Title - Metro stops, trains get stuck in tunnels

New Delhi : The National Capital went without power for the second successive day, bringing essential services like Metro rail, trains and water distribution system, to a standstill. Thousands of Delhi Metro passengers had a harrowing time when trains stopped in tunnels. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation authorities used their power back-up arrangement to bring trains to the nearest stations.A DMRC spokesperson said, “To ensure the safety and security of its passengers, the Delhi Metro immediately evacuated all the passengers from trains, including eight trains inside tunnel of Line-2 (Jahangirpuri to Huda City Centre) in Gurgaon. The passengers fully cooperated with the DMRC staff and within an hour, entire Metro system was declared closed to avoid any inconvenience to the public.”The power supply was restored for the Delhi Metro at 2.45 pm after which the services were again resumed on all lines at 2.50 pm with a frequency of 10 minutes to begin with. People had to leave the metro trains and boarded buses to reach their destinations. 

 

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The 54342 Dehradun to Saharanpur, 54252 Saharanpur to Lucknow (held up at Nagina) 54251 Lucknow to Sahranpur and 15209 Saharsa to Amritsar (held up at Moradabad) 15211 Dharbhanga to Amritsar, 12876 New Delhi to Puri (Neelanchal Express) (held up at Kanpur) 15046 Okha to Gorakhpur, 64210 Kanpur Central to Lucknow, 64208 Lucknow to Kanpur, 14674 Shaheed Express-Amritsar to Jayanagar (held up at Dhilwan) 12029 New Delhi to Amritsar-Jan Shatabdi, 12497 Shane Punjab-New Delhi to Amritsar (held up at Jalandhar)