For Nikhil Yengul and his friends, it was a joy ride travelling by the Pune metro from Garware college to Vanaz on Sunday. “I stay in the Swargate area and as it was a Sunday, we friends decided to visit the newly-started Pune metro stations and take a ride. The metro is the pride of Pune and we are happy that there is a new mode of transportation for Punekars. However, this stretch needs to be extended soon as very few people travel on this short metro stretch.”
Yengul and his friends are not the only ones taking joy rides over weekends; there is a heavy rush of groups including families, students, office-goers and elderly people thronging the Pune metro stations, especially Garware college and Vanaz, over weekends just to travel by the metro for fun. In fact, the percentage of such passengers coming for joy rides is over 90% ever since the Pune metro was inaugurated on March 6. While there are very few genuine passengers using the metro service for their day-to-day travel.
