Namo Bharat reaches 5 crore journeys on Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor

Namo Bharat crossed five crore passenger journeys on November 10, marking its fastest addition of one crore journeys on the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor so far.

The corridor began with a 17-km priority section between Sahibabad and Duhai Depot in October 2023. It took 574 days to reach its first crore journeys. The second crore came in 211 days, the third in 143 days, the fourth in 101 days and the latest crore in 93 days.

NCRTC, which is implementing the corridor, recorded 35.3 lakh passenger journeys in August, followed by 32.4 lakh in September and 33.5 lakh in October. August also brought the service's highest single-day ridership of 1,68,666 journeys on August 28.

For commuters travelling between Delhi, Ghaziabad and Meerut for work, study or business, the service connects with the Delhi Metro, Indian Railways, interstate bus terminals and city bus services. Meerut Metro services also use the same infrastructure.

The corridor recorded 33.5 lakh passenger journeys in October.