Metal barricade falls on metro train, services disrupted on Violet Line
NEW DELHI: A disaster was averted, and passengers of a metro train had a miraculous escape when a large portion of a metal railing fell on a moving train on the Violet Line on Thursday evening due to strong winds. The train came to a screeching halt and luckily no one was harmed, but train operations on the corridor were massively disrupted during the evening peak hour.
“A portion of railing on the ramp (where the train comes out from underground Jangpura station towards elevated Lajpat Nagar station) has fallen on the track going towards Faridabad around 4.05 pm due to strong winds and rain,” Anuj Dayal, Executive Director, DMRC told Millennium Post.
“As a result, the oncoming train towards Lajpat Nagar was to be put on hold due to this obstruction. All passengers were safely taken to Lajpat Nagar platform. To remove the railing, overhead electrification had to be put off between Central Secretariat and Nehru Place section,” Dayal said. “We will be investigating the incident further for safety considerations,” he added.
With train operations in the busy section closed, trains were run on two different loops – from Nehru Place to Escorts Mujesar and from Central Secretariat to Kashmere Gate.
At 5.45 pm, single line operations were started between Nehru Place and Central Secretariat through the Up line (Going towards Kashmere Gate).
Passengers travelling on the corridor had a harrowing time with train movement on the entire line getting affected.
The slow movement of trains meant that thousands of office hour passengers were left stranded at stations of the Violet Line. Many passengers left metro stations to look for other modes of transport, auto rickshaw drivers, however, made a killing fleecing hapless commuters.