Delhi Metro Services Hit On Violet Line After Technical Glitch

Train services on the Violet Line of the Delhi Metro were affected between the Kashmiri Gate and Central Secretariat stations for around 90 minutes due to a glitch in the Over Head Electrification (OHE). The snag, that happened during peak officer hours, left a large number of commuters stranded at the metro platforms. According to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), there was intermittent OHE tripping on the up line section between Central Secretariat and Mandi House (going towards Kashmere Gate). A DMRC official said that train services were affected from 8:34 am to 10:02 am.

The 35-km-long Delhi Metro Violet Line (line 6) stretches from ITO to Fariadabad's Escorts Mujesar.

Affected commuters took to Twitter in the morning to report the delayed service on Delhi Metro Violet line:

"Attention please violet line from #KashmriGate to #CentralSecretariet has #Technical issue try to avoid this route @DMRC @DelhiMetro_Rail," wrote a user.

Attention please violet line from #KashmriGate to #CentralSecretariet has #Technical issue try to avoid this route @DMRC @DelhiMetro_Rail pic.twitter.com/od22htxxEf

- Sandesh Soni (@SimpleSandesh) May 4, 2018

"Commuters have been stuck in the Delhi Metro from last 30 minutes between Khan Market and Central Secretariate on Violet Line. Please look into this @DelhiMetro_ @PMOIndia @PiyushGoyal @PiyushGoyalOffc," wrote another user about the delay in Delhi Metro Violet Line.

Commuters have been stuck in the Delhi Metro from last 30 minutes between Khan Market and Central Secretariate on Violet Line
Please look into this @DelhiMetro_ @PMOIndia @PiyushGoyal @PiyushGoyalOffc#Delhi #delhimetro #metrotrains #delayeddelhimetro

- Naman Gangrade (@naman_gangrade) May 4, 2018

Metro rail services suspended in #Violetline No train from last 30 minutes @DelhiMetro_ #Chaos pic.twitter.com/SEJ15Yuzyh

- Aalok Rai (@RaiSahabJr) May 4, 2018

An angry commuter tweeted, "@DelhiMetro_ Aren't your service getting pathetic day by day? Technical snags are making the travel of daily passengers tougher n tougher #violetlinedelayinservice."

@DelhiMetro_ Aren't your service getting pathetic day by day? Technical snags are making the travel of daily passengers tougher n tougher#violetlinedelayinservice

- Ananya Deb Roy (@AnanyaDebRoy) May 4, 2018

@DelhiMetro_ @DelhiMetro_Rail creating a long chart of metro rates must have been real easy.. how about explaining the technical difficulty in a chart and displaying it on the stations. The lame "we are sorry for the inconvenience caused" just won't cut it.

- Namrata (@satijanamrata) May 4, 2018

"As a result, services were run on single line from Kashmere Gate to Central Secretariat during this period so that the OHE staff could identify and rectify the OHE tripping cause by going into the affected section," the DMRC said in a statement.

The problem was rectified at 10:02 am and normalcy restored in the affected section, it stated.

"Services on the rest of Line-6 from Central Secretariat to Escorts Mujesar section were running normally during this period," the statement added.

Last month, Pink Line of the Delhi Metro was affected for nearly two hours after a section of the overhead electrification (OHE) tripped on the down line due to the dust storm.

(With Inputs From PTI)