With huge traffic congestion on the road due to heavy rain, the Delhiites who took the alternate option - Delhi Metro to reach their destination on time were in for a double whammy as trains were running very late in reaching the stations with a gap of 15 minutes. The Blue corridor connects from Dwarka to Noida City Centre/ Vaishali.
The average end-to-end speed of a Delhi Metro train is around 30 kmph, but on the Blue line it was 15 kmph on Tuesday due to the overcrowding of the train.
“Due to some planned periodic maintenance by the track department last night, temporary speed restriction (TSR) of 15 kmph has been imposed on Up line between Subhash Nagar and Tilak Nagar stations (going towards Dwarka), which is likely to continue for the day. This may result in minor bunching/delay on the line,” said a senior official from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
The official further added that that line was schedule to complete by last night but due to heavy and continuous rain the worker could not complete the work on time.
“The temporary speed restriction will be removed once the track department carries out the remaining work in the night. The work would have got completed in the night itself but contious rain throughout the night did not provide enough windows to complete the work. Further the temporary speed restriction also revised from 30 kmph by 1:30 PM between the elevated Subhash Nagar and Tilak Nagar station,” said the DMRC.