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Daily rider postulation connected the Ahmedabad–Gandhinagar Metro has accrued from astir 35,000 to astir 1.5 lakh implicit the past 3 years, according to authoritative data.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the metro service up to Mahatma Mandir successful Gandhinagar connected January 11 arsenic portion of Ahmedabad Metro Rail Phase-2. The hold has added nonstop metro connectivity betwixt Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar.
More than 11.50 crore passengers travelled connected the Ahmedabad–Gandhinagar Metro betwixt October 2022 and December 2025. In 2023, monthly ridership ranged betwixt 12 lakh and 27 lakh passengers. In 2024, the fig accrued to 27–35 lakh passengers per month. In 2025, monthly ridership crossed 44 lakh passengers.
With the latest extension, Mahatma Mandir Metro Station has nonstop connectivity to Gandhinagar Railway Station. The metro web present provides entree to Akshardham Temple and Dandi Kutir. The hold is expected to beryllium utilized by employees, students and regular commuters, including visitors attending nationalist and planetary programmes astatine Mahatma Mandir and students of Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya.
Passenger numbers accrued during ample events specified arsenic IPL matches, planetary cricket matches and the Rath Yatra, erstwhile monthly ridership roseate from 1.6 lakh to 2.1 lakh. During the Coldplay performance held astatine Motera Stadium connected January 25 and 26, 2025, a full of 4.11 lakh passengers travelled by metro, officials said.
With the completion of Phase-2, the Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation has expanded the Ahmedabad–Gandhinagar Metro web to 68 km with 53 stations. Officials said the hold up to Mahatma Mandir is expected to trim the usage of backstage vehicles and postulation congestion.
