Kochi metro records operational profit, lowers net loss
Kochi Metro Rail Limited reported an operational profit of ₹52.64 crore for the 2025-26 fiscal year. The company also successfully reduced its net loss and saw daily ridership exceed one lakh passengers.
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The financial improvement of public transit infrastructure is a key indicator of urban development and economic efficiency in Indian cities.
Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) claimed to have registered an operational profit of ₹52.64 crore in 2025-26. The year also saw its net loss fall from ₹430.50 crore in 2024–25 to ₹352.49 crore, said a KMRL release.
The operational profit will go up when the metro’s second phase connecting the city with Smart City and Infopark in Kakkanad is commissioned, hoped KMRL managing director Loknath Behera.
The metro also saw average daily ridership crossing the one-lakh mark during the year, reaching 1.01 lakh passengers.
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