Day after dust storm, Metro services hit on Magenta Line

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Day after dust storm, Metro services hit on Magenta Line

Wednesday, 15 May 2019 | Staff Reporter | NEW DELHI

Day after the strong dust and wind storm hit the national Capital, the metro train  services were halted on the underground sections of Magenta Line between T-I Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport to Shankar Vihar stations as some foreign material flew into the viaduct because of strong windstorm occurred on Monday evening.

The train services on the line are currently running on a restricted speed of 30 KMPH instead of 40 KMPH.

The 32.4 kilomtere Magenta Line connects between Botanical Garden in Noida to JanakpurI West.

“The train services on DOWN line (towards Botanical Garden) section between T-1 IGI Airport to Shankar Vihar stations of the Magenta Line are running with a restricted speed of 30 KMPH since Tuesday morning. This is being necessitated as a precautionary measure as one of the train’s Obstruction detection device noticed some foreign material flew into the viaduct because of the strong windstorm last night i.e. 13th May 2019,” said the Delhi metro rail Corporation (DMRC) official.

The DMRC official further informed that the technical glitch that occurred due to strong wind storm will be cleared by Wednesday. “The tracks will be cleared only after the end of revenue services in the night. However, services on the entire Magenta line are running normal except this small section which is facing slower movement due to this precautionary speed restriction,” said the official. 

Earlier an official had said that due to bunching of trains, from technical issues on the affected section, services in the rest of the corridor were also affected.

Areas falling under the Palam Observatory and parts of area falling under the Safdarjung Observatory witnessed dust storm with high-speed winds on Monday night, followed by rainfall.

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