After the snag on the Blue Line, it was Delhi Metro’s Yellow Line (Samaypur Badli to HUDA City Centre) that was affected on Thursday. Commuters, especially office goers and students, faced a harrowing time as services were affected on the corridor during peak hours in the morning.
Signal issues
According to a report prepared by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), services on the Yellow Line were affected during the early morning hours on June 30 due to a signalling issue in one of the trains.
“The train was going from Samaypur Badli to HUDA City Centre. By the time it reached Model Town, a signalling problem developed. As a result, emergency brakes were applied. The train continued to move erratically as it headed towards Rajiv Chowk,” said an official.
The slow movement of this train led to bunching of other trains between 8:14 a.m. and 9:10 a.m.
Explaining the emergency brake system, the official said that metro trains are designed to be ‘fail-safe’ to ensure safety of passengers. Brakes are applied automatically by the system when errors, like that in the signalling system, occur.
“To avoid further impact on services, the passengers were asked to deboard at Rajiv Chowk. The train was withdrawn from service and sent for investigation,” added another official.
Commuters, meanwhile, took to Twitter to express their anger.
While one person compared the metro to a bullock cart, another tweeted, “Yellow line of metro running painfully slow. Leave way ahead of your time Delhi people. #DelhiMetro.”
