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Mumbai Commuters Prefer Metro Over Local Trains

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Mumbai's metro system is seeing significantly lower demand than initially projected, with estimates suggesting only about one-tenth of the capacity is being utilized. The decline occurs amid rising petrol prices and anticipated inflation.

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Sources · 7 independent

BBC WS backup

“In India's financial capital, carrying around one and a half million passengers a day. But estimates suggest it's only seeing around a tenth of that. Now it's part of a $25 billion project across parts of the country.”

BBC World Service

“11 million people taking the metros but underlying this data is the fact that actually fewer Indians than projected are taking the metro.”

BBC WS backup

“across the board is actually much lower than what was projected... But this is not to say that, you know, people have not welcomed this. I mean, in a city like Mumbai, for instance, something that's been really warmly welcomed by the people here.”

BBC WS backup

“across the board is actually much lower than what was projected... But this is not to say that, you know, people have not welcomed this.”

BBC World Service

“In a city like Mumbai, for instance, something that's been really warmly welcomed by the people here. Before the metro, I used the Mumbai Local. This is just way easier.”

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