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Transport

Annual Bus Population by Passenger Capacity

Data from Jan 2005 to Dec 2017

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:40 SGT

LTA (Land Transport Authority)

Figures exclude tax exempted buses.

MVP 01-10 - Bus by Pax

Number by Year

Data explorer

AnnualBusPopulationbyPassengerCapacity.csv (182 rows, 2.6 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Capacity Text	Number Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2005	<10	1467
2005	10-15	4234
2005	16-20	986
2005	21-25	250
2005	26-30	569
2005	31-35	19
2005	36-40	280
2005	41-45	1391
2005	46-50	417
2005	51-55	16

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Capacity	capacity	Text	-	-
Number	number	Numeric	Number of Buses	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_6877490600b1cc6c4dba2f692b8ddabb"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Land Transport Authority. (2016). Annual Bus Population by Passenger Capacity (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 4, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_6877490600b1cc6c4dba2f692b8ddabb/view

About this dataset

Contact

LTA-Vehicle_Stat@lta.gov.sg

Created on

08 Apr 2016

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

LTA (Land Transport Authority)