CHENNAI:
Chennai Metro Rail has recorded an increase of nearly 25 lakh passengers in the last 8 months. According to figures available, the patronage has increased from 66.07 lakh in January 2023 to 85.89 lakh in the month of August, 2023.
Going by the data, it looks Chennai Metro, whose ridership was around 2 lakh passengers a day could soon catch up to 3 lakh passengers a day. The ridership to break even was 4.33 lakh as per the detailed project report. During the last two months the ridership has been hovering over 80 lakh passengers a month.
The increase is due to better connectivity and due to traffic woes following metro rail works being undertaken under the second phase. With jam packed trains and affordable luxury in travelling air conditioned coaches, the patronage is catching up.
According to the Metro Rail data, August 11, 2023 recorded the highest passenger flow of 3.39 lakh. Meanwhile, in the month of August, 2023 a total of 31,05,583 passengers have utilised the QR Code ticketing system, 47,56,951 passengers have used Travel Card Ticketing System, 3,26,491 passengers have used Token System, 5,685 passengers have used Group Ticketing System and 3,95,267 passengers have used NCMC Singara Chennai Card, a release stated.
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