Day 2 of new metro services: 14 lakh rides and counting to increase in upcoming days
More than 14 lakh people took Metro rides between Monday and 7pm on Tuesday, a Metro official said. The number would rise further as trains on two key corridors — the north-south (Blue Line) and East-West (Green Line) — run till around 10.30pm.
The jump in ridership followed the commissioning of three new stretches on Monday, adding 14km to the network, linking the airport and creating seamless connections between Salt Lake Sector V and Howrah Maidan, and Ruby and Beleghata. The total Metro network now spans 74km.
