New Delhi, Oct 14 The Delhi Metro will start services at 3.30 am on Sunday on the Red, Yellow, Blue and Violet lines to facilitate participants of the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon, which will be held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on October 18, the DMRC said on Wednesday.
The remaining lines will operate according to their regular Sunday timetable, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said in a statement.
Between 3.30 am and 4.15 am, trains on the four lines will run at 15-minute intervals. The frequency will change to 20 minutes between 4.15 am and 6 am, after which services will follow the regular Sunday timetable, it said.
The Red Line will connect Rithala with Shaheed Sthal New Bus Adda, while the Yellow Line will run between Samaypur Badli and Millennium City Centre Gurugram, the corporation said.
On the Blue Line, early services will operate between Dwarka Sector 21 and Noida Electronic City and Vaishali. The Violet Line will run between Kashmere Gate and Raja Nahar Singh in Ballabhgarh, covering key parts of the national capital and the adjoining region.
Marathon organisers will deploy volunteers at select Metro stations, including JLN Stadium, Jor Bagh, Janpath and Jangpura, to guide participants.
The DMRC said the marathon organisers would sponsor participants’ Metro travel to and from the venue. The corporation has provided the required number of QR tickets according to the applicable Metro fares for the event.
Runners have been advised to collect wristbands carrying special QR codes, along with their race bibs, from the organisers to avail themselves of free Metro travel for their onwards and return journeys, it added.
(PTI News)
