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Metro stns record high footfalls
The Free Press Journal
|March 21, 2023
Over 1.35 lakh passengers travel by Metro 2A and 7 every day; 71,88,761 passengers have travelled since January this year when the corridor was thrown open to the public
It's already two months since Mumbai Metro lines 2A and 7 were inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the passenger trend shows that Andheri West (D N Nagar) and Gundavali have the most footfalls.
Moreover, Kandivali West to Andheri West and return is the most popular route. Line 2A from Dahisar East to Andheri West (D N Nagar) and line 7 between Dahisar East and Gundavali (Andheri Western Express Highway) have a length of 18.6 km and 16.5 km, respectively. The entire stretch was inaugurated on January 19 and metro services opened to the public on January 20.
This story is from the March 21, 2023 edition of The Free Press Journal.
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