Trains on Yellow Line move at a crawl

Services affected for over 30 minutes due to signalling issues at three major stations

Services on the Delhi Metro’s Yellow Line were affected for around 30 minutes on Friday due to signalling issues at three major stations on the line, which connects Samaypur Badli to Huda City Centre.

The snag occurred at Rajiv Chowk, Kashmere Gate and Vishwavidyalaya stations around 11.30 a.m., the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said in a statement.

A senior official said that though services slowed down, the trains did not stop. “Due to a signalling issue at the interlocking stations of Rajiv Chowk, Kashmere Gate and Vishwavidyalaya stations of Line 2 (Yellow Line), trains were manually given routes from 11.30 a.m. to 12.04 p.m. This caused a little bunching of trains on Line 2 during this period,” the official said.

The issue has been rectified and services were restored to normal, the DMRC added.

Rajiv Chowk, an interchange station for the Blue and Yellow lines, and Kashmere Gate, an interchange station for Red and Yellow lines, see huge footfall daily.

“Trains were stopping longer than usual, causing the delay, but the services weren’t stopped at any point of time,” the official added.

The half-an-hour snag, however, was enough to cause chaos in the interconnecting stations and it led to massive crowds. Several commuters took to social media to vent their frustration.

“We are standing on Rajiv Chowk from last 25 minutes no metro is coming. One side you are increasing the fare twice 2nd time in a year, but you are unable to give proper service for that fare [sic],” tweeted Hitesh Saini.