kochi since the opening of the second reach of kochi metro on october 3 the kochi metro rail ltd kmrl said that they have been witnessing a rise in number of regular travellers kmrl spokesperson said the addition of five more stations to the metro line have encouraged people to take metro for utility purpose more people are coming forward demanding kochi1card this initial excitement over metros arrival to mg road was evident as kmrl recorded a ridership of 23610 on tuesday though metro services till maharajas college ground station began soon after a fourday holiday the metro agency generated a revenue of rs 815204 on october 4 kmrl registered a ri dership of 28511 and collected a revenue of rs 1028 lakh on thursday the ridership was 29372 and revenue went up to 1042 lakh the next day the ridership was 31056 and generated an income of rs 1105 lakhaccording to kmrl many people who travel to work on twowheelers and private cars have slowly started to migrate to the metro a good number of people who travel on metro during peak hours on weekdays are expected to patronize the new transport systemthere is a change in the attitude of people things are happening albeit slowly said kmrl spokespersonwhen metros commercial operations was launched along the aluvapalarivattom stretch the metro agency recorded an average ridership of 66340 per day in the first week and average income of rs 2219250 that was the time when metro system was introduced in kerala for the first time and people from across the state came down to kochi to take a ride