Delhi metro timings 26 January 2024: Metro services commence at 4 am on Republic Day

Delhi metro timings 26 January 2024, Delhi metro timings on Republic Day: The Delhi Metro services started at 4 a.m. on all its lines to facilitate the public reaching Kartavya Path to witness the celebrations today, as the country celebrates 75th Republic Day.

Delhi Metro will commence its services at 4:00 AM on all its Lines to facilitate the public to reach Kartavya Path to witness the Republic Day ceremony on 26th January 2024 (Friday). Train services will be available at a headway of 30 minutes till 6AM.

— Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (@OfficialDMRC) January 24, 2024

The train services were available at a headway of 30 minutes until 6 a.m., and thereafter, a regular timetable will be followed for the rest of the day, according to DMRC.

In addition, people who will have bona fide e-invitation cards or e-tickets for attending the Republic Day ceremony will be issued coupons after showing valid government-issued photo identity cards at stations to be valid for exit from the Central Secretariat and Udyog Bhawan Metro station only to reach the Kartavya Path, a DMRC statement mentioned.

The same coupon will be valid for return journeys from these two stations only, it added. Further, the statement mentioned that regular announcements will also be made inside the trains to inform the passengers so that they deboard at designated stations to reach their enclosures smoothly.

The DMRC earlier said that the security checks for passengers have been intensified by the Central Industrial Security Force across the Metro stations from January 19 until January 27.

Security has been beefed up in the national capital for Republic Day celebrations. The Delhi Police, on January 19, prohibited the flying of sub-conventional aerial platforms, including paragliders, paramotors, hang gliders, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), in the national capital.

The prohibition has been implemented for 29 days—from January 18 to February 15—unless withdrawn earlier.

No flights will arrive or depart from Delhi Airport between 10:20 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. from January 19 to January 26 in view of the celebrations, according to an official statement from Delhi International Airport Limited.

(with ANI inputs)