Creating yet another ridership record, the Delhi Metro on Monday ferried over 26 lakh passengers, establishing itself as the major mass transit facility in the National Capital Region (NCR).
It surpassed the earlier ridership record of having carried 25 lakh passengers on a single day on August 8, this year.
The 49 km Blue line (Noida City Centre/ Vaishali to Dwarka Sector 21), which covers some of the most populous areas of Delhi witnessed the highest ridership of 9,83,397 passengers on the day, followed closely by the Yellow line (Jahangirpuri to Huda City Centre) that carried 9,33,431 passengers on Monday. “The Red line (Dilshad Garden to Rithala) carried 3,91,162 passengers, followed by 1,97,122 passengers on Violet line (Central Secretariat to Badarpur) and 1, 01,252 passengers on Inderlok/Kirti Nagar to Mundka line.
In view of the increasing ridership and for the convenience of the passengers, the DMRC has inducted the first eight-coach train on the Blue line from Monday. “DMRC plans to induct a total of 68 eight-coach trains on Noida and Gurgaon lines by the end of this year. These will include 31 eight-coach trains on Blue line and 37 of the same on the Yellow line,” said a spokesperson with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).