In 2021, the number of urban public transport passengers in China amounted to about 99.4 billion. Of these, about half of them used buses or trolleybuses, an increase of 10.6 percent from 2020. In addition, around 23.7 billion passengers took the metro, an almost 35 percent higher than the previous year.
Number of passengers on public transport in urban China from 2018 to 2021, by transport type
(in billion passengers)
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Ministry of Transport of China. (May 25, 2022). Number of passengers on public transport in urban China from 2018 to 2021, by transport type (in billion passengers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 02, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/258560/passenger-trasportation-china-by-public-transport-type/
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