Metro services on the Blue line (Noida City Cenre/Vaishali to Dwarka sector 21) were disrupted on Monday evening for almost three hours due to a technical snag between Subhash Nagar and Tilak Nagar stations which led to overcrowding across stations and trains.
The incident happened at around 4.30 pm when a part of an Over Head Electricity (OHE) line between Subhash Nagar and Tilak Nagar stations broke. It was only by around 7.05 pm that normal operations could be resumed.
“Train services on Blue line (were) affected due to OHE breakdown between Subhash Nagar and Tilak Nagar station on the track going towards Dwarka Sector 21,” Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) official said.
He added that only single-track operations were conducted between Tilak Nagar and Rajouri Garden till the OHE was fixed.
This led to bunching of trains on line 3 going towards Dwarka. Several trains came to a standstill while others crawled and stood for over 10 minutes at each station on the corridor. Commuters faced severe inconvenience as trains got delayed by over half an hour. The commuters took to social media to express their displeasure.
“I’ve crossed just four stations in one hour. What’s wrong with the blue lineIJ I’m so irritated now,” tweeted a passenger.
Another commuter said, “The train hasn’t moved an inch from Anand Vihar for the last half an hour.”
In the last one month, this is the second technical breakdown on the Blue line of Delhi Metro.
A technical snag hit Blue line following a track circuit failure near Rajendra Place Metro station on June 3.