34 per cent rise in use of smart cards in Delhi Metro

27,000 new Smart Cards being sold every week.

PTI | May 17, 2011



Delhi Metro registered an increase of 34 per cent in smart card users at 20 most crowded stations during the 'Smart Card' week observed last week.

On an average, around 27,000 new Smart Cards are sold at these 20 Metro stations every week.

DMRC registered a sale of 36, 426 Smart Cards during Smart Card Week at these stations, which is an increase of 9,426 from their weekly average.

"Amongst the stations where maximum Smart Cards were sold during the week are: New Delhi: 4,217, followed by Anand Vihar at 3,834, Chandni Chowk at 3,801 and Rajiv Chowk at 3,041," DMRC spokesman Anuj Dayal said.

DMRC operated Special CSC Counters at twenty Metro stations with the highest number of footfall to encourage commuters to use Smart Card.

Apart from these 20 Metro stations, other stations of DMRC network also witnessed an increase of 21 per cent in sale of Smart Cards. The average sale of Smart Cards is around 10,000 daily whereas, during the Smart Card Week it stood at over 12,100 daily

After the success of Smart Card Week, DMRC intends to intensify its efforts to promote Smart Card culture at all such Metro stations where token users are more, Dayal said.

Presently, over 60 per cent of Metro passengers (over nine lakh) are using smart Cards on a regular basis.
 

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