Mumbai: Mumbai Metro 1, which ran additional services till 3 am on the New Year, Jan 1, 2026, to cater to the rush of revellers, recorded a ridership of around 5 lakh, sources said. This was more than the average ridership of 3.5 lakh recorded on most days of the last week of Dec, the sources stated.The underground Metro 3 also ran special services overnight and the ridership was 1.51 lakh on Dec 31 till the midnight and 6,760 additional later-night services from 12 am to 5.55 am, an official said. There were indications that the ridership was more than the average of last week of Dec when daily ridership fell to 1-1.2 lakh, sources added. “It’s a good response if one looks at the vacation week when corporate riders who mainly comprise the daily riders in underground Metro are missing,” sources added.
