Metro’s Blue Line catches cold, train services hit as circuit fails

DELAYED Low temperature triggered technical snag

NEW DELHI: The season’s coldest day, besides causing Delhiities to shiver, affected services on Delhi metro’s blue line (Dwarka-Vaishali/Noida) as a track circuit failed on Wednesday morning, possiblydueto‘lowtemperatures’.

This was the fifth snag in less than 40 days. Hours later, the same line reported a sixth snag with trains coming to a halt due to signalling issue. Repeated glitches delayed train services which led to overcrowding the stations and coaches.

The first snag was a track circuit failure. The second snag during the peak evening rush happened because metro’s train identification system conked out. “From 9am to 12 noon, trains were delayed as there was recurrent drop in the track circuit on the line approaching Dwarka,” a metro official said.

Explaining the reason behind the second snag, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said, “Train services on the line were affected from 5.14pm due to a signalling identification issue. As a result, gradually all trains are given fresh IDs from the control centre one by one manually, which leads to minor bunching of trains and delay.”

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Passengers complained of long delays as trains were stopping at all stations more than the usual time.

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metro was stuck for almost an hour,” said Priyanka Rajan, a media professional.

The crowds spilled over to platforms and concourses of busy stations such as Rajiv

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Chowk. Commuters said penalty to exit the station should be waived off. “In such a situation, DMRC should not charge the ₹10 fine. It happens so frequently,” said Rawat, a labourer.