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Smoke at Pink Line station disrupts Delhi metro's run

Smoke at Pink Line station disrupts Delhi metro's run

Deccan Herald12 hours ago

Smoke was noticed around 11:20 am, affecting the station's signalling and Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) systems.

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New Delhi: Delhi Metro's Pink Line (Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar) service was slowed down for nearly five hours on Monday after smoke was detected in a technical room in the Trilok Puri-Sanjay Lake metro station. A fire that was detected had damaged the signalling and automatic fare collection (AFC) systems. "Train services on line-7 (Pink Line) are being regulated on a small stretch since 11.20am on Monday due to smoke being detected in one of the technical rooms at Trilok Puri-Sanjay Lake metro station. This has caused disturbance to the signalling and AFC system at this station due to which trains are being regulated," Anuj Dayal, principal executive director of corporate communications at DMRC, said. He later said that normal service was restored around 4.25pm. Atul Garg, director of Delhi Fire Services, said that a fire broke out in the UPS panel in the UPS S&T Room at Trilokpuri station. Four fire tenders were dispatched to extinguish the fire. The situation was brought under control, and by 1.10pm, the smoke had cleared. No casualties were reported. During this period, the trains approaching Trilokpuri-Sanjay Lake station ran at a slower speed of 25 kmph as signalling was unavailable. "Train services on the rest of the line was normal.... Centralised announcements were made at frequent intervals in stations and inside trains. Fire service personnel cleared the smoke, and efforts were made to restore the signalling and AFC," Dayal said. In May last year, a minor fire broke out in a metro train on the blue line. However, DMRC stated there were no safety concerns, and service was normal. It was a case of pantograph flashing, which was regulated, and the same train safely continued its journey.

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