SMRT Corporation

SMRT Corporation
Type	Public (SGX: S53)
Industry	Public transport
Founded	6 March 2000
Headquarters	Singapore
Key people	Koh Yong Guan (Chairman)
Products	Bus, Taxi and Rail Services
Revenue	S$969.7 million SGD (FY2011)
Operating income	S$188.7 million SGD (FY2009)
Net income	S$162.7 million SGD (FY2009)
Employees	6620 (2QFY10)
Parent	Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd
Website	www.smrt.com.sg

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Not to be confused with Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation in South Korea.

SMRT Corporation (SGX: S53) is a public transport operator incorporated on March 6, 2000, as a result of an industry overhaul to form multi-modal public-transport operators in Singapore. It is the second-largest public-transport company in Singapore after ComfortDelGro. As a holding company listed on the Singapore Exchange since July 26, 2000, it operates bus, rail, taxi and other public-transport services via several wholly owned subsidiaries.

[edit] Businesses

SMRT Buses Limited [1] (formerly Trans-Island Bus Services Limited)
SMRT Trains Ltd [2] (formerly Singapore MRT Ltd)
SMRT Light Rail Pte Ltd (formerly Singapore LRT Pte Ltd)
SMRT Taxis Pte Ltd [3] (formerly TIBS Taxis Pte Ltd)
SMRT Automotive Services Pte Ltd (SMRT Automotive) (formerly TIBS Motors Pte Ltd)
Singapore Shuttle Bus (Pte) Ltd (SSB)
Bus-Plus Services Pte Ltd (Bus-Plus)
SMRT Engineering Pte Ltd (SMRT Engineering)
SMRT Investments Pte Ltd (SMRT Investments)
RFP Investments Pte Ltd (RFPI)
SMRT International Pte Ltd (SMRTI)

[edit] Operations

SMRT's primary business is providing public-transport services in Singapore. Its main operations are the following:

SMRT Buses operates a fleet of more than 900 buses, serving selected housing estates in northern and north-western Singapore.
SMRT Trains operates the 72 stations along the North-South, East-West and Circle Lines of the Mass Rapid Transit network. It usesthird rail systems for train power collection.
SMRT Light Rail operates and manages the 14 stations along the Bukit Panjang LRT Line.
SMRT Taxis manages about 2,000 taxis.

[edit] Key operating statistics

Monthly Ridership for Bus and Rail^[1]^[2]

Month	2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008		2009		2010		2011
Month	Bus	Rail	Bus	Rail	Bus	Rail	Bus	Rail	Bus	Rail	Bus	Rail	Bus	Rail	Bus	Rail	Bus	Rail
January	23,507	34,178,416	22,963	33,165,048	23,227	34,483,105	22,210	33,978,256	23,579	37,339,394	25,094	41,931,556	24,213	41,227,355	25,773	46,945,263	27,652	53,016,676
February	20,451	29,135,532	22,055	31,784,715	20,406	29,978,170	21,040	32,330,471	20,657	32,896,766	22,427	37,471,745	22,692	39,407,717	22,681	41,152,773	24,006	45,510,277
March	22,546	32,925,189	23,512	34,314,370	23,164	35,126,645	23,257	36,366,764	23,612	38,579,693	23,885	41,285,892	24,282	43,953,761	25,818	48,081,833	27,517	53,785,116
April	19,388	27,458,106	22,760	32,196,436	22,338	33,059,172	22,197	33,860,661	22,586	35,985,951	24,186	41,072,492	23,587	41,999,608	25,328	47,034,300	26,978	51,414,494
May	21,922	29,889,839	23,025	33,530,425	22,324	33,796,403	23,237	36,012,048	23,535	38,532,342	24,331	41,964,448	24,516	43,024,742	25,942	49,320,732	27,499	52,637,969
June	21,071	31,826,285	20,908	32,609,572	21,154	34,115,079	21,094	34,965,071	21,647	37,582,966	22,647	41,273,623	22,789	42,933,447	23,957	48,228,573	25,530	52,022,824
July	23,196	34,541,283	23,866	34,916,918	22,948	35,614,229	23,636	36,905,609	24,045	39,665,489	25,643	44,938,982	25,342	45,954,296	27,284	52,402,930	28,544	55,845,208
August	23,190	34,129,579	23,261	34,198,512	22,961	35,456,777	23,678	37,353,037	23,791	39,587,277	24,937	44,207,819	24,683	44,931,974	26,354	50,956,699	27,742	54,209,327
September	22,126	33,253,795	22,421	33,240,234	22,040	34,071,467	22,425	36,006,858	22,496	37,591,642	23,788	42,890,883	23,714	44,097,931	25,836	49,725,795	26,917	53,636,889
October	22,727	33,428,440	22,863	33,610,216	22,477	34,478,588	22,800	36,284,768	23,748	40,054,511	24,802	43,653,768	25,225	45,792,025	26,876	51,311,532	27,532	55,213,665
November	20,933	32,317,852	21,228	32,847,314	21,250	33,909,654	22,065	36,600,989	22,079	38,961,082	23,186	42,729,341	23,372	44,277,327	25,137	49,540,511	26,122	54,902,720
December	21,472	35,348,298	21,601	35,851,490	21,331	36,592,773	21,439	38,062,826	21,987	40,641,704	22,868	43,357,506	23,426	47,251,836	25,342	53,030,746		55,982,718
Total	262,529	388,432,614	270,463	400,265,250	265,620	410,682,062	269,078	428,727,358	273,762	457,418,817	287,794	506,778,055	287,841	524,959,766	306,328	587,731,687		638,177,883

Notes

Bus ridership are in terms of thousands.
The numbers highlighted in bold have the most ridership in the month of the year for each type.
SMRT's monthly train ridership exceeded 40 million trips for the first time in October 2007.
SMRT's monthly train ridership exceeded 50 million trips for the first time in July 2010.
The monthly total MRT ridership from May 2009 includes ridership from Circle_MRT_Line.