Delhi metro services resume today on blue and pink lines
Delhi Metro News: The trains began running on the blue and pink lines with limited operations on Wednesday. The blue and pink lines were closed for almost six months due to the forced lockdown by the coronavirus. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) tweeted this morning: “The Blue and Pink lines resumed their services today. Slowly and steadily, the Delhi Metro will return to take you places! #MetroBackOnTrack”. The Delhi Metro Blue Line includes 50 stations from Dwarka Sector 21 to Noida Electronic City, (Line 3), and a branch consisting of eight stations from Vaishali to Yamuna Bank, (Line 4). The Pink Line has 38 metro stations from Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar, both in North Delhi.
The Blue and Pink lines resumed their services today. Slowly and steadily, the Delhi metro will come back to take you places! #MetroBackOnTrackpic.twitter.com/eG5JA1QM4w
– Delhi Metro Railway Corporation (@OfficialDMRC) September 9, 2020
DMRC also published the phased resumption of services schedule.
The gradual resumption of metro services would be done online with specific schedules in three stages as indicated below. #MetroBackOnTrackpic.twitter.com/8QgvgTCZCj
– Delhi Metro Railway Corporation (@OfficialDMRC) September 2, 2020
“It is good that the Metro service has been resumed. The DMRC is taking all the precautionary measures. It will be better if the service hours are extended,” a traveler told the ANI news agency. Another traveler said: “It is a good decision to resume Metro services; COVID-19 regulations are being followed so that you feel safe traveling.”
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) resumes today its services on the Blue and Pink lines. A passenger says: “It is good that Metro service has resumed. The DMRC is taking all precautionary measures. It will be better if the service hours are extended.” pic.twitter.com/Sx8loCLbOu
– ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2020
Delhi: As part of stage I of the resumption of metro services, DMRC today resumes operations on its Blue Line; visuals of the Rajiv Chowk subway station.
One traveler says: “It is a good decision to resume metro services; COVID19 regulations are followed so that you feel safe traveling.” pic.twitter.com/thlhAM7R8b
– ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2020
The trains will run in four-hour batches between 7-11 am and 4-8 pm in the first phase. On Monday, the Delhi Metro resumed limited services on the Yellow Line, for the first time since March 22.
Delhi: As part of stage I of the resumption of metro services, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today resumes operations on the blue and pink lines; visuals of the Rajouri Garden subway station. pic.twitter.com/yqdVkrOKnu
– ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2020
The Home Office had recently issued guidelines allowing the Delhi Metro to resume operations in a phased manner. The DMRC had said that services will resume in three stages from September 7-12.
In stage one, the Yellow Line and the Rapid Metro were put into operation with restricted hours: from 7 to 11 a.m. M. And from 4 to 8 p. M. About 15,500 passengers traveled on the Yellow Line and Rapid Metro on Monday, and footfalls increased to nearly 17,600 on Tuesday.
The DMRC has asked people to strictly follow the guidelines and use express transport only if necessary.
(ANI and PTI inputs)
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