Services on a major section of the busy Blue Line of the Delhi Metro were intermittently affected for nearly two hours on Friday due to a technical snag, officials said. The Blue Line connects Dwarka in Delhi to Noida City Centre.
Public buses and metro trains in the national capital will run at their current limited capacities for at least two more weeks with the Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Monday deciding to maintain status quo on the number of passengers, sources said.
A 600-metre bridge would be built north of the Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) Flyway, linking the New Ashok Nagar Metro station with Sarai Kale Khan (Nizamuddin).
The trains will operate as per the scheduled time from Noida Electronic City/Vaishali to Janakpuri West station.
Entry/exit for Tikri Border, Pandit Shree Ram Sharma, Bahadurgarh City, and Brig. Hoshiar Singh have been closed, the DMRC said in a tweet.
The Azadpur station will connect three metro corridors -- Yellow, Pink and RK Ashram-Janakpuri West corridor of Phase IV.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has been facing financial stress with losses to the tune of Rs 1,500 crore during the heydays of the pandemic induced lockdown.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Saturday announced the closure the entry and exit gates at several metro stations in a wake of 'Chakka Jam' called by farmers'.
Of the 21 stations on the Aqua Line, 10 stations will be skipped by these "fast trains" during peak hours, saving nine minutes of travel time between the terminal stations
On Tuesday, as chaos escalated due to the farmers' protest turning violent, a large number of metro stations in central, north and west Delhi areas, including Lal Quila, ITO, Jama Masjid, Delhi Gate, Indraprastha, were shut.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation took to Twitter to inform the public about the temporary closure of metro station gates.
The entry and exit gates of more than 10 metro stations in central and north Delhi were temporarily closed on Tuesday following clashes between police and protesting protesters at a number of places in the national capital.
The Delhi Police have stepped up security and intensified patrolling and verification drives across the national capital to thwart any untoward incidents ahead of Republic Day.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Friday announced that the gates of Central Secretariat and Udyog Bhawan metro stations will remain closed till 12 noon on Saturday (January 23) due to the Republic Day parade dress rehearsal.
A CISF constable saved the life of a man who fell unconscious at the Delhi Metro station by performing a CPR medical procedure on him on Monday. The incident took place at the Dabri Mor station.
Anticipating a large crowd of commuters on New Year's eve, the Delhi Metro Railway Corporation (DMRC) on Wednesday announced that exit from Rajiv Chowk metro station will not be allowed after 9 pm on December 31, officials said.
By 2025, metro train services will be expanded to over 25 cities across the country, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi while adding that "Make In India" is essential for the expansion.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) marked a milestone on Monday, December 28 as Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first-ever driverless train operations on its 38-kilometer long Magenta Line, which connects Janakpuri West and Botanical Garden.
Passengers travelling on the Airport Line need not to buy a separate token or card to board a train. Passengers carrying a RuPay-Debit card can now gain entry into the station premises and board a train.
The driverless trains will be fully automated, which will eliminate the possibility of human error, it said, adding that after the start of driverless services on the Magenta Line (Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden), the Pink Line (Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar) of Delhi Metro is expected to have driverless operations by mid-2021.
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