SMRT Corporation

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SMRT Corporation

Type	Public (SGX: S53)
Founded	Singapore (6 March 2000)
Headquarters	Singapore
Key people	Saw Phaik Hwa, President & CEO
Industry	Public transport
Website	www.smrt.com.sg

SMRT Corporation SGX: S53 is a public transport operator incorporated on 6 March 2000 as a result of an industry overhaul to form multi-modal transport operators. As a holding company listed on the Singapore Exchange since 26 July 2000, it operates bus, rail, taxi and other transport services via several fully-owned subsidiaries.

1 Businesses
2 Operations
3 Key operating statistics
4 External links

SMRT Corporation headquarters at City Hall.

A C651 SMRT train approaching Jurong East MRT Station

SMRT Buses parked in one line at Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange.

An SMRT Train Depot in Bishan.

[edit] Businesses

SMRT Trains Ltd [1] (formerly Singapore MRT Ltd)
SMRT Light Rail Pte Ltd [2] (formerly Singapore LRT Pte Ltd)
SMRT Buses Limited [3](formerly Trans-Island Bus Services Limited)
SMRT Taxis Pte Ltd [4] (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)

[edit] Operations

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

SMRT Trains operates the 54 stations along the North-South and East-West lines of the Mass Rapid Transit network. It uses a third rail for power collection.
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 and north-western Singapore.
SMRT Taxis manages about 2,000 taxis.

[edit] Key operating statistics

Annual statistics (for the year ended 31st March)

	1999	2000	2001		2002		2003		2004		2005
	Rail	Rail	Bus	Rail	Bus	Rail	Bus	Rail	Bus	Rail	Bus	Rail
Route length at period end (kilometres)	83	83	2189.8	84.94	2393.6	89.4	2503.1	89.4	2463.5	89.4	2479.8	89.4
Total number of passengers (millions)	346.35	367.19	272.26	387.39	290.85	389.66	278.16	394.25	264.70	391.46	268.93	402.59
Bus/Car kilometres operated (millions)	73.50	74.10	63.6	75.30	77.2	81.38	79.9	89.62	79.3	77.39	78.4	75.11
Average number of weekday passengers (thousands)	987.0	1042.0		1108.0		1125.0		1139.3		1131.4		1,171.9
Aggregate passenger distance travelled per year (million kilometres)	4,408.7	4,687.0	1,706.4	4,935.0	1,796.7	4,963.0	1,689.4	4,988.90	1,591.0	4,861.30	1,613.0	4,928.3
Average operating car occupancy (persons)	60	63		65.5		60.98		55.7		63.2		65.6
Load factor (%)			29.0		25.2		22.1		22.6		22.8

Monthly statistics (Rail only)

Month	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
January		32,587,640	33,672,360	34,178,416	33,165,048	34,483,105	33,978,256
February		31,157,848	29,091,369	29,135,532	31,784,715	29,978,170	32,330,471
March		34,162,717	33,879,413	32,925,189	34,314,370	35,126,645	36,366,764
April	30,352,441	31,599,571	32,259,646	27,458,106	32,196,436	32,196,436	33,860,661
May	31,554,698	32,813,721	32,926,766	29,889,839	33,530,425	33,796,403	36,012,048
June	31,280,481	32,501,217	31,753,267	31,826,285	32,609,572	34,115,079	34,965,071
July	33,261,448	33,671,187	34,539,683	34,541,283	34,916,918	35,614,229	36,905,609
August	33,122,108	33,049,925	33,710,932	34,129,579	34,198,512	35,456,777	37,353,037
September	32,063,017	31,560,014	32,815,317	33,253,795	33,240,234	34,071,467	36,006,858
October	31,549,215	32,403,557	33,397,443	33,428,440	33,610,216	34,478,588	36,284,768
November	32,145,546	31,751,557	32,459,647	32,317,852	32,847,314	33,909,654	36,600,989
December	34,158,214	33,669,931	34,145,447	35,348,296	35,851,490	36,592,773	38,062,826
Total		389,681,755	394,651,290	388,432,612	402,265,250	409,819,326	428,727,358