Transport

LRT passengers dropping

The number of passengers transported by the Light Rapid Transit (LRT) has dropped once again in May this year.

According to a statistic released by the Macao LRT Corporation, the daily passenger average was 11,800, a figure that represents a reduction of 400 passengers per day when compared to the previous month (April).

The figure is also the lowest result of the number of passengers transported this year. Previously the lowest month had been March with an average of 12,000 passengers per day.

For the first five months of this year, the average number of passengers transported reached a total of 66,700; that is, some 13,340 per month.

When it was projected, the LRT was said to have a total capacity of 8,000 people per hour per direction (pphpd), a capacity that was increased in 2020 to 14,200 pphpd. RM

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