Delhi’s Magenta Line Metro Services Curtailed For Hours Due To Flooding | Details here

Train services were provided on a single line between Janakpuri West and Terminal-1 IGI Airport stations via the downline track from 10:00 AM to 3:35 PM.

New Delhi: Due to the flooding on a section of tracks between Dabri Mor and Janakpuri West segment of the corridor, services on a section of Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line were restricted for several hours, according to officials on Tuesday.

The Magenta Line connects Janakpuri West in Delhi with the Botanical Garden in Noida.

“Train services on Magenta Line (line 8 from Janakpuri West to Botanical Garden) were regulated today due to flooding between Dabri Mor and Janakpuri West section on the upline track (trains towards Janakpuri West),” the DMRC said in a statement.

Train services were provided on a single line between Janakpuri West and Terminal-1 IGI Airport stations via the downline track from 10:00 AM to 3:35 PM. As a result, lower frequency trains were available on the stretch during this period, it said.

Services on the remaining segment of the Magenta Line, from Terminal-1 IGI Airport to Botanical Garden, were running normally during this period, both the up and down lines, it said.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation also shared the information on Twitter to warn commuters.

“Magenta Line Update Delay in services from Janakpuri West to Terminal 1-IGI Airport. Normal service on all other lines,” the DMRC said in a tweet at 10:40 am.

Commuters traveling from Janakpuri West to the Botanical Garden or vice versa can also travel on the Blue Line, it wrote in another tweet.

Botanical Garden Station is a transfer station between the Blue Line and Magenta Line.

“Normal services have resumed,” the DMRC tweeted at 3:44 p.m.

During this period, centralized announcements were made at station grounds and on trains to inform passengers. Further, commuters traveling to the Botanical Garden were also advised to use the Blue Line to avoid delays on this route, officials said.

“The flooding issue, which apparently occurred due to a fire main leak in the section, was resolved at 3:35 p.m. and normal train services resumed thereafter on the entire Magenta Line, via upline and downline tracks,” the DMRC said.

(with PTI inputs)