Average daily ridership of metro in Delhi, India FY 2008-2022
In financial year 2022, more than 2.5 million passengers rode metro in Delhi daily. They were a huge increase in comparison with the previous year. The huge decrease in 2021 was due to the impact of Covid-19 pandemic. Delhi was one of the most congested cities in the world. Several new metro routes were under construction, and the government was planning to invest more in the public transport section, which would increase passenger traffic and improve the traffic congestion.