The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has decided to further reduce passenger fares on the Airport Express Line by up to 50 per cent for the greater convenience of commuters from Friday (September 18), said a release.
The fares are being decreased to mainly encourage commuters from Dwarka sub-city to travel by the Airport Express Line instead of the Blue Line of the Delhi Metro, which takes a longer route. This will also help in decongesting the Blue Line, one of the busiest corridors of the Delhi Metro network, especially during the peak hours. The benefit of the lesser travel time on the Airport Express Line will also be communicated to the passengers.
The Airport Express Line, which was built on a public-private partnership basis and is expected to serve airport-bound passengers, has had higher fares as against Delhi Metro's 200-km network.
According to the revised fare structure applicable from this Friday, the minimum single journey fare on the corridor will be ₹10, replacing the earlier minimum fare of ₹20 and the maximum fare will be ₹60 against the earlier maximum fare of ₹100.
Therefore, a one-way journey from New Delhi station to Dwarka Sector 21 using a Single Journey Token will now cost only ₹60. A detailed revised Fare Chart will be available on the Delhi Metro rail website and at all stations of the Airport Express Line. The Fare Store Value Card offered to commuters will have a further discount of 10 per cent as well.
The fares on the Airport Express Line were decreased by up to 40 per cent on July 24th last year. As a result, the average daily ridership of the corridor increased significantly from around 13,000 in June 2014 to more than 20,000 in February earlier this year. On 28th August, 2015, more than 32,000 people travelled by the Airport Express line.