506
Table 34
APPENDICES
(Chapter 13: Transport)
(a) Motor Vehicles Licensed by Type
Thousands
Type
1998
2002
2003
Private cars
318
341
339
Motor cycles (including motor tricycles)
23
28
30
Taxis
18
18
18
Buses, public and private
12
13
13
Light buses, public and private
7
6
6
Goods vehicles
115
111
110
Special purpose vehicles
†
1
1
Government vehicles (excluding military vehicles)
7
7
7
Total
Note: t Less than 500 vehicles.
501
526
524
(b) Public Transport: Average Daily Number of Passenger Journeys
by Different Modes of Transport
Thousands
1998
2002
2003
Franchised bus
3 808
4 327
4 047
KCRC Light Rail Transit Feeder Bus
104
70
71
Mass Transit Railway
2 185
2 153
2 130
Red Minibus (2) and Green Minibus
1 588
1 655
1 623 #
Taxi(2)
1.304
1 307
1 307
Kowloon-Canton Railway-Heavy Rail (3)
738
812
767
Tram
264
249
232
Kowloon-Canton Railway-Light Rail
314
314
291
Ferry
172
151
146
Residents' Services
110
170
167#
10 586
11 206
10 782#
Total (1)
Notes: (1) Figures may not add up to total due to rounding.
(2) Estimates.
(3) KCRC West Rail was introduced on 20 December 2003. Heavy Rail includes East Rail and West Rail from 2003 onwards.
Source: Transport Department.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2829 5354)