Delhi Unlock: Metro resumes services after nearly 3 weeks with 50% capacity
India | June 07, 2021 8:01 ISTThe Delhi Metro resumed services today after a hiatus, with 50% capacity and no provision to stand in the trains.
The Delhi Metro resumed services today after a hiatus, with 50% capacity and no provision to stand in the trains.
Delhi metro service will resume for general public from June 7 (Monday) with 50 per cent seating capacity after the government announced relaxing restrictions as daily Covid cases continue to drop in the national capital.
As the national capital enters into an extended period of lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Sunday said its services on all lines will remain suspended from Monday till 5 am on May 17.
The DMRC statement came after the city government extended the ongoing lockdown for another week.
The lockdown was earlier extended to May 3 amid severe shortage of hospital beds as the second coronavirus wave ravaged.
As per the latest update, all stations on red and yellow lines except Kashmere Gate will remain functional.
Metro services will be available with a headway of 15 min across the whole network on the weekend, the DMRC said in a tweet.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Tuesday said it will allow entry between 10 pm to 5 am only to those passengers who belong to the "essential' category, in wake of the night curfew imposed by the Delhi government.
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.
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 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.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday flagged off India's first-ever driverless train operations on Delhi Metro's Magenta Line, along with the fully operational National Common Mobility Card service on the Airport Express Line.
In view of “Delhi chalo”, a massive protest march by farmers from Punjab, Haryana and other parts of India, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Friday announced the closure of entry & exit gates at six metro stations on the Green Line. The Delhi Metro authorities had earlier announced that services from neighbouring cities will remain suspended on Friday
Metro services in Delhi from neighbouring cities to the national capital will continue to remain suspended in view of the 'Delhi Chalo' protest march by farmers against the Centre's new farm laws. The farmers planned to reach Delhi on Thursday through five highways connecting the national capital as part of the protest.
Delhi Metro services will be suspended between Sultanpur and Guru Dronacharya metro stations.
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