Snag hits Magenta Line service for over two hours

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, July 13

Services were affected on the Magenta Line — which connects Janakpuri West and Kalkaji Mandir — for nearly 2.5 hours today due to a technical snag between R K Puram and IGI Airport Metro Stations apparently due to the rains, officials said.

"Services were affected on the line due to some OHE (overhead electricity line) problem between R K Puram and IGI T-1 Airport stations around 4.10 pm. As a result, single-line operations were initially ran between the section," a DMRC spokesperson said.

The snag could have been triggered by the rain, but the exact cause has not been ascertained yet, he said.

"Short loop services were run on both sides of the section that is Botanical Garden–R K Puram and IGI Airport–Janakpuri West," the spokesperson said.

The services were restored on the line around 6.40 pm, he said.

Yesterday, services were briefly hit in the morning on the Violet Line — that connects Kashmere Gate in Delhi to Escorts Mujesar in Faridabad — due to a technical snag related to OHE at the Central Secretariat metro station.