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Mumbai Metro Line 2A and 7 witness a daily rise of 1.4 lakhs in ridership

The passenger trend shows that Andheri West (D N Nagar) and Gundavali have the most footfalls. Meanwhile, Kandivali-Andheri (West) section is the most popular route.

Mumbai Metro Line 2A and 7 witness a daily rise of 1.4 lakhs in ridership
(File Image) Mumbai Metro Line 2A and 7 witness a daily rise of 1.4 lakhs in ridership
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Within two months of its commencement, the Mumbai Metro lines 2A and 7 has seen a rise in the ridership of almost 1.4 lakh per day.

The passenger trend shows that Andheri West (D N Nagar) and Gundavali have the most footfalls. Meanwhile, Kandivali-Andheri (West) section is the most popular route.

As per reports, in the last 53 days, 1,06,470 passengers took a ride from Kandivali to Andheri (West), and 99,140 passengers took the way back to Kandivali (West), Dahanukarwadi. Therefore, the daily average ridership was 2,009 and 1,871 passengers, respectively.

The data showed that Andheri West (D N Nagar) on Metro 2A and Gundavali on Metro 7 have the most footfalls in the daily average range of 14,000 to 15,000.

These two stations have an interchange with the Metro 1 line of Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar. Andheri West is connected to D N Nagar metro station and Gundavali with the Western Express Highway (WEH).

Daily, an average of over 1.35 lakh passengers take a ride on Metro lines 2A and 7 corridors. In 53 days, 71,88,761 passengers commuted on both metro corridors.

Besides, 27,74,566 passengers took a ride on the Red line or an average of 52,350 commuters daily.

Both the metro lines were inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 19 and services opened to the public on January 20.

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