Noida: The Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) said on Sunday that it recorded its highest-ever single-day ridership of 105,358 passengers on Friday (October 23), reflecting growing commuter demand for Aqua Line services.
The average daily passenger count rose from 73,298 in August to 83,403 in September while the ridership figures for October are yet to be compiled, officials said. The skywalk project, opened to the public on August 28 but officially inaugurated on October 4, enables commuters to interchange between the two stations without navigating through the encroached subway on the ground, officials said. Krishna Karunesh, managing director of the NMRC and Noida authority chief executive officer, said “These facilities and schemes have contributed to a 20% increase in average daily ridership. Under the proposal, the last train from Sector 51 towards Depot Station would depart at 11.25pm instead of 10pm. The footfall started improving following years and improved to 14,058 in 2021, and 30,632 in 2022. Then the NMRC recorded 45,881, 52,829, and 61,401 in 2023, 2024 and 2025. This year till September, the average daily ridership stood at 66,333 commuters per day, said officials.
However, the ridership was badly affected next year due to covid-19 outbreak and decreased to 12576 in 2020. Noida metro is also considering an extension of late-night services.
The proposed change is subject to finalisation of the arrangements and operational feasibility, said officials.
