New Delhi:
Delhi Metro services will stop three hours before the normal time of 11 PM on Tuesday, on account of Diwali.
On Thursday, Delhi Metro will make 200 extra train trips as it anticipates huge rush on 'Bhai Duj'.
On Tuesday, the last Metro train service will start at 8:00 PM from terminal stations of all the six lines - Dilshad Garden, Rithala, Jahangir Puri, Huda City Centre, Noida City Centre, Dwarka Sector-21, Yamuna Bank, Vaishali, Inderlok, Mundka, Central Secretariat and Badarpur Metro stations.
Metro train services will run as usual for the rest of the day on Diwali from 06:00 am onwards, a Delhi Metro spokesman said.
Metro trains will be run at peak-hour frequency from 8:00 AM to 9.00 PM on Thursday, making over 200 extra train trips.
DMRC will also deploy more Customer Facilitation Agents to help and guide commuters on Thursday, at busy Metro stations and will also operate additional ticket counters.