As part of the first stage of gradual resumption of metro services, the Delhi Metro will resume operations on its Blue and Pink lines from tomorrow, DMRC said on Tuesday. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, these lines have been closed for the past 171 days.
“As part of Stage I of the gradual resumption of metro services, the Delhi Metro will resume operations after 171 days on its Blue Line, from Dwarka Sec 21 to Electronic City / Vaishali & Pink Line, from Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar from tomorrow. ” said Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.
“The reopening of these two lines will guarantee the availability of nine of the 28 existing interchange metro stations as of tomorrow, as indicated below: Rajouri Garden, INA Delhi Haat, Mayur Vihar Phase – I, Karkarduma, Rajiv Chowk, Yamuna Bank, Anand Vihar ISBT, Azadpur and Sikanderpur, “said DMRC.
Last week, DMRC said that the Delhi Metro will resume services in three stages from September 7 to 12, but stations in the containment zones would remain closed, DMRC.
On September 10, Red Line or Line 1 from Rithala to Shaheed Sthal New Bus Adda; Green Line or Line 5 from Kirti Nagar / Inderlok to Brig. Hoshiar Singh (Bahadurgarh); and Violet Line or Line 6 from Kashmere Gate to Raja Nahar Singh (Ballabhgarh) will also resume services with the same hours.
In stage 2, starting on September 11, Magenta Line or Line 8 from Janakpuri West to the Botanical Garden; and Gray Line or Line 9 from Dwarka to Najafgarh will also be operational. The trains in stage two will operate in batches of six hours each from 7 am to 1 pm and 4 to 10 pm, the DMRC said.
Train services resumed in stage one from this date will also follow the prescribed schedule in stage two, he added.
Starting on September 12, stage three will start and, in addition to the lines that went into operation in stage one and stage two, the Airport Express Line from New Delhi to Dwarka Sec-21 will also resume service, authorities said. , adding that the services on all lines will be available throughout the day from 6 am to 11 pm
More than 15,000 travelers traveled on the Delhi Metro, which resumed services on its Yellow Line on Monday with restricted operations and a series of measures for the safety of passengers and employees after a break of more than five months due to the COVID pandemic. -19.
The DMRC and commuters navigated cautiously amid the new normal on the rapid transit system, which on the first day of resumption did not witness the usual rush, with most stations looking desert-like.
Juggling health concerns and the urgency of getting to work, most commuters, however, said they were happy to see the subway working again. Key hubs and platforms, including Rajiv Chowk, were mostly empty and the atmosphere was far removed from the usual hustle and bustle.
Station employees frequently sanitized areas of the subway station and enforced social distancing rules, even as several commuters said closing most entrance and exit doors caused delays and inconvenience.
There was no violation of the COVID-19 guidelines in subway stations on Monday, as the police did not issue any challan. Deputy Police Commissioner (Metro) Jitendra Mani said the police welcomed the travelers on the first day.
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