Delhi Metro resumes services after 169-day Covid hiatus
Updated On Sep 07, 2020 01:13 PM IST
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) resumed services on Monday, September 7, after they were suspended over five months ago to ensure social distancing in order to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. The metro services began at 7 am on Monday on the Yellow Line that runs along 49 kms between HUDA City Centre and Samaypur Badli. This is the first corridor to have resumed its services as per the Centre’s guidelines for Covid-19.
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Delhi Metro’s Yellow line running between the Arjungarh to Ghitorini Metro Station, in New Delhi on September 7. (Sanjeev Verma/HT )
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Delhi Metro resumes after 5 month hiatus amid Covid-19 pandemic. (Sanjeev Verma/HT)
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A lady boards the Yellow Line metro as DMRC resumes services after 169 days. (Sanjeev Verma/HT)
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Passengers sit at a distance in the Delhi Metro as services are resumed. (Sanjeev Verma/HT)
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Delhi Metro resumes its services on September 7, 2020. (Sanjeev Verma/HT)
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Sanitisation in progress at one of the open stations as Delhi Metro resumes services. (Sanjeev Verma/HT)
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Passengers at Thermal Screening Point set up at the metro stations. (Sanjeev Verma/HT)
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Passengers at baggage screening point at the metro station. (Sanjeev Verma/HT)
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Passengers standing socially distanced at the token counter at a metro station in New Delhi on September 7. (Sanjeev Verma/HT)
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Masks and sanitisers are seen outside the metro station entry point. (Amal KS/HT)
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Passengers at the metro station as Delhi Metro services resume. (Amal KS/HT)
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Delhi Metro runs on the Yellow Line on September 7. (Amal KS/HT)
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Delhi Metro’s Yellow Line resumes its services after 5 month-long hiatus. (Amal KS/HT)
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Covid-19 awareness sticker indicating the seat should be left unoccupied on the Delhi Metro. (Amal KS/HT)
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Elderly lady passenger travels by the Delhi Metro. (Amal KS/HT)
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Security check in progress at metro station. (Amal KS/HT)
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Passengers at security check point at a metro station. (Amal KS/HT)
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