"On account of the Diwali festival the last metro train service on November 7 will be at 10 pm instead of 11 pm from terminal stations of all metro lines including the Airport Express Line," the DMRC said in a statement.
The 59-km Pink Line, when complete, will encircle most part of the busy Ring Road, connecting Majlis Park in north Delhi to Shiv Vihar in east and will be the longest on the entire Delhi Metro network.
The 59-km line (Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar) will be the longest on the network after it becomes fully operational.
The highlight of the new section will be the presence of three interchange stations — Anand Vihar with Blue Line.
Out of the 200 coaches that DMRC is going to induct, 164 of them would be used in Magenta and Pink lines and 36 coaches will be used in the Airport Express Line, a report said.
"DMRC does not have its own source of providing drinking water and it is also dependent on Delhi Jal Board and other agencies for the same", DMRC said.
Services on the rest of the Magenta Line section from Janakpuri West to Kalkaji Mandir remained un-affected.
The Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro connects Kalkaji Mandir and Janakpuri West.
The snag occurred due to a fault in the overhead electrification, the Delhi Metro said. The problem lasted for close to four hours.
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The Delhi government and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) agreed to authorise the Metro smart card as common mobility card for paying fares in DTC and cluster buses.
The section is slated for opening in September or October, subject to approval by the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety, a DMRC spokesperson said.
Delhi metro to run 253 extra trips on Saturday and 598 extra trips on Sunday and additional security personnel will be deployed at major metro stations to help and guide commuters on the two days.
The metro will run for the next 2-months carrying pictures of Mahatma Gandhi, Bhagat Singh, Subhash Chandra Bose, B R Ambedkar, Lata Mangeshkar, former president APJ Abdul Kalam, shahnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan, cricket icon Kapil Dev.
The 29.8km Metro link, which will connect the two residential hubs, will have 21 stations.
A total of 23 trains will be put into service, with a frequency of 5 minutes and 12 seconds during peak hours and 5 minutes and 45 seconds during non-peak hours, the officials said.
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The over 8 km-long South Campus-Lajpat Nagar section of the Delhi Metro's Pink Line, billed as a "corridor for shoppers" is all set to be inaugurated on August 6
He said the DMRC would pay around Rs 3.67 for per unit of solar power, including the transmission charge. The DMRC is currently buying power at Rs 7 per unit.
"There was some OHE (overhead electricity line) issue at Central Secretariat around 6:30 am and services were very briefly affected, for about 15 minutes," the official said.
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