Rapid Bus Performance Update

Updated Weekly

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

2024 Bus Ridership Overview

TOTAL

378456

RAPID KL

3.7 M+

MRT FEEDER

0.67 M+

BRT SUNWAY

0.1 M+

RAPID PENANG

0.5 M+

RAPID KUANTAN

0.01 M+

Monthly Ridership

	Rapid KL	MRT Feeder	BRT Sunway	Rapid Penang	Rapid Kuantan	Monthly Ridership
January	4,425,381	1,250,477	408,289	1,305,557	81,008	7,470,712
February	4,036,938	1,101,497	420,340	1,292,809	76,809	6,927,673
March	4,253,111	1,335,630	516,021	1,302,072	82,407	7,489,241
April	4,009,352	1,253,954	446,169	1,283,820	85,920	7,079,215
May	4,309,707	1,451,356	521,166	1,350,321	88,794	7,721,344
June	4,012,126	1,346,727	426,972	1,353,180	84,328	7,223,333
July	4,547,888	1,513,947	501,174	1,431,116	85,063	8,079,188
August	4,623,810	1,529,231	509,375	1,418,782	91,994	8,173,192
September	4,459,420	1,437,070	495,224	1,311,581	82,395	7,785,690
October	4,580,040	1,652,497	592,939	1,396,412	77,464	8,299,352

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

Average Daily Ridership

(Weekday, excluding public holidays)

250,733

Rapid Bus

YTD-Actual

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

	Year To Date (Up to 29 Nov)	Weekly Variance Year to Date (29 Nov) vs. Year to Date (22 Nov)
Rapid KL*	130,136	▲ 0.08%
MRT Feeder Bus	54,268	▲ 0.31%
BRT Sunway	18,719	▲ 0.17%
Rapid Penang	44,851	▼ 0.02%
Rapid Kuantan	2,759	▼ 0.33%

Remarks:

*Rapid KL ridership excluding shuttle services for ParaSukma Sarawak 2024, KLIA Charter and Ampang Line

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 January - 29 November 2024)

43%

Month To Date Actual (1 - 29 November 2024)

45%

Last Month (1 - 31 October 2024)

46%

2019

47%

Weekly Variance

Year to Date (29 Nov) vs. Year to Date (22 Nov)

This Week
51%
Last Week
53%

2%

This Week
41%
Last Week
42%

1%

This Week
49%
Last Week
52%

3%

This Week
44%
Last Week
44%

0%

This Week
11%
Last Week
10%

1%

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 (29 Nov)	Last Week (22 Nov)	Variance
Rapid KL	80%	81%	▼ 1%
MRT Feeder Bus	94%	95%	▼ 1%
BRT Sunway	90%	90%	-
Rapid Penang	82%	86%	▼ 4%
Rapid Kuantan	82%	85%	▼ 3%

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 (22 Nov)

Planned BoTR

Actual BoTR

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Remarks:

Rapid KL ridership excluding shuttle services for ParaSukma Sarawak 2024, KLIA Charter and Ampang Line

Station Facilities Update

	Total Facilities	In Service Year To Date (Up to 29 Nov)	In Service Year To Date (Up to 22 Nov)
BRT	13	13 (100%)	13 (100%)

Remarks:

No issue.

	Total Facilities	In Service Year To Date (Up to 29 Nov)	In Service Year To Date (Up to 22 Nov)
BRT	25	25 (100%)	23 (92%)

Remarks:

No issue.

	Total Facilities	In Service Year To Date (Up to 29 Nov)	In Service Year To Date (Up to 22 Nov)
BRT	5316	5316 (100%)	5316 (100%)

Remarks:

No issue

	Faulty Year To Date (Up to 29 Nov)	Faulty Year To Date (Up to 22 Nov)
BRT	0	0

Remarks:

No Issue

Ridership
Load Factor
Service Reliability
Service Availability
Facilities Update

2024 Bus Ridership Overview

TOTAL

378456

RAPID KL

3.7 M+

MRT FEEDER

0.67 M+

BRT SUNWAY

0.1 M+

RAPID PENANG

0.5 M+

RAPID KUANTAN

0.01 M+

Monthly Ridership

	Rapid KL	MRT Feeder	BRT Sunway	Rapid Penang	Rapid Kuantan	Monthly Ridership
January	4,425,381	1,250,477	408,289	1,305,557	81,008	7,470,712
February	4,036,938	1,101,497	420,340	1,292,809	76,809	6,927,673
March	4,253,111	1,335,630	516,021	1,302,072	82,407	7,489,241
April	4,009,352	1,253,954	446,169	1,283,820	85,920	7,079,215
May	4,309,707	1,451,356	521,166	1,350,321	88,794	7,721,344
June	4,012,126	1,346,727	426,972	1,353,180	84,328	7,223,333
July	4,547,888	1,513,947	501,174	1,431,116	85,063	8,079,188
August	4,623,810	1,529,231	509,375	1,418,782	91,994	8,173,192
September	4,459,420	1,437,070	495,224	1,311,581	82,395	7,785,690
October	4,580,040	1,652,497	592,939	1,396,412	77,464	8,299,352

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

Average Daily Ridership

(Weekday, excluding public holidays)

250,733

Rapid Bus

YTD-Actual

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

	Year To Date (Up to 29 Nov)	Weekly Variance Year to Date (29 Nov) vs. Year to Date (22 Nov)
Rapid KL*	130,136	▲ 0.08%
MRT Feeder Bus	54,268	▲ 0.31%
BRT Sunway	18,719	▲ 0.17%
Rapid Penang	44,851	▼ 0.02%
Rapid Kuantan	2,759	▼ 0.33%

Remarks:

*Rapid KL ridership excluding shuttle services for ParaSukma Sarawak 2024, KLIA Charter and Ampang Line

Average Load Factor

Year To Date Actual (1 January - 29 November 2024)

43%

Month To Date Actual (1 - 29 November 2024)

45%

Last Month (1 - 31 October 2024)

46%

2019

47%

Weekly Variance

Year to Date (29 Nov) vs. Year to Date (22 Nov)

This Week
51%
Last Week
53%

2%

This Week
41%
Last Week
42%

1%

This Week
49%
Last Week
52%

3%

This Week
44%
Last Week
44%

0%

This Week
11%
Last Week
10%

1%

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 (29 Nov)	Last Week (22 Nov)	Variance
Rapid KL	80%	81%	▼ 1%
MRT Feeder Bus	94%	95%	▼ 1%
BRT Sunway	90%	90%	-
Rapid Penang	82%	86%	▼ 4%
Rapid Kuantan	82%	85%	▼ 3%

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 (22 Nov)

Planned BoTR

Actual BoTR

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Remarks:

Rapid KL ridership excluding shuttle services for ParaSukma Sarawak 2024, KLIA Charter and Ampang Line

Station Facilities Update

	Total Facilities	In Service Year To Date (Up to 29 Nov)	In Service Year To Date (Up to 22 Nov)
BRT	13	13 (100%)	13 (100%)

Remarks:

No issue.

	Total Facilities	In Service Year To Date (Up to 29 Nov)	In Service Year To Date (Up to 22 Nov)
BRT	25	25 (100%)	23 (92%)

Remarks:

No issue.

	Total Facilities	In Service Year To Date (Up to 29 Nov)	In Service Year To Date (Up to 22 Nov)
BRT	5316	5316 (100%)	5316 (100%)

Remarks:

No issue

	Faulty Year To Date (Up to 29 Nov)	Faulty Year To Date (Up to 22 Nov)
BRT	0	0

Remarks:

No Issue

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Rapid Bus Performance Update

2024 Bus Ridership Overview

Monthly Ridership

Average Daily Ridership

2024

Average Load Factor

Weekly Variance

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Punctuality (First Stop)

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2024 Bus Ridership Overview

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