Noida: The Noida-Greater Noida Metro will resume providers for passengers from Wednesday after a hiatus of over a month due to COVID-19 lockdown, officers stated on Monday. The announcement comes shut on the heels of Delhi Metro resuming providers on Monday and Gautam Buddh Nagar additionally stress-free restrictions that have been put in place due to the COVID-induced lockdown.
“Due to partial COVID curfew, metro services on the Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) network were suspended with effect from May 1,” NMRC Managing Director Ritu Maheshwari stated.
“As the curfew has been relaxed in Gautam Buddh Nagar, NMRC train services will start operating from June 9,” Maheshwari stated.
Keeping in view the evening curfew and in addition to discourage folks to transfer out due to the pandemic, trains might be operated from 7 am to 8 pm on weekdays solely i.E. Monday to Friday, she stated.
As weekend curfew remains to be in apply, prepare providers won’t be operated on weekends i.E. Saturday and Sunday, she added.
According to the NMRC, from Wednesday there could be one prepare each quarter-hour throughout peak hours (8 am to 11 am and 5 pm to 8 pm) and one prepare each half-hour throughout non-peak hours.
The Noida-Greater Noida line, often known as the Aqua Line, can even have ‘quick trains’ that may run on weekdays throughout peak hours. “The fast trains will not stop on Sector 50, 101, 81, 83, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, and 148 stations,” the NMRC stated in a press release.
