Nearly 30k passengers ride Ahmedabad Metro as both corridors open
According to an official statement from the Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation, 29,877 passengers rode the Ahmedabad Metro on Thursday, the first day when both corridors of Phase-1 were operational at the same time (GMRC).
According to GMRC, 10,194 passengers used the metro on the North-West corridor connecting APMC Vasna and Motera. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the project on September 30, this corridor was first opened to passengers.
The East-West corridor, which has been operational since October 2, carried 19,683 passengers on Thursday, nearly doubling the North-West corridor’s ridership.
On the East-West corridor, the metro operated 106 trips with one train leaving every 20 minutes, while on the North-South corridor, it operated 96 trips with one train leaving every 30 minutes.
Because of the Dussehra holiday on October 5, ridership on the East-West corridor increased to 43,000, with trains running every 15 minutes.
According to an official statement from the Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation, 29,877 passengers rode the Ahmedabad Metro on Thursday, the first day when both corridors of Phase-1 were operational at the same time (GMRC).
According to GMRC, 10,194 passengers used the metro on the North-West corridor connecting APMC Vasna and Motera. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the project on September 30, this corridor was first opened to passengers.
The East-West corridor, which has been operational since October 2, carried 19,683 passengers on Thursday, nearly doubling the North-West corridor’s ridership.
On the East-West corridor, the metro operated 106 trips with one train leaving every 20 minutes, while on the North-South corridor, it operated 96 trips with one train leaving every 30 minutes.
Because of the Dussehra holiday on October 5, ridership on the East-West corridor increased to 43,000, with trains running every 15 minutes.