New Delhi (Metro Rail News) – The resumption of the Delhi Metro services will be done geographically (i.e. Linewise) in a graded manner in three stages from 7th to 12th September 2020 as given below. The general public can avail the services on given lines from the date as per the operational timings shown against them: –
| Date of resumption of Metro services | Line(s) on which Metro services resuming | Passenger Service Timings | |
| STAGE-1 | 7th September 2020 onwards | Line-2 (Yellow Line) from Samaypur Badli to HUDA City Centre including Rapid Metro, Gurugram | MORNING (4 Hours only)(7 AM to 11 AM) EVENING (4Hours only)(4 PM to 8 PM) |
| 9th September 2020 onwards | In addition, Line-3/4 (Blue Line) from Dwarka Sec-21 to Noida Electronic City/Vaishali & Line-7 (Pink Line) from Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar | ||
| 10th September 2020 onwards | In addition, Line-1 (Red Line) from Rithala to Shaheed Sthal New Bus Adda, Line-5 (Green Line) from Kirti Nagar/Inderlok to Brig. Hoshiar Singh (Bahadurgarh) & Line-6 (Violet Line) from Kashmere Gate to Raja Nahar Singh (Ballabhgarh) | ||
| STAGE-2 | 11th September 2020 onwards | In addition to stage-1 Lines, Line-8 (Magenta Line) from Janakpuri West to Botanical Garden & Line-9 (Grey Line) from Dwarka to Najafgarh will be also made operational | MORNING (6 Hours only)(7 AM to 01 PM) EVENING (6 Hours only)(4 PM to 10 PM) Above timings are applicable for lines resumed at Stage-1 also |
| STAGE-3 | 12th September 2020 onwards | In addition to stage-1 & 2 Lines, Airport Express Line from New Delhi to Dwarka Sec-21 will be also operational | Services on all lines will be available throughout the day(6 AM to 11 PM) Above timings are applicable for all Lines |
“Train services will commence with adequate frequency as used to be before 22nd March 2020 which may be increased or decreased as per requirement. However, due to increase in dwell time of trains at stations there will be minor increase of 3 to 6 minutes in a trip”, The DMRC said in a statement.
- ‘Trains will not stop at stations falling in containment zone and such stations will remain closed for public. Similarly, some of the stations may be skipped if social distancing is not adhered by the passengers”, said the statement.
