Public Transport Operation And Ridership, Annual
Description
Long-run annual series on public transport operation and ridership in Singapore from 1990 to 2025, sourced from the Land Transport Authority and published through the Singapore Department of Statistics. The CSV is a wide time-series table with one column per year, covering operating indicators and passenger trips that also feed UN Sustainable Development Goal indicator 9.1.2. Transport planners, analysts, and students use it to trace how bus and rail usage grew across three and a half decades. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder TS/M651351.
Official description
Source: LAND TRANSPORT AUTHORITY Data Last Updated: 27/04/2026 Update Frequency: Annual Footnotes: Please refer to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Global Metadata (https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata) for more information on SDG 9.1.2. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M651351
- Last updated
- Coverage
- 1990-01-01 – 2025-12-31
- Rows
- 11
- Columns
- 37
Chart
Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Data Series | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rail Length | 271.3 | 271.300000 | 258.500000 | 258.500000 | 245.300000 | 232.300000 | 228.100000 | 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 | 242.500000 | 229.700000 | 229.700000 | 216.500000 | 203.500000 | 199.300000 | 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 | 28.800000 | 28.800000 | 28.800000 | 28.800000 | 28.800000 | 28.800000 | 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 | 47623 | 45609.000000 | 43579.000000 | 41785.000000 | 40613.000000 | 39362.000000 | 40883.000000 | 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 | 7717 | 7257.000000 | 7104.000000 | 7037.000000 | 7019.000000 | 6799.000000 | 7566.000000 | 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 | 3490 | 3412.000000 | 3243.000000 | 2745.000000 | 2100.000000 | 2023.000000 | 3384.000000 | 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 | 209 | 210.000000 | 202.000000 | 184.000000 | 151.000000 | 139.000000 | 208.000000 | 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 | 3841 | 3837.000000 | 3747.000000 | 3461.000000 | 3008.000000 | 2878.000000 | 4099.000000 | 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) | 626 | 618.000000 | 606.000000 | 582.000000 | 553.000000 | 517.000000 | 772.000000 | 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 |
| Total Ridership By MRT And LRT | na | 1326000.000000 | 1258000.000000 | 1069000.000000 | 821000.000000 | 791000.000000 | 1311000.000000 | 1278000 | 1209000 | 1195000 | 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 |
| Total Rail Passenger-Kilometres | na | 10477.000000 | 9993.000000 | 8563.000000 | 6629.000000 | 6477.000000 | 10690.000000 | 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 | na |
Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Data Series | Text | No |
| 2025 | Text | No |
| 2024 | Numeric | No |
| 2023 | Numeric | No |
| 2022 | Numeric | No |
| 2021 | Numeric | No |
| 2020 | Numeric | No |
| 2019 | Numeric | No |
| 2018 | Text | No |
| 2017 | Text | No |
| 2016 | Text | No |
| 2015 | Text | No |
| 2014 | Text | No |
| 2013 | Text | No |
| 2012 | Text | No |
| 2011 | Text | No |
| 2010 | Text | No |
| 2009 | Text | No |
| 2008 | Text | No |
| 2007 | Text | No |
| 2006 | Text | No |
| 2005 | Text | No |
| 2004 | Text | No |
| 2003 | Text | No |
| 2002 | Text | No |
| 2001 | Text | No |
| 2000 | Text | No |
| 1999 | Text | No |
| 1998 | Text | No |
| 1997 | Text | No |
| 1996 | Text | No |
| 1995 | Text | No |
| 1994 | Text | Yes |
| 1993 | Text | Yes |
| 1992 | Text | Yes |
| 1991 | Text | Yes |
| 1990 | Text | Yes |