Lucknow Metro has pulled in astounding ridership of travelers in only four days of Metro operations. With the begin of traveler benefits on sixth September, 2017, it has pulled in 1, 07, 798 (One Lakh Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety Eight) travelers in only four days of Metro operations between the 8.5 km Transport Nagar and Charbagh Metro passageway.
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All efforts to provide world class service:
- This is an outstanding ridership figure as compared with the initial ridership of other Metros in India.
- The people of Lucknow are very excited and happy that Lucknow is also a “Metro” city. And they are cooperating well during their journey in Metro.
- Lucknow Metro has been able to start its operation with ‘Token’ and
- ‘GoSmart’ card with a full-fledged state-of-the-art Automatic Fare
- Collection (AFC) system from the first day of its operation for the ease and convenience of its Metro commuters.
- This is an outstanding achievement as other Metros have not been able
- start their operations with token, smart card & the AFC system.
- In fact, the recently started Metro in India have used paper tickets during
- their initial days of public services on account of non-commissioning of fare collection system.
- LMRC has also provided the facility of Automatic Token Vending Machine (TVM) and
- Recharge Card Terminal Machine (RCTM) for all Metro commuters from the very first day of its operation.
- Passengers operate these terminals on their own to get their ‘token’ as per their desire of travel without waiting in long queue thus saving time.
- This facility has never been started by any Metro in India during its initial days of operations.
- It sets LMRC apart from other Metro systems in India in providing world
- class state-of-the-art facilities to Metro commuters from the very first day of Metro operations.
- Other facilities like provision of free drinking water for all, free toilet for all, free Wi-Fi for Smart Card users,
- FM services for public announcement, first aid, medical and emergency help to needy commuters and
- help and support to ladies, elderly and differently-abled Metro commuters also set Lucknow Metro apart from other Metro systems in India.
Receiving great number of footfall:
- Furthermore , the Lucknow Metro trains are the most advanced Metro trains in India.
- They are equipped with the Communication Based Train Control (CBTC)
- signalling system which allows trains to operate ‘safely’ under any circumstance.
- Safety of passengers is the top most priority in LMRC.
- These trains are operated from 6 AM to 10 PM daily for passenger services.
- In the initial days, few technical glitches have been reported in the system.
- But, any new Metro which has been opened for public services do face
- such kind of tethering problems in the initial months of operations.
- World over, the Metro systems face such problem.
- These problems gradually subside once the system stabilizes in a couple of months.
- Therefore, Lucknow Metro is just like other Metro system which is facing such technical issues in its initial stages of operations.
- LMRC attracted 31, 688 public ridership on the first day of its operation (i.e. 06.09.2017) which is an excellent passenger ridership.
- The induction of Metro trains in service is being managed depending upon the number of footfalls in the Metro system.
- The operations team inducts more Metro trains in service if it analyses that it is receiving a greater number of footfall at stations.
- LMRC is expecting a very good ridership turnout on Sunday (i.e 10.9.2017).
- It has, therefore, commenced operations with four trains today.
- The fifth train may also be inducted in the evening to cater the traffic demand, if required.
- A high train frequency will be maintained for the convenience of Metro users.Sent on:5:51 am.