Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) has extended its limited period promotional offer, which was available only for commuters taking return journey ticket in Kochi metro, to Kochi-1 smart card holders too.
The card holders will thus get a flat 30% discount, instead of the existing 20%, for all their journeys, from Saturday to December 23. They can further avail of another 10% cash back offer given by Axis Bank during this period.
Earlier this week, the metro agency announced a flat 50% discount to people who take return tickets, during the period. This invited complaints from card holders (who are mostly regular commuters) that they were being denied the 50% fare discount.
Aimed at increasing footfalls in the metro, the metro agency also has long-term plans to introduce new fare products like monthly, seasonal, student and weekend passes, apart from daily passes. With this, regular commuters will get fare discounts (which KMRL had said would be up to a total of 40%).
