Passengers left stranded as glitches hit HUDA City Centre-Jahangirpuri and Noida-Dwarka lines
Passengers left stranded as glitches hit HUDA City Centre-Jahangirpuri and Noida-Dwarka lines
Thousands of commuters were left stranded on Monday as technical snags slowed down the trains on Metro's HUDA City Centre -Jahangirpuri and Noida-Dwarka lines. 
Trains on the busy HUDA City Centre -Jahangirpuri ran at a restricted speed of 20 km per hour between INA and AIIMS stations due to a track circuit failure. Normally, metro trains run at a speed of 40 km per hour. "The problem was identified and would be rectified in the night as taking up repairing work immediately would have lead to delays in services," a Metro spokesman said.
A track circuit is a simple electrical device used to detect the presence or absence of a train on tracks and help signal man control relevant signals.
Passengers commuting on Noida-Dwarka line too faced a tough time in the morning after a train developed a technical problem near Kirti Nagar Metro station at around 8.30 AM while moving towards Dwarka, the Metro spokesman said. He added that the train was immediately taken to a near-by depot and normalcy restored within 20 minutes.
The passengers however complained that trains on the Dwarka line were running late till 11 AM. Stations like Anand Vihar, Laxmi Nagar and Dwarka were crowded with passengers waiting for trains.
"I had to wait for more than 20 minutes at Anand Vihar station today to get a train. It was very crowded. It took more time than usual to reach my destination," saidu00a0 Rahul, a software professional working in Guargon.
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