Delhi metro train rams into wall during trial run

There were no casualties

December 19, 2017 07:04 pm | Updated 07:06 pm IST - New Delhi

A Delhi metro train rammed into a wall at Kalindi Kunj depot on December 19, 2017

A Delhi metro train rammed into a wall at Kalindi Kunj depot on December 19, 2017

A Delhi metro train crashed into a wall on Tuesday at the Kalindi Kunj depot while on a trial run, six days before its inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi , an official said.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) official said the metro train was on a trial run on the new Magenta Line that will be opened by Mr. Modi on December 25.

The front portion of the metro train and a stretch of the depot’s boundary wall was damaged. There were no casualties, he added.

No further details were available.

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