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.
In 2007, MTR was merged with the Kowloon-Canton Railway, the other government-owned railway company in Hong Kong. Since the merger, the company has expanded its businesses in and outside of the region to diversify revenue sources.
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.