Kochi: The Kochi Metro has clocked a record increase in ridership in December 2024, with 32,35,027 passengers using the urban transport facility compared to 29,59,685 passengers a year ago. 

The state-owned Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) collected Rs 10.15 crore in ticket revenue in December, slightly higher than the Rs 9.24 crore collected a year earlier.
Since July 2024, the services have attracted over a lakh passengers daily, KMRL said in a statement.

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The fiscal year 2023-24 operating profit zoomed to Rs 22.94 crore from Rs 5.35 crore in FY23. 

The KMRL management is eyeing a daily footfall of 1.5 lakh in 2025. "Our target was 1 lakh passengers daily last year. We could achieve it through collective efforts. Standardisation of ticket fares, concession for students, social media campaign, proper service and passengers' cooperation are among the factors which helped us achieve the target," Loknath Behera, MD, KMRL, said. KMRL is planning to digitalise ticketing completely this year in a bid to attract more youths, he added.

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The KMRL will start 15 electric bus services soon to attract more daily passengers. KMRL said the services will connect metro stations with water metro terminals. A total of 35 lakh passengers have used the Water Metro service since they were launched in April 2023. Behera said the work on the Water Metro terminals at Ernakulam and Mattanchery will be completed this year.

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