Water logging on a portion of the tracks of the Delhi Metro on Tuesday led to curtailment of its Magenta Line for several hours between Dabri Mor and Janakpuri West segment, officials said.
The Magenta Line connects Janakpuri West in Delhi to Botanical Garden in Noida. "Train services on Magenta Line (Line-8 from Janakpuri West to Botanical Garden) were regulated today owing to waterlogging between Dabri Mor and Janakpuri West section on the upline track (trains going towards Janakpuri West)," the DMRC said in a statement.
Train services were provided through single-line operation between Janakpuri West and Terminal-1 IGI Airport stations via the downline track from 10 am to 3:35 pm. As a result, trains were available at a lesser frequency in the section during this period, it said. Services on the remaining section of the Magenta Line, from Terminal-1 IGI Airport to Botanical Garden, were running normally during this period through, both the up and down line tracks, it said. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation also shared the information on Twitter to alert commuters.
"Magenta Line Update Delay in services from Janakpuri West to Terminal 1-IGI Airport. Normal service on all other lines," the DMRC said in a tweet at 10:40 am. Commuters travelling from Janakpuri West to Botanical Garden or vice versa can also travel by the Blue Line, it wrote in another tweet. Botanical Garden station is an interchange station between Blue Line and Magenta Line. "Normal services have resumed," the DMRC tweeted at 3:44 pm.
"The issue of water logging, which apparently occurred due to leakage from a fire pipeline in the section was resolved at 3:35 pm and thereafter, normal train services were resumed on the entire Magenta Line, through up line and down line tracks," the DMRC said.