Delhi Metro frequency to rise to 2.5 mins

Trains at an average frequency of 2.5 minutes, deployment of engineers from Germany and South Korea to ensure no technical glitches take place and information desks to help commuters and tourists — these are some of the highlights of the Delhi Metro’s Commonwealth Games ‘Action Plan’ that comes into effect from tomorrow.

As the much-awaited Games begin tomorrow, Metro trains on the Central Secretariat-Badarpur corridor, which will be operational from tomorrow morning, will run at a frequency of 2.25 minutes, as it provides connectivity to the main CWG venue, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

With traffic police advising people to take Metro during the Games, Metro will run trains at a frequency of 3.40 minutes on Line 1 (Rithala-Rohini), Line 2 Central Secretariat to Gurgaon (2.30 min), Line 3 Dwarka Sec 9-Noida City Centre (2.44 min), Line 6 Central Secretariat-Badarpur (2.25 min) and Line 5 Mundka-Indelok (5.11 min). Currently, the average frequency is 3.5 minutes to four minutes.

Metro will run a total of 181 trains – 133 broad gauge and 48 standard gauge – during the Games and will also deploy engineers from Germany and South Korea to ensure that there are no problems.

To control the crowd, about 250 Scouts and Guides and 153 Bangalore Metro trainees will be deployed at various stations. Volunteers of the Metro Citizens’ Forum had also been instructed to be more vigilant and devote their time at the stations whenever possible, a DMRC spokesman said.

One Metro official of the grade of Assistant Station Manager would be posted at the control room of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee for better liaison and coordination, he said.