The daily average number of Light Rail Transit (LRT) passengers increased to 9,150 last month from the average of 7,500 per day in July, the government-owned LRT operator, Macau Light Rapid Transit Corporation Limited (MLM), announced on its website on Friday.
This was the highest average daily number of passengers in a month since the LRT passenger numbers started to recover early this year with the post-COVID-19 recovery of Macau’s tourism sector.
The LRT recorded a daily average of 3,550 passengers in January this year, the then highest number since the COVID-19 pandemic began to affect Macau in early 2020, as well as since LRT passengers started having to pay for their rides in February 2020.
Macau confirmed its first COVID-19 case on January 22, 2020.
The LRT recorded a daily average of 4,750 passengers in February this year, 4,750 in March, 6,500 in April, 5,500 in May, and 5,650 in June.
The current LRT passenger number is still minute compared with that of the public bus sector. According to Transport Bureau (DSAT) data, the city recorded a daily average of 547,800 public bus passengers in this year’s first quarter, while the daily average number of passengers rose to 582,700 in the last quarter.
The bureau said last month that between January 1 and August 20 this year, the city recorded a daily average of around 610,000 public bus passengers.
