At a press conference here on Wednesday, he said having started with 12,000 passengers a day, the figure now stood at about 33,000. He attributed the increase to the introduction of feeder bus services.
Mr. Mathur said the major hurdle was the absence of a combined bus/rail ticket. Despite several meetings between the SCR and the RTC officials they were unable to reach a mutually acceptable apportioning of revenue. "Look at Singapore, Hong Kong and London. Commuters need not stand at different counters every time they have to switch from a bus to a train or vice versa. The SCR and RTC calculate operating costs differently," he said and hoped it would be tackled soon.
