
564,488
634,562
China Motor Bus Company
150,586
181,172
215,761
Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Company Hongkong Tramways Company
155,532
153,397+
143,467
145,672
147,588
144,011
'Star Ferry Company
...
52,566
50,465
53,197
Kowloon-Canton Railway
13,286+
13,778
13,474
Peak Tramways Company
1,964
2,051
2,034
New Lantao Bus Company Total
1,225
1,373
1,114,164
1,207,879
1,753 1,015,050
Public Transport: Passengers Carried by Area
Hong Kong Island Kowloon ...
Cross Harbour
Ferry
Tunnel
New Territories
Urban
Rural
::
::
::
=
Thousand journeys
276,874
299,819
320,648
387,039
420,114
458,692
196,349
189,717†
181.485
46,641
67,519
86,107
49,461
...
67,690
82,676
46,937
55,160
63,092
11,749
14,145
15,179
1,015,050
1,114,164
1,207,879
Ferry
Total
Public Transport: Daily Average Number of Passengers Carried by Different Modes of Transport
Bus
Public light bus*...
Ferry
Taxi*
Tram
Public hire car*
Railway
Total
* Estimate.
**
Thousand journeys
1,770 1,231 §
2,046
2,333
1,3328
1,434
570
559+
539
7178
563
563
404
410
400
*
60§
45
46
36‡
38+
37
4,788
4,993
5,352
† Revised figure which includes an estimate of passengers in vehicles.
Revised figure which includes passengers travelling to and from Lo Wu. § Revised estimate,