This Monday NMRC registers highest footfall in Aqua Line Metro

Noida, (30/5/2019): The Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) witnessed its highest ridership and revenue collection this Monday with a footfall of 19,413 and a total earning of Rs 5, 80, 285.

Since it became operational in January, Aqua Line has not seen the expected ridership along the corridor and has been recording an average daily footfall of 13,317. The expected figure is of around 17,000 passengers daily. The NMRC has recorded a total revenue of Rs 47,747,708 so far and the total ridership remains at 1,638,052.

Among the stations along the corridor, Sector 51, which is the connecting station between NMRC and DMRC, has seen the highest number of riders and recorded the highest revenue, followed by the Pari Chowk station.

Sector 51 station has seen the maximum sale of QR tickets, cards and top-ups.
Knowledge Park, NSEZ, Sector 142 and Sector 76 are among the other stations with most riders and revenue.

Officials said the reason behind the increase in numbers is the improved connectivity between Sector 51 and 52 stations. While Sector 51 station is along Aqua Line, Sector 52 is part of Delhi metro under Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.

In the past few months, NMRC conducted several awareness drives among local residents and corporate employees. The NMRC data for the past four months shows that QR ticket users were way more than the number of card users. While 71.8% riders used QR tickets, only 28.8% opted for the multi utility card issued by the NMRC.