New Delhi, Dec. 13 -- Two years after operations began on the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor, the line has crossed the mark of 20 million commuter trips, reflecting a consistent rise in ridership across successive phases of the network, officials from the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) said.

Services on the 17km priority section between Sahibabad and Duhai Depot started on October 21, 2023, and the system logged over 72,000 monthly trips in its first month, officials added. Ridership climbed through 2024 as the corridor extended to Modinagar North in March and Meerut South in August, with monthly footfall touching around 700,000 by December.

"A major jump was recorded after January 2025, when the 13km Delhi ...