Aqua Line fast service at four more stns
NOIDA: The Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) on Sunday said its fast trains will halt at four more stations -- sectors 50, 83, 101 and 143 -- from Tuesday.
Ritu Maheshwari, managing director, NMRC, said that the agency reviewed the operation following commuters’ demand.
“We have decided to halt the fast trains at four more stations from Tuesday. There will be no other change in the train timings,” she said.
With an aim to reduce the travel time during peak hours,
the NMRC had started the fast train service between Noida and Greater Noida from February 1 this year. The service would ply between the terminal stations -Noida Sector 51 station and Greater Noida’s Depot station -from 8am to 11am, and 5pm to 8pm on weekdays to cover the peak rush hour.
Out of the 21 stations on the Aqua Line, 10 stations in sectors 50, 81, 83, 101, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147 and 148 -- with low ridership were skipped earlier under the fast train system. However, with public demand, the NMRC stopped the fast train service at the Sector 81 station from August 2 this year.
Brajesh Sharma, a resident of Antriksh Golf View 2 in Noida Sector 78, said that this is a good move. “There are a number of residential complexes, including ours near Sector 101 metro station. We had demanded that the NMRC resumes stoppage of fast trains at these stations. This move has come as a big relief for daily commuters and office goers. We hope that the NMRC stops trains at other five stations too, and it also provides the last mile connectivity.”
The Aqua Line Metro, shut amid the Covid-imposed lockdown, resumed services after 40 days on June 9, 2021. In the past three days -- from August 26 to 28 – the metro has recorded 12,837, 13,334 and 12,460 commuters, respectively.