MTR Ridership (Passenger Volumes)

Source

MTR Corporation

Open Data Portal: https://opendata.mtr.com.hk/
Monthly Statistics: https://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/main/index.html (Corporate → Investor Relations → Traffic Statistics)
CKAN Search: https://data.gov.hk/en-data/api/3/action/package_search?q=MTR+passenger+journeys

Format

CSV / XLSX Monthly aggregate. Published ~4 weeks after month end.

~5.5M

Daily Journeys (2023)

Monthly

Update Frequency

Per Station

Granularity

Schema / Fields

Field	Type	Example	Description
`YEAR`	integer	`2023`	Year
`MONTH`	integer	`10`	Month
`LINE`	string	`ISL`	Line code
`STATION_CODE`	string	`SHW`	Station code
`STATION_NAME`	string	`Sheung Wan`	Station name
`ENTRIES`	integer	`48230`	Daily average passenger entries
`EXITS`	integer	`47890`	Daily average passenger exits
`TOTAL_JOURNEYS`	integer	`96120`	Total daily station throughput

Fields based on MTR monthly traffic statistics format. Exact column names may vary by file vintage.

Example API Call

# CKAN search for MTR ridership data
curl "https://data.gov.hk/en-data/api/3/action/package_search?q=MTR+passenger+journeys+station"

# MTR open data portal (check for CSV downloads)
curl "https://opendata.mtr.com.hk/" -I

Example Response

YEAR | MONTH | STATION    | ENTRIES | EXITS   | TOTAL
2023 | 10    | Sheung Wan | 48,230  | 47,890  | 96,120
2023 | 10    | Central    | 142,800 | 141,200 | 284,000
2023 | 10    | Sai Ying P | 31,400  | 30,890  | 62,290
2023 | 10    | Admiralty  | 89,600  | 88,100  | 177,700

Used By

Model	How
Gravity Model	O_i origin mass: station ridership as proxy for zone-level foot traffic potential
Regression Model	Accessibility variable — ridership at nearest station as site quality indicator

Notes / Gotchas

MTR does not publish per-hour station data publicly — use TransUnifier or academic datasets for temporal patterns
Ridership recovered to ~90% of pre-COVID levels by 2023 — use 2018/2019 as baseline for “normal” demand
Station ridership ≠ catchment population: many residents use other transport modes