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Chennai: The Chennai Metro Rail Ltd has announced changes in the timing of the metro rail services from August 1. The first train will continue to start from Koyambedu and Alandur at 6 am on all days, except Sundays.
On Sundays, the train services will commence at 8 am and the last service will continue to leave Koyambedu and Alandur at 10 pm respectively.
Trains will operate with headway of 15 minutes throughout the day except during peak hours wherein they will run at 10 min intervals. The morning peak hours will be from 9 am to 11 am and in the evening it will be from 5 pm to 8 pm.
This schedule will remain in force until further notice, says a spokesperson from CMRL.
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15 minutes gap is 2 much.Delhi metro is best in operation wise. Hardly 2 to 3 mts gap during peak hrs n 4 to 5 mts non peak hrs.