Metro passenger count crosses 3.5 lakh in Kolkata

KOLKATA: The number of Metro commuters breached the 3.5-lakh mark on Friday — the second day of token reintroduction — less than two months after the carrier had crossed 3 lakh.
On Friday, 3,57,764 commuters travelled by Metro on the North-South line. Metro had reintroduced tokens from Thursday when the the number of commuters jumped to 3,47,313. On Wednesday, Metro had clocked 3,31,908 passenger counts along the Kavi Subhas-Dakshineswar corridor.
The 15,405 jump in the number of commuters on the first day of tokens being re-issued as well as the 10,451 rise on the second day have made the Metro authorities hopeful that they would achieve the 4 lakh mark in the next few weeks. Before the pandemic, around 6.2 lakh commuters took the Metro every day. But with only smart card holders being allowed to board the trains, the carrier has only witnessed a steady rise in the number of commuters.