Delhi Metro broke its own record of highest numbers of Passengers commuted in a single day when it carrid 21,95,999 passengers on Wednesday. Last Months it made a record of 21,76,763 passengers on a single dsy which was broken within 10 days.
According to Delhi Metro, daily footfall has been rising in the last four months. From 17.33 lakh in April, it jumped to 19.07 lakh in July in the initial period before touching over 21 lakh.
The usually overcrowded Blue Line (Dwarka-Noida City Centre/Vaishali) recorded the maximum ridership of 847,022 followed by Yellow Line (Jahangirpuri-Huda City Centre) at 776,699 commuters Wednesday.
The Red Line (Rithala-Dilshad Garden) took over three lakh passengers.
Delhi Metro normally sees a huge rush on Raksha Bandhan.
Normally, 20 trains are withdrawn during non-peak hours — 12.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. But in view of the festival, these trains remain in service, said an official.
Delhi Metro operates over 2,700 trips a day, covering about 70,000 km and carrying around 1.8 million passengers on week days.