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Population

London:

Hong Kong:

Area

7.4 million

4.3 million

London:

Hong Kong:

610 square miles (underground operates in 900 square miles) 404 square miles (urban area about 46 square miles)

Daily passengers

London: Hong Kong:

5,700,000 passengers daily (London Transport Executive) 180 trams and trailers carried 400, 000 passengers daily; 1,800 franchised buses carried 1, 780, 000 passengers daily; 3,900 public light buses carried 1,050,000 passengers daily; 4,500 taxis carried 690, 000 passengers daily;

128,200 private cars carried 640, 000 passengers daily.

Buses, Mini-buses and Trams

London:

Hong Kong:

In London, there are no mini-buses and trams but the London Transport Executive operates a bus system covering about 1, 700 miles of road on

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which 6, 300 buses operate

179 million vehicle miles per

annum.

The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited, provides bus services on 98 routes in Kowloon and the

mainland portion of the New

Territories under an exclusive

franchise.

With a licensed fleet of 1, 350

vehicles (990 double deck, 360 single deck), the company is the largest road passenger transport operator in Southeast Asia. Many of the new double deck buses in service are 34-feet in length, carry 120 passengers and are one-man operated with an exact fare system using slot machines. The Kowloon Motor Bus Company carries almost 1.4 million passengers each day.

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