Almost 50 Million Passengers Used Malta’s Buses Throughout 2022
Malta Public Transport carried 49.6 million passengers in 2022, breaking its own 2019 record.
Since the launch of the free public transport initiative in October, there were almost 50% more tallinja card passengers when compared to the same period in 2021, indicating a major uptick in bus users since the launch.
This is also 8% more than 2019 which was a record year, meaning the free public transport initiative is succeeding in encouraging even more people to make use of public transport.
“We are pleased to reach this significant milestone by surpassing our record numbers of 2019 for the first time in December,” said Konrad Pulé, General Manager of Malta Public Transport.
“The constant growth in numbers over the past few months is very encouraging and is a clear sign that the confidence and demand for public transport is once again increasing.”
On New Year’s Eve the company carried twice the amount of passengers it did on 2019 on its night service. Night buses are also free of charge.
MPT is investing in an additional 25 new electric buses which will be put in service in the coming weeks in order to increase the frequencies of the bus services.
Hopefully, the uptake in bus usage will improve the traffic flow and decrease congestion.
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