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An average daily of 46 100 cross-boundary vehicle trips at the four road-based boundary
control points was recorded in 2017, representing an increase of 6.8 per cent as compared
with the average daily of 43 200 trips in 2015. For both departure trips and arrival trips,

the daily peaks were found on Fridays, with an average daily of 25 900 and 26 500 trips
respectively, which were higher than the overall average daily by 12.4 per cent and 15.1
per cent.

Among the average daily of 21 300 goods vehicle (including container truck) trips
between Hong Kong and the Mainland, more than half of them used the Lok Ma Chau
Control Point (59.2 per cent). The average daily number of goods vehicle trips using the

Shenzhen Bay Control Point increased substantially from an average daily of 2 200 in
2015 to 3 400 in 2017.

The number of private car trips increased from an average daily of 18 900 in 2015 to 20

900 in 2017, representing an increase of 10.6 per cent. Indeed, trips in this category have
recorded significant growth since 1999 and contributed over 45 per cent of the total cross-
boundary vehicle trips in 2017. On the other hand, the number of coach trips decreased
by 3.1 per cent from an average daily of 3 300 to 3 200. The number of shuttle bus trips

between San Tin and Huanggang via the Lok Ma Chau Control Point increased by 21.7
per cent to an average daily of 800 in 2017.

The average number of passengers carried per coach trip increased between 2015 and
2017. The average number of passengers carried in a coach trip was 29.0 in 2017, as
compared with that of 28.6 in 2015. Over the same period, the proportion of coach trips
carrying more than 30 passengers increased from 41.9 per cent to 44.5 per cent.

The average number of passengers carried per shuttle bus trip increased from 29.3 in 2015
to 37.5 in 2017. The proportion of shuttle bus trips carrying more than 30 passengers

increased from 41.9 per cent in 2015 to 67.7 per cent in 2017.

Looking Forward

Since the economic reform started in the Mainland in 1978, socio-economic ties between

Hong Kong and the Mainland have been growing stronger. With the implementation
of new economic and immigration policies such as Closer Economic Partnership
Arrangement and Individual Visit Scheme, there has been tremendous growth in cross-
boundary travel in the last decade. Between 1999 and 2017, cross-boundary passenger
and vehicle trips increased at an average annual rate of about 4.8 per cent and 2.4 per

cent respectively. The Cross-boundary Travel Surveys have been conducted to collect
detailed travel characteristics and information of cross-boundary passengers and vehicles.
Government departments are using the collected information to plan for facilities and

services to meet the anticipated cross-boundary demand.

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