Maha Metro Nagpur logged a record ridership on the New Year Day as it crossed the 50,000 mark. Citizens chose to travel by Metro train in a big way as the ridership figures touched 51,670 on 1st January 2022.
- This is the second highest ridership in the history of Nagpur Metro, the highest being 60,171 on 26th January 2021.
- With these figures, Maha Metro has overtaken many other Metro services in terms of ridership.
- In fact, given the trend for some time now, Maha Metro ridership has been continuously on ascend.
- For some time now, Maha Metro Nagpur has experienced a boom in the ridership in the post-Covid phase.
- Being the first day of 2022, Nagpurians, it seems, had made up their mind to enjoy the day.
- The end result was a record breaking cumulative ridership on the Orange Line (Khapri to Kasturchand Park Metro Station) and Aqua Line (Sitabuldi Interchange to Lokmanya Nagar Metro Station).
- Long and serpentine queues were witnessed at the ticket counters of Metro Stations, especially Sitabuldi Interchange, where commuters had lined up to buy tickets for Metro Ride since morning.
- The concourse, platform all witnessed great rush as Nagpurians rushed to Metro Stations for a ride.
- In fact, Maha Metro had made ample preparations in anticipation of this huge response.
- Staff was adequately deployed at all the Metro Stations.
- Guards, Station Staff and other essential staff.
- This historic and record-breaking ridership would definitely go a long way in boosting ridership in Metro trains.
- The record ridership on New Year Day is a testimony to the commuters’ ever-growing confidence in Maha Metro.
- With passenger services on the remaining stretches of Orange and Aqua set to start in some time, Maha Metro’s ridership graph is set to climb in the future too.
A frequent commuter Smt Anuradha Pande said, “I have never witnessed such a gathering before. This is very encouraging and would go a long way in boosting Maha Metro ridership.
“Added businessman Shri Vikas Singh, “The fact that Maha Metro offers a range of facilities like feeder service at Metro Stations adds to the charm of Metro ride.”
Source: Nagpur Metro- Press Release | Image Credit (representational): Nagpur Metro
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