nOn the occassion of Holi on March 10, the public transport services, including Delhi Metro, will remain suspended till 2.30 pm on all lines of Delhi Metro services including Airport Express Line. While DTC services will be suspended only till 2:00 pm.
The metro feeder buses will also be off road till 2.30 pm. "On the day of the 'Holi' festival, i.e., 10th March, 2020 (Tuesday), Metro services will not be available till 14.30 Hrs (2:30 PM) on all lines of Delhi Metro including Airport Express Line. In addition, Metro feeder bus services will also not be available on 10th March 2020," said a official of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
Metro train services will thus start at 14.30 Hrs (2:30 PM) from terminal stations on all lines on 10th March and will continue normally thereafter, they added.
While, the DTC officials said, "DTC Service will remain suspended in morning shift on Dulehndi festival. Keeping in view the "Dulhendi Festival" which will be celebrated on Tuesday, all the City and National Capital Region (NCR) Bus services will remain suspended till2:00 pm."
The DTC official further added that, "In Evening Shift, bus services on some selected bus routes will be operated as per traffic requirement. Since the traffic load will be very less on this day, only 898 buses will be operated in the afternoon service."
Moreover, the Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) has also declared the suspension of the services on the Noida-Greater Noida on Tuesday till 2:00 pm. The curtailed timings will also apply for parking at all metro stations, its operator the Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) said in a statement.
"Metro train services will begin at 2 pm on the Aqua Line on March 10 and will continue as per normal timings thereafter. Trains will ply at an interval of 15 minutes. Parking facility at all the stations will also be available only from 2 pm on March 10," said the NMRC in a statement.
The Aqua Line, which covers the twin cities in Gautam Buddh Nagar district, covers a total length of 29.7 km with 21 metro stations. On normal days, the metro services begin at 6 am and continue till 10 pm except on Sundays when the services begin at 8 am.