Bengaluru: A record one-lakh commuters travelled in the air-conditioned metro rail coaches on Sunday -- a day after the service was opened for public -- on the 18.1km east-west corridor, with 4.8km through underground.

"On the first Sunday, after the service was commenced on Saturday, around one-lakh people travelled on the route since morning (6 a.m.) till late night (11 p.m.) on both ways from Baiyappanhalli in the east to Mysuru Road in the west," said a spokesperson of the state-run Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL).