Services disrupted as metal railing falls on Violet Line metro train

NEW DELHI: Passengers in a Violet Line train had a tense moment after a metallic sheet of railing fell on the moving train between Jangpura and Lajpat Nagar metro stations due to heavy winds and rain today, senior officials said. No injuries were reported and the stranded passengers were rescued, even as the metro operations were halted between Central Secretariat and Nehru Place for nearly two hours and services on the remaining sections were severely affected. The Violet Line connects Kashmere Gate in Delhi to Escorts Mujesar in Faridabad. The train was coming out of the underground Jangpura station and moving towards elevated Lajpat Nagar station (towards Faridabad — down line) when the railing fell on it around 4:05 pm due to heavy rains and wind, they said. “The railing fell due to sudden high wind pressure and hit the side of the train on the section. The driver stopped the train and subsequently the passengers onboard were taken to the next station (Lajpat Nagar metro station). Nobody was injured,” DMRC'’s Executive Director for Corporate Communications, Anuj Dayal said. Initially, the services on the Violet Line were run in two loops — Nehru Place to Escorts Mujesar stations; and Central Secretariat to Kashmere Gate stations, a senior DMRC official said. Single-line movement was started between Nehru Place and Central Secretariat stations through up line (towards Central Secretariat) from 5:45 pm onwards and services were resumed on both the lines from 6:47 pm onwards, he said.