What is the source of revenue for MTR?

The rail lines are profitable, but the MTR Corporation derives most of its profits from property development (usually adjacent to railway stations) and other commercial activities in Hong Kong, including the letting of retail and poster advertising space, ATM banking facilities, and personal telecommunication services.



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MTR stations host more than 1,400 shops and nearly 47,000 advertising units. The company charges rent as well as earning money from telecoms operators by allowing them to provide mobile network coverage inside the rail system.

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MTR has reported total revenue of $HK 47.81bn ($US 6.09bn) for 2022, up 1.3% from $HK 47.2bn in 2021. However, the continuing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic saw profit from recurrent businesses fall by 91.3% from $HK 1.8bn in 2021 to $HK 157m.

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MTR Foods is a food products company based in Bengaluru, India. The company manufactures a range of packaged foods including breakfast mixes, ready to eat meals, masalas and spices, snacks and beverages.

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The MTR Corporation was established in 1975 as the Mass Transit Railway Corporation with a mission to construct and operate, under prudent commercial principles, an urban metro system to help meet Hong Kong's public transport requirements. The sole shareholder was the Hong Kong Government.

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Originally Answered: How can the the Hong Kong MTR (metro transportation) be so cheap? The answer is simple, the MTR and Airport Express networks comprise a total of 93 stations and carry an average of about 4.84 million passengers per day. If there were fewer passengers, it would be much more expensive.

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As Hong Kong is very densely populated, there would be no physical space for another railway network to perform in Hong Kong. The MTR already connects a large number of Hong Kong areas to each other, and while the MTR line can be extended, there could not be another corporation competing in the same field.

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Hong Kong's MTR Corporation runs the most valuable metro railway in the world. In 2017 it banked US$2.2 billion (HK$17 billion) profit, more than enough to buy seven Boeing 777 jets.

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Electrically-powered mass railway is generally acknowledged to be the most environmentally sustainable way to transport the world's growing and urbanising populations. We believe that our most significant contributions to the environment arise from impacts that do not occur as a result of our services.

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The following list sorts the stations according to their service line. In addition to the 98 metro stations listed on this page, the MTR system also consists of 68 light rail stops and one high-speed rail terminus in the city.

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MTR pays a dividend of $0.04 per share. MTR's annual dividend yield is 13.3%. When is Mesa Royalty Trust ex-dividend date? Mesa Royalty's upcoming ex-dividend date is on Sep 28, 2023.

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View Employees MTR has 31,968 employees.

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