Delhi Metro Services Affected On Blue And Yellow Line Due To Slow Movement, Operations Resume

The Blue Line of DMRC connects the electronic city of Noida to Dwarka Sec 21 and Vaishali. It is one of the busiest lines with a huge rush on Rajiv Chowk during peak hours.

Delhi's Blue Line metro services were affected on Monday morning due to slow movement of trains from Yamuna Bank to Rajiv Chowk, the officials said. (Representative photo)

New Delhi: Delhi's Blue Line metro services were affected on Monday morning due to slow movement of trains from Yamuna Bank to Rajiv Chowk, the officials said. In a tweet, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said: "Blue Line Update, Slow movement of trains from Yamuna Bank to Rajiv Chowk. Normal service on all other lines." However, after a few minutes, the mass transit operator said operations have been resumed normally on the line.

Blue Line Update

Normal service has resumed. https://t.co/u9OZ7tWsxp — Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (@OfficialDMRC) September 16, 2019

The Blue Line of DMRC connects the electronic city of Noida to Dwarka Sec 21 and Vaishali. It is one of the busiest lines with a huge rush on Rajiv Chowk during peak hours. A few hours back, the services were affected on the Yellow Line due to a passenger on track of the GTB metro station on Monday. The Yellow Line of Delhi metro connects Samaypur Badli to Huda City Centre in Gurgoan. The Delhi Metro's official handle tweeted at 8.30 am on Monday morning, "Yellow Line Update: Delay in service between Samaypur Badli and Vishwavidyalaya due to a passenger on track at GTB Nagar. Normal service on all other lines." However, the services were resumed shortly.  It tweeted "normal services have resumed" after a few minutes.

Yellow Line Update Normal services have resumed. https://t.co/qFyGHuUGrf

— Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (@OfficialDMRC) September 16, 2019

Earlier yesterday, services were briefly delayed on a section of the Delhi Metro's Red Line on Sunday after an overhead power line was hit by Chinese manjha at the Seelampur station, officials said.  The incident took place in the evening, following which the train was halted for a precautionary check.  The passengers were told to vacate the train for precautionary check. (with inputs from agencies)