India, Feb. 25 -- Ridership on the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Namo Bharat corridor recorded a nearly 70 per cent jump over average daily figures, crossing the one-lakh mark on the first full weekday of operations after the launch of the remaining sections of India's first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS).

The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), in a statement, said the Begumpul station in Meerut emerged as the busiest on the corridor, followed by Anand Vihar and Ghaziabad. It said that the corridor had been recording an average daily ridership of around 60,000 so far, making Monday's footfall the highest-ever single-day figure since operations began.

The underground Begumpul station, located in Meerut's central market...