Rapid Bus Performance Update

Weekly Updates

Transparency and accountability are core values that we uphold in our operations. We believe that providing timely and accurate information to our passengers and other stakeholders is essential in continuously improving our services and identifying areas for improvements. We hope that this, in turn, will help build trust and confidence in our services.

The following are the latest performance numbers, which will serve as a roadmap for improving our services and achieving even greater success in the future.

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Ridership
Load Factor
Service Reliability
Service Availability
Facilities Update

2025 Bus Ridership Overview

TOTAL

7470712

RAPID KL

4 M+

MRT FEEDER

1 M+

BRT SUNWAY

0.1 M+

RAPID PENANG

1 M+

RAPID KUANTAN

0.01 M+

Monthly Ridership

	Rapid KL	MRT Feeder	BRT Sunway	Rapid Penang	Rapid Kuantan	Monthly Ridership
January	4,350,896	1,512,120	437,756	1,500,325	70,019	7,871,116
February	4,172,229	1,455,372	488,750	1,302,770	69,469	7,488,590
March	4,403,722	1,521,250	548,314	1,372,950	76,427	7,922,663

Year	Rapid KL	MRT Feeder	BRT Sunway	Rapid Penang	Rapid Kuantan	Total
2019	109,329,555	16,606,586	4,461,096	26,844,368	2,750,943	159,992,548
2020	53,524,942	8,889,275	2,182,299	13,026,263	1,148,559	78,771,338
2021	29,684,174	4,704,524	1,293,943	7,608,494	515,130	43,806,265
2022	35,072,170	8,060,708	3,615,899	11,464,196	806,671	59,019,644
2023	47,792,001	11,702,041	5,087,921	14,296,579	825,190	79,703,732
2024	52,218,378	17,014,714	5,835,458	16,270,231	975,677	92,314,458

Average Daily Ridership

(Weekday, excluding public holidays)

259,040

Rapid Bus

YTD-Actual

Year	Average Daily Ridership
2019	472,782
2020	235,425
2021	132,357
2022	178,458
2023	240,461
2024	251,372

	Year To Date (Up to 4 Apr)	Weekly Variance Year to Date (4 Apr) vs. Year to Date (28 Mar)
Rapid KL*	131,644	▼ 1.21%
MRT Feeder Bus	58,947	▼ 1.47%
BRT Sunway	19,405	▼ 1.08%
Rapid Penang	46,644	▼ 0.62%
Rapid Kuantan	2,400	▲ 1.23%

Remarks:

*Rapid KL ridership excluding shuttle services for KLIA Charter

Average Load Factor

Ratio of average passenger load versus passenger capacity (weekdays excluding Public Holidays: 7am – 9am and 5pm – 7pm). Used to assess efficiency and measures the actual utilisation of passenger carrying capacity.

Year To Date Actual (1 Jan - 4 Apr 2025)

43%

Month To Date Actual (1 - 4 Apr 2025)

42%

Last Month (1 - 28 Feb 2025)

45%

2019

47%

Weekly Variance

Year to Date (4 Apr) vs. Year to Date (28 Mar)

This Week
40%
Last Week
46%

6%

This Week
27%
Last Week
37%

10%

This Week
32%
Last Week
55%

21%

This Week
46%
Last Week
46%

0%

This Week
9%
Last Week
11%

2%

Remarks:

Average load factor for Weekdays AM & PM peak hours, excluding public holiday.
To increase load factor and improve reach and agility, plans are in place to replace the Rapid Bus fleet with smaller (mini) buses. The objective is to improve passenger capacity utilization and commuter experience.

Punctuality (First Stop)

	This Week (4 Apr)	Last Week (28 Mar)	Variance
Rapid KL	86%	85%	▲ 1%
MRT Feeder Bus	97%	95%	▲ 2%
BRT Sunway	92%	92%	-
Rapid Penang	86%	86%	-
Rapid Kuantan	87%	88%	▼ 1%

Remarks:

Stage bus punctuality refers to the degree of which buses adhere to scheduled arrival & departure times.
Initiatives conducted in collaboration with DBKL & the Selangor state to enforce and to improve Bus Lanes is crucial in improving travel time of Stage Buses.

Actual BoTR

Last Week (28 Mar)

Planned BoTR

Actual BoTR

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Remarks:

Rapid KL excluding shuttle services for KLIA Charter

Station Facilities Update

	Total Facilities	In Service Year To Date (Up to 4 Apr)	In Service Year To Date (Up to 28 Mar)
BRT	13	13 (100%)	13 (100%)

Remarks:

No issue.

	Total Facilities	In Service Year To Date (Up to 4 Apr)	In Service Year To Date (Up to 28 Mar)
BRT	25	25 (100%)	25 (100%)

Remarks:

No issue.

	Total Facilities	In Service Year To Date (Up to 4 Apr)	In Service Year To Date (Up to 28 Mar)
BRT	5316	5316 (100%)	5316 (100%)

Remarks:

No issue

	Faulty Year To Date (Up to 4 Apr)	Faulty Year To Date (Up to 28 Mar)
BRT	0	0

Remarks:

No Issue

Ridership
Load Factor
Service Reliability
Service Availability
Facilities Update

2025 Bus Ridership Overview

TOTAL

7470712

RAPID KL

4 M+

MRT FEEDER

1 M+

BRT SUNWAY

0.1 M+

RAPID PENANG

1 M+

RAPID KUANTAN

0.01 M+

Monthly Ridership

	Rapid KL	MRT Feeder	BRT Sunway	Rapid Penang	Rapid Kuantan	Monthly Ridership
January	4,350,896	1,512,120	437,756	1,500,325	70,019	7,871,116
February	4,172,229	1,455,372	488,750	1,302,770	69,469	7,488,590
March	4,403,722	1,521,250	548,314	1,372,950	76,427	7,922,663

Year	Rapid KL	MRT Feeder	BRT Sunway	Rapid Penang	Rapid Kuantan	Total
2019	109,329,555	16,606,586	4,461,096	26,844,368	2,750,943	159,992,548
2020	53,524,942	8,889,275	2,182,299	13,026,263	1,148,559	78,771,338
2021	29,684,174	4,704,524	1,293,943	7,608,494	515,130	43,806,265
2022	35,072,170	8,060,708	3,615,899	11,464,196	806,671	59,019,644
2023	47,792,001	11,702,041	5,087,921	14,296,579	825,190	79,703,732
2024	52,218,378	17,014,714	5,835,458	16,270,231	975,677	92,314,458

Average Daily Ridership

(Weekday, excluding public holidays)

259,040

Rapid Bus

YTD-Actual

Year	Average Daily Ridership
2019	472,782
2020	235,425
2021	132,357
2022	178,458
2023	240,461
2024	251,372

	Year To Date (Up to 4 Apr)	Weekly Variance Year to Date (4 Apr) vs. Year to Date (28 Mar)
Rapid KL*	131,644	▼ 1.21%
MRT Feeder Bus	58,947	▼ 1.47%
BRT Sunway	19,405	▼ 1.08%
Rapid Penang	46,644	▼ 0.62%
Rapid Kuantan	2,400	▲ 1.23%

Remarks:

*Rapid KL ridership excluding shuttle services for KLIA Charter

Average Load Factor

Year To Date Actual (1 Jan - 4 Apr 2025)

43%

Month To Date Actual (1 - 4 Apr 2025)

42%

Last Month (1 - 28 Feb 2025)

45%

2019

47%

Weekly Variance

Year to Date (4 Apr) vs. Year to Date (28 Mar)

This Week
40%
Last Week
46%

6%

This Week
27%
Last Week
37%

10%

This Week
32%
Last Week
55%

21%

This Week
46%
Last Week
46%

0%

This Week
9%
Last Week
11%

2%

Remarks:

Average load factor for Weekdays AM & PM peak hours, excluding public holiday.
To increase load factor and improve reach and agility, plans are in place to replace the Rapid Bus fleet with smaller (mini) buses. The objective is to improve passenger capacity utilization and commuter experience.

Punctuality (First Stop)

	This Week (4 Apr)	Last Week (28 Mar)	Variance
Rapid KL	86%	85%	▲ 1%
MRT Feeder Bus	97%	95%	▲ 2%
BRT Sunway	92%	92%	-
Rapid Penang	86%	86%	-
Rapid Kuantan	87%	88%	▼ 1%

Remarks:

Stage bus punctuality refers to the degree of which buses adhere to scheduled arrival & departure times.
Initiatives conducted in collaboration with DBKL & the Selangor state to enforce and to improve Bus Lanes is crucial in improving travel time of Stage Buses.

Actual BoTR

Last Week (28 Mar)

Planned BoTR

Actual BoTR

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Remarks:

Rapid KL excluding shuttle services for KLIA Charter

Station Facilities Update

	Total Facilities	In Service Year To Date (Up to 4 Apr)	In Service Year To Date (Up to 28 Mar)
BRT	13	13 (100%)	13 (100%)

Remarks:

No issue.

	Total Facilities	In Service Year To Date (Up to 4 Apr)	In Service Year To Date (Up to 28 Mar)
BRT	25	25 (100%)	25 (100%)

Remarks:

No issue.

	Total Facilities	In Service Year To Date (Up to 4 Apr)	In Service Year To Date (Up to 28 Mar)
BRT	5316	5316 (100%)	5316 (100%)

Remarks:

No issue

	Faulty Year To Date (Up to 4 Apr)	Faulty Year To Date (Up to 28 Mar)
BRT	0	0

Remarks:

No Issue

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Rapid Bus Performance Update

2025 Bus Ridership Overview

Monthly Ridership

Average Daily Ridership

2025

Average Load Factor

Weekly Variance

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6%

This Week 27%Last Week37%

10%

This Week 32%Last Week55%

21%

This Week 46%Last Week46%

0%

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2%

Punctuality (First Stop)

Average Planned & Actual Bus-on-the-Road (BoTR)

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Last Week (28 Mar)

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Station Facilities Update

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Escalators

Lightings

Leaking

2025 Bus Ridership Overview

Monthly Ridership

Average Daily Ridership

2025

Average Load Factor

Weekly Variance

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6%

This Week 27%Last Week37%

10%

This Week 32%Last Week55%

21%

This Week 46%Last Week46%

0%

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2%

Punctuality (First Stop)

Average Planned & Actual Bus-on-the-Road (BoTR)

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Last Week (28 Mar)

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Station Facilities Update

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