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Economy

Public Transport Operation And Ridership, Annual

Data from Jan 1990 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 13 Jul 2025, 19:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: LAND TRANSPORT AUTHORITY

Data Last Updated: 19/05/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M651351

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PublicTransportOperationAndRidershipAnnual.csv (9 rows, 2.5 KB)

Data Series Text	2024 Numeric	2023 Numeric	2022 Numeric	2021 Numeric	2020 Numeric	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Text	2016 Text	2015 Text	2014 Text	2013 Text	2012 Text	2011 Text	2010 Text	2009 Text	2008 Text	2007 Text	2006 Text	2005 Text	2004 Text	2003 Text	2002 Text	2001 Text	2000 Text	1999 Text	1998 Text	1997 Text	1996 Text	1995 Text	1994 Text	1993 Text	1992 Text	1991 Text	1990 Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)33.3%	(Null)33.3%	(Null)33.3%	(Null)33.3%	(Null)33.3%	(Null)33.3%	(Null)33.3%	(Null)33.3%	(Null)33.3%	(Null)33.3%	(Null)44.4%	(Null)44.4%	(Null)44.4%	(Null)44.4%	(Null)77.8% 6722.2%	(Null)77.8% 6722.2%	(Null)77.8% 6722.2%	(Null)77.8% 6722.2%	(Null)77.8% 6722.2%
Rail Length	271.3	258.5	258.5	245.3	232.3	228.1	228.1	228.1	199.6	199.6	183	182	177.7	175.3	158.7	147.7	138.2	138.2	138.2	138.2	127.9	127.9	97.2	90.8	90.8	90.8	83	83	83	67	67	67	67	67	67
Mass Rapid Transit (MRT)	242.5	229.7	229.7	216.5	203.5	199.3	199.3	199.3	170.8	170.8	154.2	153.2	148.9	146.5	129.9	118.9	109.4	109.4	109.4	109.4	109.4	109.4	89.4	83	83	83	83	83	83	67	67	67	67	67	67
Light Rail Transit (LRT)	28.8	28.8	28.8	28.8	28.8	28.8	28.8	28.8	28.8	28.8	28.8	28.8	28.8	28.8	28.8	28.8	28.8	28.8	28.8	28.8	18.5	18.5	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na
MRT km Operated	45609	43579	41785	40613	39362	40883	40676	36278	34194	28795	28173	26420	26492	22465	20265	18025	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na
LRT km Operated	7257	7104	7037	7019	6799	7566	7302	7233	6620	5937	4787	4435	3883	3620	3311	3303	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na
Average Daily Ridership - MRT	3412	3243	2745	2100	2023	3384	3302	3122	3095	2871	2762	2623	2525	2295	2069	1782	1698	1527	1408	1321	1270	1171	1081	1071	1047	986	946	911	850	740	na	na	na	na	na
Average Daily Ridership - LRT	210	202	184	151	139	208	199	190	180	153	137	132	124	111	100	90	88	79	74	69	55	50	39	41	39	27	0	0	0	0	na	na	na	na	na
Average Daily Ridership - Public Bus	3837	3747	3461	3008	2878	4099	4037	3952	3939	3891	3751	3601	3481	3385	3199	3047	3087	2932	2833	2779	2805	2992	3197	3281	3251	3213	3121	3116	3118	3009	na	na	na	na	na
Average Daily Trip - Point-To-Point (P2P) Transport (Taxis And Private Hire Cars)	618	606	582	553	517	772	755	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Kilometres	-
2024	2024	Numeric	Kilometres	-
2023	2023	Numeric	Kilometres	-
2022	2022	Numeric	Kilometres	-
2021	2021	Numeric	Kilometres	-
2020	2020	Numeric	Kilometres	-
2019	2019	Numeric	Kilometres	-
2018	2018	Numeric	Kilometres	-
2017	2017	Text	Kilometres	-
2016	2016	Text	Kilometres	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_ba615ec4cc5d9f5b7800ad82057f36f1"
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.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Public Transport Operation And Ridership, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 18, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_ba615ec4cc5d9f5b7800ad82057f36f1/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)