Blue\, Pink lines of Delhi Metro resume services after 171-day hiatus
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Blue, Pink lines of Delhi Metro resume services after 171-day hiatus
New Delhi,
September 09, 2020 08:35 IST
Updated:
September 09, 2020 08:49 IST
PT
New Delhi,
September 09, 2020 08:35 IST
Updated:
September 09, 2020 08:49 IST
Nearly 15,500 passengers availed the Yellow Line and Rapid Metro combined on Monday
Trains are to operate in batches of four-hour each from 7 to 11 a.m. and 4 to 8 p.m. in the first stage.
| Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena
Nearly 15,500 passengers availed the Yellow Line and Rapid Metro combined on Monday
Delhi Metro’s Blue Line and Pink Line resumed services with curtailed operation timings on Wednesday after being closed for 171 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said.
Trains are to operate in batches of four-hour each from 7 to 11 a.m. and 4 to 8 p.m. in the first stage.
On Monday, the Delhi Metro had resumed services with curtailed operation of the Yellow Line, since the closure of the urban transporter on March 22.
The Ministry of Home Affairs had recently issued guidelines allowing the Delhi Metro to resume operations in a graded manner, following which the DMRC had said it would be done in three stages from September 7-12.
Under stage one, Yellow Line or Line 2 and Rapid Metro were made operational with restricted service hours. While nearly 15,500 passengers availed the Yellow Line and Rapid Metro combined on Monday, the figures stood at nearly 17,600 on Tuesday.
Workers sanitizing a blue line metro train at Yamuna Bank Metro Station in New Delhi on September 8 2020.
| Photo Credit:
SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
Metro services in Delhi-NCR was closed since March 22 due to the pandemic. The DMRC has appealed to people to use the rapid transport only if urgently needed.
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