Metro trains in Delhi will run on a regular weekend schedule from Saturday as the capital eases Covid-19 restrictions as the number of infections improves, officials said. Subway service has so far been running at 15-minute intervals on the yellow and blue lines and 20-minute intervals on all other lines to comply with the weekend curfew lifted on Thursday.

Delhi’s weekend curfew was imposed from January 8, when a third wave dominated by Omicron began to soar in the capital.

“In light of the latest guidelines issued by the government. In order to contain Covid-19 in NCT Delhi, the weekend (Saturday/Sunday) metro services will be on the regular weekend time for all lines from tomorrow (i.e. 29 January 2022) Tables are back up again,” tweeted the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).

Metro trains will operate at 100% seating capacity, with no stationary rules. The DMRC further said that access to the station will continue to be regulated based on ground conditions to ensure compliance with Covid guidelines.

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), chaired by Deputy Governor Anil Baijal, held a review meeting with the Delhi government on Thursday to lift the weekend lockdown and end the odd-even system for opening non-essential shops in the city. .

The DDMA also allowed restaurants, bars, movie theaters and theaters to reopen at 50% capacity in light of the improvement in the COVID-19 situation.

Delhi metro timetable for today

As announced earlier, there will be minor changes to Metro service on the Yellow Line today, in conjunction with the retreat ceremony.

The DMRC had earlier informed that on January 29, MRT services at the Central Secretariat and Udyog Bhawan MRT Station on Line 2 will remain closed from 2pm to 6.30pm.

During this period, Central Secretariat MRT station will allow passengers to transfer from Kashmere Gate to Raja Nahar Singh and vice versa. It added that normal services will resume after 6:30pm.

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