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Monday Morning Blues For Chennai Metro’s Blue Line: Little Mount-Airport Stretch Affected Due To Snag
Swarajya Staff
Feb 11, 2019, 04:07 PM | Updated 04:07 PM IST
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The Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) services across the city were affected on Monday morning (11 February), claim reports.
According to officials from the CMRL, only a portion of the stretch was affected, TNM reported. “There is a slight delay in the Little Mount to Airport stretch. All other stretches are functioning properly. There is a technical snag, and we are attending to it. It will take another half hour to one hour to resolve. There is no problem in OHE. We are trying to identify the problem,” a Metro official said.
Due to technical glitch, train services between AG-DMS and Airport via Little Mount in Blue Line are running with delayed frequency.
— Chennai Metro Rail (@cmrlofficial) February 11, 2019
Normal Services between AG-DMS and Airport via Little Mount in Blue Line will... https://t.co/0IX1jCXhid
Initially, it was reported that the delays were due to Over Head Equipment (OHE) issues affecting commuters who were using the metro for long distance travel. One of the commuters took to Twitter to share his discomfort.
@cmrlofficial The train stopped in the middle near Meenambakkam and we were asked to get out and walk like this. #pathetic #chennaimetro #CMRL pic.twitter.com/4w4hqZGXNC
— Vignesh (@Vignesh188RK) February 11, 2019
PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Phase 1 of the Chennai Metro rail on Sunday (10 February) via a video call from Tirupur district marking the opening of the Rs 14,600 crore project connecting Washermanpet to the AG-DMS. The Koyambedu-Alandur stretch had opened to the public in June 2015.
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