'This is the highest revenue earning so far since the Metro became operational on 25th December, 2002,' Dayal added.

The Metro's Line-3 (Yamuna Bank-Dwarka Sec.9) had the maximum ridership at 396,000, followed by Line-1 (Dilshad Garden-Rithala) at 305,000, and Line-2 (Jahangirpuri-Central Secretariat) at 289,000 Tuesday.

The Delhi Metro had made arrangements for 60 extra train trips and has deployed additional personnel Wednesday to meet extra passengers on Raksha Bandhan.

Though the number of passengers who travelled by the Metro Wednesday can only be known Thursday, Dayal said the stations which witnessed the heavy rush were Yamuna Bank, Rajiv Chowk, Jahangirpuri, Shahdara, Seelampur, Dilshad Garden, Dwarka Mor and Uttam Nagar (East).