Cable theft affects services on Delhi Metro’s Blue Line

This has led to signalling issues on the metro line, resulting in trains having to be operated at restricted speeds, which is leading to either delayed services, or bunching up of trains - a problem which will only be fixed by the end of the operations on Thursday night, DMRC added.

“Train services on Blue Line (Dwarka Sector 21-Noida Electronic City /Vaishali ) are being regulated today since morning due to prima facie what appears to be a case of theft and damage to signaling cables caused by some thieves/miscreants between Moti Nagar and Kirti Nagar Metro stations,” said Anuj Dayal, Principal Executive Director, Corporate Communications at DMRC.

When this happens, the positioning of trains is managed manually instead of the online system which controls driverless trains, he said.