SMRT Corporation

Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (SMRT) Corporation is a public transport operator founded on August 6, 1987. Their major competitor in Singapore's duopoly transport system is SBS Transit, which also operates bus, rail, taxi and other transport services.

On November 7, 1987, SMRT started services on Singapore's first MRT section, consisting of five stations from Yio Chu Kang MRT Station to Toa Payoh MRT Station . On December 11, 2001, SMRT merged with TIBS Holdings. On May 10, 2004, all of the subsidiaries under the SMRT Corporation adopted the SMRT logo and brand officially.

Contents

1 Businesses

2 Operations

3 Key Operating Statistics

4 External links

Businesses

SMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Trains) (formerly Singapore MRT Ltd)
SMRT Light Rail Pte Ltd (SMRT Light Rail) (formerly Singapore LRT Pte Ltd)
SMRT Buses Ltd (SMRT Buses) (formerly Trans-Island Bus Services Ltd)
SMRT Taxis Pte Ltd (SMRT Taxis) (formerly TIBS Taxis Pte Ltd)
SMRT Automotive Services Pte Ltd (SMRT Automotive) (formerly TIBS Motors Pte Ltd)
Singapore Shuttle Bus (Pte) Ltd (SSB)
Bus-Plus Services Pte Ltd (Bus-Plus)
SMRT Engineering Pte Ltd (SMRT Engineering)
SMRT Investments Pte Ltd (SMRT Investments)
RFP Investments Pte Ltd (RFPI)
SMRT International Pte Ltd (SMRTI)

Operations

SMRT's primary business is providing public transport services in Singapore. Its more notable operations are the following.

SMRT Trains operates the 51 stations along the urban heavy rail North-South and East-West lines of the MRT network.
SMRT Light Rail operates and manages the 14 stations along the light rail Bukit Panjang LRT Line.
SMRT Buses operates a fleet of more than 800 buses, serving selected housing estates in northern Singapore.
SMRT Taxis manages about 2,000 taxis.

Key Operating Statistics

Annual Statistics (for the year ended 31st March)

	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Route length at period end (kilometres)	83.00	83.00	84.94	84.94	84.94	84.94
Total number of passengers (millions)	346.35	367.19	387.39	389.66	394.25	391.46
Car kilometres operated (millions)	73.50	74.10	75.30	81.38	89.62	77.39
Average number of weekday passengers (thousands)	987.00	1042.00	1108.00	1125.00	1139.30	1131.40
Aggregate passenger distance travelled per year (million kilometres)	4,408.70	4,687.00	4,935.00	4,963.00	4,988.90	4,861.30
Average operating car occupancy (persons)	60.00	63.00	65.50	60.98	55.70	63.20

Monthly Statistics

Month	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
January		32,587,640	33,672,360	34,178,416	33,16,5048	34,483,105
February		31,157,848	29,091,369	29,135,532	31,784,715
March		34,162,717	33,879,413	32,925,189	34,314,370
April	30,352,441	31,599,571	32,259,646	27,458,106	32,196,436
May	31,554,698	32,813,721	32,926,766	29,889,839	33,530,425
June	31,280,481	32,501,217	31,753,267	31,826,285	32,609,572
July	33,261,448	33,671,187	34,539,683	34,541,283	34,916,918
August	33,122,108	33,049,925	33,710,932	34,129,579	34,198,512
September	32,063,017	31,560,014	32,815,317	33,253,795	33,240,234
October	31,549,215	32,403,557	33,397,443	33,428,440	33,610,216
November	32,145,546	31,751,557	32,459,647	32,317,852	32,847,314
December	34,158,214	33,669,931	34,145,447	35,348,296	35,851,490
Total		390,928,885	394,651,290	388,432,612	369,100,202

External links

SMRT Corporation