50% dip in Metro ridership on first working day of week

Only 26,373 people traveled on Monday – the first working day of the week – on the newly-inaugurated Phase 1 of Metro Line 2A and Line 7 between Dahanukarwadi and Aarey.

This was almost 50 per cent less ridership than Sunday when 57,392 people had taken the Metro.

From Sunday till 6 pm on Monday, Rs 11.82 lakh revenue was generated from the Metro operations.

Since the lines were thrown open on Saturday night, services have been disrupted due to technical glitches. A train heading towards Aarey station had to be withdrawn at Magathane owing to technical glitches. The passengers had to be shifted to another train.