The metro
services across Delhi-NCR resumed on September 7, after a period of five
months, and the Magenta Line and Grey Line connecting Hauz Khas-Noida
and Dwarka-Najafgarh resumed operations on Friday (September 11) after being closed for 173
days due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said.

Services started at 7 AM as part of
the second stage of the graded reopening of Delhi Metro, which was closed on
March 22 to check the spread of the novel coronavirus.

“Our main aim to make sure passengers maintain social distancing & wear face masks. So far, no violation of norms has been noticed,” DCP (Metro) Jitendra Mani told news agency ANI.

In this stage, trains will operate in
two batches of six-hour each from 7 AM to 1 PM and 4-10 PM.

Services on other lines which had
reopened under stage one from Monday through Thursday will now also follow the
stage two schedule.

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Yellow Line and Rapid Metro were the
first ones to be reopened on Monday, followed by Blue Line and Pink Line resuming
services on Wednesday.

On Thursday, Red Line, Violet Line
and Green Line were made operational.

Delhi Metro Rail
Corporation (DMRC) has appealed to people to use the rapid transport only if
urgently needed.