Mumbai Metro 1, which is city’s oldest metro line, has reached an impressive milestone of achieving a total ridership of 90 crores within 9 years of its operation.
An official stated that on Saturday, December 2, Blue Line 1, which runs between Versova-Ghatkopar, crossed the 900 million ridership in a span of 8.9 years. Surpassing one million commuters annually, it is the most densely populated metro in India.
Therefore, now commuters have demanded to extend the coaches and make it into a six-car train to increase overall capacity and lessen the burden of overcrowding metro.
It is pertinent to note that the Andheri Lokhandwala Oshiwara Citizen’s Association has filed even an online petition in the public domain on Change.org demanding increasing coaches from four to six. As Line 1 is the only Metro line connecting East and West Mumbai. As Line 2A and 7 from the surrounding areas of North Mumbai Dahisar to Andheri are feeding more commuters into Line 1 now.
It took only 282 days for Mumbai Metro One to achieve a rapid 100 million ridership increase from 800 million to 900 million.
Currently, Mumbai Metro One carries more than 4.6 lakh commuters on weekdays by operating 408 trips daily, with service frequency at approximately 3.5 minutes during peak hours and 8 minutes during off-peak hours.
It played a major role in developing a metro-specific CRM system for improved commuter convenience. Additionally, it also helped shortening the link to Andheri Railway Station, boosting Andheri Metro Station ridership by 20%.
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