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Transport

Public Transport Journeys

Data from Jan 2004 to Dec 2014

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 15:02 SGT

LTA (Land Transport Authority)

Data on Journeys is average over the period from January - December.

A journey refers to as a series of consecutive trips on different modes (MRT, LRT, bus), made by a commuter from his origin to his destination.

Average Journey Distances

Data explorer

PublicTransportJourneys.csv (11 rows, 251 B)

Year Year (YYYY)	Average Daily Passenger Journeys Numeric	Average Journey Distances Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2004	3099000	9.4
2005	3138000	9.6
2006	3267000	9.6
2007	3450000	9.6
2008	3635000	9.7
2009	3656000	9.7
2010	3841000	9.8
2011	3988000	9.8
2012	4131000	9.7
2013	4240000	9.6

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Average Daily Passenger Journeys	average_daily_passenger_journeys	Numeric	Number of Passenger Journeys	Rounded to the nearest thousand
Average Journey Distances	average_journey_distances	Numeric	Kilometres	-

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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_d6921f812624c2b1bb1d68269354dc71"
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). Public Transport Journeys (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 30, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_d6921f812624c2b1bb1d68269354dc71/view

About this dataset

Contact

lta-data_mgmt_office@lta.gov.sg

Created on

26 Apr 2016

Licence

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

Agency

LTA (Land Transport Authority)