Maha Mumbai Metro records 3.01 lakh single-day ridership on July 8, the highest so far
'Our ridership is increasing by an average of 5% every month. This reflects the trust commuters have in our services. We remain committed to providing uninterrupted, safe, timely and environment-friendly service to the people of Mumbai,' said Dr Sanjay Mukherjee, Metropolitan Commissioner, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and Chairman Maha Mumbai Metro.
The operational lines of the Maha Mumbai Metro are Line 2A (Dahisar East to DN Nagar) and Line 7 (Dahisar East to Gundavali), linking the western suburbs and providing an essential means of east-west and north-south travel.
On the same day, Maha Mumbai Metro also made another record–usage of paperless tickets on WhatsApp. A total of 62,282 riders made use of the ticketing service based on WhatsApp, which the authority asserts is the maximum since the facility came into operation. Maha Mumbai Metro said that nearly 20% of its total ticket sales are conducted via WhatsApp, representing the highest in the country among Metro systems to be implemented on this platform.
The WhatsApp ticketing feature provides passengers with the facility to reserve QR code-based tickets on their mobile phone directly, thus skipping queues and helping to reduce paper usage.
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