Ongoing work for Magenta Line to affect Yellow Line ops

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Thursday said that trains will only operate on a single track between Samaypur Badli and Jahangirpuri Metro stations on the Yellow Line for four months, from 10pm to 7am. DMRC said this was being done to carry out the extension work of the Magenta Line as part of Phase 4. “Train movement between Samaypur Badli and Jahangir Puri on the Yellow Line shall be done via single line from 10pm till end of revenue services and from start of revenue services till 7am with effect from Thursday (18.4.2024) for a period of four months for execution of Phase-iv work of the Magenta Line extension,” DMRC said in a post on X.

Samaypur Badli is the last Metro station on the Yellow Line in North Delhi and Millennium City is the last station on the other end in Gurugram. There are two stations — Rohini Sectors 18-19 and Haiderpur Badli Mor — between Samaypur Badli and Jahangirpuri.

A DMRC official said there may be no significant impact on the operations since only a small segment of the Metro line is being regulated, and that too for only for two to three hours every day. “Generally, regulation of operations, particularly running single lines, can lead to delays of 5-10 minutes. This can also have a cascading effect on the entire line during peak hours,” the official said, requesting anonymity.

Metro services shut on most lines by midnight and begin the next day around 6am.

The Magenta Line is being extended from Janakpuri West to RK Ashram, and this segment will be completed by March 2026. Earlier this month, DMRC imposed a speed restriction between Chhattarpur and Sultanpur stations on the Yellow Line. Trains are operating at a restricted speed of 25km/hour on this stretch due to the tunnelling work for the Golden Line.

AN OFFICIAL SAID THERE MAY BE NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE OPERATIONS SINCE ONLY A SMALL SEGMENT IS BEING REGULATED