Bengaluru: Metro ridership soars, 54 trains now carry over 6.1 lakh people daily

Bengaluru metro’s average daily ridership has risen in each of the last four months, reaching a record 6.11 lakh in July.

Patronage was so robust last month that more than 6.2 lakh people used the metro every day for 17 days. On average, 16 per cent more travellers used the metro in July than in January, data reviewed by DH shows.

Ridership has consistently increased from April through July with each month registering higher numbers than the previous.

While Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) said the increased ridership indicated the metro’s popularity as an “efficient and reliable” public transport system, a critic said Namma Metro was actually “underperforming”.