Total and daily average patronage (station entries) for Melbourne metropolitan train stations, including average patronage by time band, to allow users to analyse Melbourne metropolitan train patronage by station, day type, time of day and total annual. Data Quality Patronage estimates are rounded to nearest 50 and values less than 50 are rounded up to 50. Patronage estimates are derived from myki ticketing data and factored up to account for the transaction rate. The transaction rate is determined by survey and by barrier count data at gated stations. The survey is designed to provide a precise measure of patronage at the modal level and precision is decreased for patronage estimates at the station level. The sum of station entries for all metropolitan stations differs from total metropolitan train patronage because station entries do not include service transfers within stations. Station entries for Southern Cross station do not include counts of passengers entering the gates to platforms 1 to 8, where regional train services depart. This is included in regional train station entries data. Station entries for other metropolitan stations do include counts of passengers who enter the station to board regional train services.

Monthly total patronage for metropolitan and regional train, metropolitan and regional bus, tram and regional coach services in Victoria, to allow users to analyse trends in patronage by mode. Patronage is a count of patron boardings onto services, with the exclusion of train transfers that do not involve a change in direction. Patrons includes all persons 5 and over, excluding drivers and station staff. Data Currency This information will be updated on a monthly basis but with a 2 month lag in order to provide a comprehensive view of patronage during that time period. Data Quality 1) Patronage data for metropolitan modes and for regional bus is derived from myki ticketing data. As ticketing data provides an incomplete picture of the number of people using public transport, DoT also conducts a patronage survey to supplement myki data. The purpose of the patronage survey is to determine the transaction rate, which is the percentage of passengers who ‘touch-on’ when they travel. Ticketing transactions are boosted according to the transaction rate to provide an estimate of total patronage. 2) As of January 2021, metropolitan train patronage uses barrier count data, where available, in place of survey observations to determine the transaction rate. 3) Metropolitan train patronage is derived from a count of station entries, plus a 5% ‘transfer uplift’ to account for trips following a transfer within a station. 4) Patronage data for regional train and coach is provided by V/Line and is based on conductor or driver counts for each regional train and coach service. 5) Patronage data for regional bus also includes patronage estimates for services that are not myki enabled. This data is derived from the ‘monthly statistical returns’ completed by each bus operator.

Daily average patronage each month for metropolitan and regional train, metropolitan and regional bus and tram services in Victoria for day types: normal weekday, school holiday weekday and weekend (public holidays are excluded) and for days of week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Patronage is a count of patron boarding onto services with the exclusion of train transfers. Patrons includes all persons 5 and over, excluding drivers and station staff. Data Currency This information will be updated on a monthly basis but with a 2 month lag in order to provide a comprehensive view of patronage during that time period. Data Quality 1) Patronage estimates are rounded to nearest 50 and values less than 50 are rounded up to 50. 2) Patronage data is derived from myki ticketing data. As ticketing data provides an incomplete picture of the number of people using public transport, DTP also conducts a patronage survey to supplement myki data. The purpose of the patronage survey is to determine the transaction rate, which is the percentage of passengers who ‘touch-on’ when they travel. Ticketing transactions are boosted according to the transaction rate to provide an estimate of total patronage. 3) As of January 2021, metropolitan train patronage uses barrier count data, where available, in place of survey observations to determine the transaction rate. 4) Metropolitan train patronage does not include train transfers. Patrons includes all persons 5 and over, excluding drivers and station staff. 5) From 2021 onwards, patronage data for regional trains include non-myki patronage (e.g. paper ticket counts). Prior to this, patronage does not include non-myki patronage. 6) Patronage data for regional bus does not include patronage estimates for services that are not-myki enabled.

Provides the average number of passenger boardings by day broken down by stop and quarter hour for May 2017. Patronage is a measured through unique boardings recorded in the MyWay ticketing system on scheduled services. This includes boardings by passengers with MyWay cards and passengers who choose to purchase a ticket or transfer on board a vehicle. This dataset excludes passenger boardings on dedicated school routes. Data was sourced from the MyWay ticketing system which records passenger validations and cash sales using netBI business intelligence software.