Footfall of 65,000 on new Anand Vihar Metro line
January 7th, 2010 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) With a footfall of around 65,000 by late evening, Delhi Metro’s Yamuna Bank-Anand Vihar line grossed Rs.870,000 on its first day, an official said Thursday.
“Till 8 p.m. the new line recorded footfall of 65,000 and raked in Rs.870,000,” a metro official told IANS.
Although officials said that on its first day, the new Metro line that runs across the eastern and north eastern part of the capital bordering Uttar Pradesh, had a smooth start, commuters had some complaints.
Commuters complained that the trains weren’t frequent, coming at an interval of 15 minutes although the frequency is supposed to be one train every eight minutes.
A commuter said: “We had come with high hopes. But trains are coming after after 15 minutes only.”
Expected to ease traffic flow in densely populated east Delhi and help thousands of commuters coming from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh to the national capital daily, the 6.25-km elevated line is expected to ferry 100,000 passengers daily by the end of this year.
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