This Article is From Aug 05, 2016

Delhi Metro Services Affected After Power Snap, Restored

Delhi Metro Services Affected After Power Snap, Restored

On Thursday, metro services on few lines of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation were hit for nearly an hour.

New Delhi: Metro services on a few lines of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) were hit on Thursday for nearly an hour after the power supply to them were snapped due to a technical snag.

"Power supply to DMRC was not available from Delhi Transco due to which Subhash Nagar, Dwarka, Chhatarpur, and Airport RSS (Receiving Sub-Stations) did not supply power to Line 2, 3 and 4," a senior DMRC official said.

"Trains were run at a lesser frequency by drawing power from other sources," he said.

The technical snag occured at around 12:25 pm and by 1:15-1:30 pm, slowly the power was restored and normal operations were resumed, he said.

According to DMRC, Lines 2 (Samyapur Badli-Huda City Centre) and 3 (Dwarka-Noida), average ridership on both the lines varies betwen 9-10 lakh.

"Four round trips of trains were cancelled on Line 2 and 15 on Line 3," DMRC said.
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