The Delhi Metro Blue Line services were disrupted on Wednesday after a cable was stolen between the Moti Nagar and Kirti Nagar stations. The DMRC released a statement that said the problem would only be rectified after operational hours in the evening. Therefore, trains on the section will run at a slow speed all day long and will experience delays. DMRC also advised the passengers to plan their journey accordingly, as travel times will be longer than usual. “The inconvenience is regretted,” the statement added.
Later, DMRC went ahead to issue another update that asserted train services on the Blue Line Dwarka Sector 21—Noida Electronic City/Vaishali—were regulated since morning reportedly because of what seems to be a theft and damage of cables meant for signaling between stations Moti Nagar and Kirti Nagar. Therefore, in this section, trains are plying at restricted speed, resulting in bunching of trains. However, the train service is normal on the balance portion of the section of Blue Line. In order to cause minimum inconvenience to the people during the daytime hours, the repair work shall be undertaken at night after the closure of revenue service, it clarified.
Blue Line Update
The cable theft issue on the Blue Line between Moti Nagar and Kirti Nagar will be rectified only after the end of operational hours in the night.
Since the trains will operate on restricted speed on the affected section during the day, there would be some…
— Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (@OfficialDMRC) December 5, 2024
The disruptions on the Blue Line
It carries hundreds of thousands of daily commuters, including those between Dwarka in the west and Noida and Vaishali in the east. It is here that the cable was stolen late at night when the metro services had ended for the day. That has led to disruptions on the busy Dwarka to Vaishali/Noida corridor, where trains run at restricted speeds.
This is the second incident in a matter of months, and the earlier one was reported from the Red Line in August when the signal cables were stolen between Jhilmil and Mansarovar Park stations, which affected the Dilshad Garden to Shahdara route.
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Delhi Metro on November 18 saw its highest-ever daily ridership, with a staggering 78.67 lakh passenger journeys, surpassing the previous high of 77.49 lakh passengers set on August 20 this year. The Yellow Line, which connects Millennium City Centre in Gurugram to Samaypur Badli in Delhi, saw the highest passenger traffic on that day, with a record 20.99 lakh commuters. The Blue Line was very close with 20.80 lakh passengers, followed by the Red Line with 8.56 lakh passengers, the Pink Line with 8.15 lakh passengers, and the Violet Line with 7.93 lakh passengers.