New Delhi: Delhi Metro will probably be working round 106 additional practice journeys on its corridors on Wednesday to facilitate passengers on the pageant of Raksha Bandhan, the Delhi Metro Rail Company officers mentioned. Taking to X, it additional knowledgeable that further Delhi Metro Rail Company (DMRC) personnel may even be deployed at stations to cater to the additional rush of commuters by working further ticket counters.
Guards and buyer facilitation brokers will probably be deployed at main metro stations to assist and information commuters, the DMRC mentioned. If required, further standby trains may even be saved for induction into providers to clear the frenzy, officers mentioned.
Passengers are requested to make use of the DMRC Journey Cell App to purchase QR code-based tickets to keep away from rush at ticket counters, the DMRC mentioned.
In a major milestone, the Delhi Metro recorded its highest-ever ridership with 6.81 million passengers on Monday, surpassing the earlier report of 6.61 million set in February 2020. The busiest strains had been the Yellow Line, adopted by the Blue Line and the Pink Line. The rise in ridership is attributed to the upcoming pageant of Raksha Bandhan.
“This outstanding milestone comes after a interval of challenges and displays the resilience and belief of the Delhi-NCR residents within the world-class transportation system supplied by DMRC. This milestone underscores our mission to supply accessible, dependable, and sustainable transportation options,” mentioned Anuj Dayal, principal government director, company communications at DMRC.
DMRC has been working at round 90% of pre-pandemic ranges, with a median day by day ridership of 5.5-6 million passengers. DMRC will probably be working additional practice journeys and deploying further workers to accommodate the anticipated surge in passengers throughout Raksha Bandhan.
DMRC operates a community of roughly 391km in Delhi-NCR which consists of 287 stations and 12 Metro strains, together with the Fast Metro Line in Gurugram and the Aqua Line in Noida.
