BENGALURU: Namma Metro products and services had been disrupted for 39 mins on Monday morning after a technical glitch hit the Byappanahalli-Mysuru Road Purple Line, inconveniencing commuters, particularly office-goers.
A BMRCL remark stated a signalling failure took place at the access level of Byappanahalli station at 10.18am as a result of which trains couldn’t arrive or go away till the device used to be manually reset and restored by means of 10.57am. Six spherical journeys from Byappanahalli had been cancelled due to the signalling failure, stated BMRCL managing director Mahendra Jain in a remark.
The Metro staffers had to evacuate 158 passengers from one train thru a walkway to the platform at 10.35am after it used to be stranded about 200m from the station. Following this, three trains heading to Byappanahalli had been terminated — one at SV Road and two at Indiranagar stations.
Many stations, together with the Majestic interchange, MG Road and Indiranagar stations, noticed an enormous crowd for over an hour and several other products and services had been delayed as a result of the technical snag.
“There used to be a short lived drawback at Byappanahalli crossover the place the trains flip again. As a outcome, some trains had to flip again at Indiranagar and some trains detained just a little longer at various stations. The drawback used to be fastened and products and services had been again to normal by means of round 11am. No train had been stuck midway in a tunnel as energy provide used to be now not affected,” stated Jain.
Many stranded passengers took to social media to vent their anger. Raviprajna, a commuter, tweeted, “Namma Metro workforce collects Metro fare knowingly even when train used to be stopped (for) greater than 45 mins due to a technical issue causing inconvenience to many.”
Another commuter, Mohan Krishnappa, tweeted, “Namma Metro Kudos 2u. What punctuality (sic); different nations must be told from u. Halted for 30minutes at Vidhana Soudha stn; wasted treasured time with money that too in height time; serious(ly) affecting many commuters. V would have opted (for) BMTC for higher punctuality (sic).”
However, BMRCL said that 16 tokens — 5 at Byappanahalli, 5 at Indiranagar and 6 at Mysuru Road stations — for a value of Rs 340 had been refunded during the length.
BMRCL also operated three brief loops from Indiranagar to Mysuru Road and Majestic interchange to transparent the frenzy. “Signal failure is being investigated completely,” the remark added.
A BMRCL remark stated a signalling failure took place at the access level of Byappanahalli station at 10.18am as a result of which trains couldn’t arrive or go away till the device used to be manually reset and restored by means of 10.57am. Six spherical journeys from Byappanahalli had been cancelled due to the signalling failure, stated BMRCL managing director Mahendra Jain in a remark.
The Metro staffers had to evacuate 158 passengers from one train thru a walkway to the platform at 10.35am after it used to be stranded about 200m from the station. Following this, three trains heading to Byappanahalli had been terminated — one at SV Road and two at Indiranagar stations.
Many stations, together with the Majestic interchange, MG Road and Indiranagar stations, noticed an enormous crowd for over an hour and several other products and services had been delayed as a result of the technical snag.
“There used to be a short lived drawback at Byappanahalli crossover the place the trains flip again. As a outcome, some trains had to flip again at Indiranagar and some trains detained just a little longer at various stations. The drawback used to be fastened and products and services had been again to normal by means of round 11am. No train had been stuck midway in a tunnel as energy provide used to be now not affected,” stated Jain.
Many stranded passengers took to social media to vent their anger. Raviprajna, a commuter, tweeted, “Namma Metro workforce collects Metro fare knowingly even when train used to be stopped (for) greater than 45 mins due to a technical issue causing inconvenience to many.”
Another commuter, Mohan Krishnappa, tweeted, “Namma Metro Kudos 2u. What punctuality (sic); different nations must be told from u. Halted for 30minutes at Vidhana Soudha stn; wasted treasured time with money that too in height time; serious(ly) affecting many commuters. V would have opted (for) BMTC for higher punctuality (sic).”
However, BMRCL said that 16 tokens — 5 at Byappanahalli, 5 at Indiranagar and 6 at Mysuru Road stations — for a value of Rs 340 had been refunded during the length.
BMRCL also operated three brief loops from Indiranagar to Mysuru Road and Majestic interchange to transparent the frenzy. “Signal failure is being investigated completely,” the remark added.
Namma Metro: Snag hits Purple Line for 40 mins
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