Appendix 36
(Chapter 14: Communications and Transport)
Registered Motor Vehicles
271
Public service vehicles
1977
As at end of year 1978
1979
Public buses
China Motor Bus Company
Kowloon Motor Bus Company
751
820
848
1,708
1,804
1,867
New Lantao Bus Company
49
53
58
Others
Public light buses
Taxis
Public hire cars
1,227
1,416
1,609
4,350
4,350
4,350
6,203
7,663
8,762
916
Private vehicles
Motor cycles
Motor tricycles
Private cars
21,344
22,093
23,289
14
12
7
122,858
142,049
162,762
Private buses
263
242
222
Private light buses
=1,079
Goods vehicles
42,798
Crown vehicles (excluding vehicles of HM Forces)
Motor cycles
943
Other motor vehicles
3,018
Total
207,521
1,026 47,405
997 3,220 233,150
51,780
915 3,495 260,928
964
Tramcars
Hongkong Tramways Limited
Tramcars
162
162
163
Trailers
22
22
20
Peak Tramways Company
Tramcars
3
3
3
Total
187
187
186
Public Transport: Passengers Carried by Undertaking
Thousand journeys
1977
1978
1979
Kowloon Motor Bus Company
810,930
860,480
934,339
China Motor Bus Company
239,608
254,687
274,324
Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Company
133,443
131,183
142,415
Hongkong Tramways Limited
'Star' Ferry Company
Kowloon-Canton Railway
Peak Tramways Company
134,455
138,655
150,935
50,961
54,213
56,538
13,796
15,835
18,353
1,942
1,971
2,107
New Lantao Bus Company
2,007
2,203
2,481
Ocean Park Limited
2,029
1,532
1,586
Mass Transit Railway Corporationț
11,742
Total
1,389,171
1,460,759
1,594,820
Note: † The Modified Initial System of the Mass Transit Railway opened on 1.10.79.
Public Transport: Passengers Carried by Area
Hong Kong Island
Kowloon
Cross Harbour
Ferry
Tunnel
New Territories
Urban
Rural
Ferry
Total
Thousand journeys
316,879
332,024
358,530
542,465
557,511
590,590
1166,653
166,587
177,275
127,790
139,743
153,772
126,738
137,281
161,388
90,895
108,804
131,587
17,751
1,389,171
18,809 1,460,759
21,678
1,594,820
Public Transport: Daily Average Number of Passengers Carried by Different Modes of Transport
Bus
Public light bus*
Taxi*
Ferry
Tram
Public hire car*
Railway
Mass Transit Railway*
Total
Note: * Estimate.
Thousand journeys
2,884
3,061
3,319
1,615
1,498
1,577
665
833
717
505
508
545
374
385
420
33
38
43
50
128
6,114
6,328
6,756
† The Modified Initial System of the Mass Transit Railway opened on 1.10.79.