DMRC ridership to touch 30 Lakh in coming days

The metro rail corporation issued a statement on the media report claiming decline in the ridership

Responding to a media report stating that the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DRMC) ridership has gone down in the year of 2017 due to the fare hike, the biggest metro network in the country, DMRC has issued a statement on twitter saying, “This is to clarify that Metro ridership which was 24.35L in October 2017 has increased to over 27.26L (excl Airport Line) in February 2019 even touching the 30 Lakh mark on some days”. DMRC also added, “Therefore, it is erroneous to think that the Metro ridership is declining rather, it's showing an increase by three Lakh”.

However, as per the media report the average daily ridership of Delhi Metro fell by over 3 lakh post fares were hiked in 2017.

Additionally, the RTI report also stated that the interchange usage by passengers has also declined, but the DMRC commented, “The Metro Line Utilisation was over 50 Lakh in February 2019 which is a more accurate measure of the patronage enjoyed by the Delhi Metro in view of the extended Metro network and the availability of various interchanges in Delhi Metro”.