The much-awaited Navi Mumbai’s first ever metro has reached a million passenger ridership ever since its commencement. It didn’t take long for the residents to flock to the metro stations to start using the service. In fact, it has also become a tourist attraction for many.
Within just 2.5 months, the metro ridership has reached a milestone of million passengers, which has generated a revenue of over INR 2.55 crore during this period.
According to reports, 2.23 lakh passengers took the metro in the first two weeks of its commissioning, thereby generating ₹57.52 lakh in ticket earnings in November. December witnessed a surge with 3.77 lakh passengers paying ₹1.06 crores for the metro tickets.
The numbers dropped slightly in January with 3.35 lakh passengers travelling, resulting in a revenue of ₹91.72 lakh. The figures are expected to increase taking into account the final couple of days of January, according to officials.
Navi Mumbai Metro service has received excellent response from day one. In all 9,34,728 passengers have travelled in the Navi Mumbai metro service from November 17 when it was commissioned to January end. The total revenue generated has been ₹2,55,02,177, said CIDCO official.
The metro line has also boosted real estate prices in the region.
The metro operates 65 up and 65 down services daily from 6 am to 10 pm. There is a metro rail service every 15 minutes. Officials are confident that the passenger traffic will further increase in the coming months.
Month-wise revenue (digital & cash) and ridership:
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