The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has extended its timings by approximately one hour on days that day-night IPL T20 matches are scheduled in the city. There are six matches scheduled to be held in Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium (Ferozshah Kotla Ground) over the next month and a half.
“In view of IPL - T20 matches which are scheduled at Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi, DMRC will be extending its last train timings on all Lines to enable spectators to reach their destination smoothly,†the corporation stated on its website.
Along with it, the DMRC has shared a brief schedule for last metro train timings from terminal stations for T-20 matches to be held on April 24, May 7 and May 14. On Red line i.e. Line 1, the revised train timings for trains starting from Shaheed Sthal (New Bus Adda) and Rithala will be 12:10 am and 12:15 am.
On Yellow line i.e. Line 2, the last train operating from Samaypur Badli and Millenium City Centre Gurugram on the three match days will be at 12:20 am and 11:45 pm. On the Blue line i.e. Line 3 and 4, the last to start from Dwarka Sector 21 to Vaishali station will be at 12 am and vice-versa will start at 11:45 pm. Train headed from Dwarka Sector-21 to Noida Electronic City will start at 11:35 as per the revised timing while the vice-versa will start at 12:00 am.
On Line 1, 2, 3 and 4, the last trains from the source destination usually start at 11:00 pm barring the one heading from Dwarka Sector 21 to Noida Electronic City starting at 10:50 pm.The last metro starting from its source destination Kirti Nagar and Inderlok will depart at 1:00 am, according to the revised timings of Green line or Line 5. Similarly, the last metro from Brig. Hoshiar Singh will start at 12:10 am for Inderlok and 12:25 am for Kirti Nagar.
