Delhi has announced that metro services will be partially curtailed on Friday, on the occasion of Republic Day. A senior DMRC official said, “As per the instructions of the Delhi Police for the purpose of security arrangements, metro schedules of Line 2, (HUDA City Centre to Samaypur Badli), Line-3 (Noida City Centre to Dwarka Sector 21), Line -4 (Yamuna Bank to Vaishali) and Line 6 (Kashmiri Gate to Escorts Mujesar) have been partially modified for January 26 (Friday).
Apart from these changes, entry and exit at Central Secretariat and Udyog Bhawan Metro Stations will remain closed from 6 am to 12 noon on Friday. on the other hand, entry and exit at Patel Chowk and Lok Kalyan Marg Metro Station will remain closed from 8:45 am till 12 noon.
Central Secretariat Metro Station will be used only for interchange of passengers between Yellow line and Violet Line.
The official further said that “Train services will be stopped at Mandi House and Pragati Maidan Metro stations during the period when parade passes under Tilak Bridge. However, actual time of stoppage of train movement will be on receipt of directions from New Delhi Police Control Room.
During this period (train stoppage), trains will be run in three short loops on this corridor:- NOIDA City Centre to Indraprastha, Vaishali to Yamuna Bank and Dwarka Sector 21 to Barakhamba Road.