Metro services disrupted after death on track

October 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A crane toppled at a Delhi Metro construction site here Saturday injuring two people, police said. The accident, blamed on "mechanical failure", took place at the proposed Saket Metro station in south Delhi.

October 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A security guard employed by a sub-contractor and posted at an under-construction Delhi Metro station fell from the elevated track and sustained injuries Saturday evening, an official said, adding it was not clear if this was a suicide attempt. The man, identified as Shambhu, was rushed to the Lal Bahadur Shahstri hospital after he fell from the track near Lakshmi Nagar station around 7 p.m., the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) official said.

September 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Delhi Metro Railway Corporation (DMRC) junior engineer, who was in charge of track maintenance, was suspended on Sunday after a coach of the Delhi Metro train derailed on the Yamuna Bank-Dwarka this morning. According to reports, the incident took place around 6 a.m, when two wheels of the front coach of the train between Yamuna Bank-Dwarka went off the tracks.

September 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Delhi Metro Railway Corporation (DMRC) coach on the Indraprashta-Yamuna Nagar line derailed early on Sunday morning. Though the cause of the 6 a.m.derailment was not immediately known, several routes along the metro line were disrupted.

September 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A coach of the Delhi Metro derailed near the Yamuna Bank station in east Delhi Sunday morning, disrupting train services temporarily, an official said. While no injuries were reported, a junior engineer has been suspended.

September 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A coach of the Delhi Metro derailed near the Yamuna Bank station in east Delhi Sunday morning, leading to temporary disruption of train services, an official said. No injuries were reported.

August 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Metro will run curtailed services on the Independence Day Saturday and no parking facility will be available at stations for commuters till afternoon, a Delhi Metro Road Corporation (DMRC) official said Friday. "The Metro trains will run as per normal timings starting 6.00 a.m.

August 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A coach of a Delhi Metro train derailed near Dwarka station on the Yamuna Bank-Dwarka line Wednesday, metro officials said. All the 39 passengers in the coach escaped unhurt.

August 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A coach of a Delhi Metro train was derailed near Dwarka station Wednesday. All the 34 passengers aboard the coach escaped unhurt in the accident caused after the train driver jumped a signal point, an official said.

July 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Metro chief E. Sreedharan has left for Kerela to attend ceremonies related to the death of his sister who passed away days before a major Metro accident killed six people here.

May 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Metro has sought help from authorities as people from slums have been throwing stones on the tracks and at the trains, often damaging and disrupting services. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) managing director E.

April 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - A minor fire Tuesday evening at the Pitampura Metro station of Line 1 (Shahdara - Rithala) in Delhi caused disruption in Metro train services, an official said. The fire erupted in an air conditioner in the signal room of the Metro station around 5.40 p.m.

March 31st, 2009 KOLKATA - Power supply was snapped in parts of central and south Kolkata, including to the West Bengal chief minister's residence and two leading hospitals, and Metro railway services were disrupted following a major power breakdown in the city Tuesday. The chief minister's residence at Palm Avenue in the southern part of the city remained without city power supply for half an hour after three transformers of West Bengal State Electricity Board (WBSEB) tripped simultaneously around 4.30 p.m.

March 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Metro services will be closed till 2 p.m Wednesday for Holi because of less passenger footfall and security concerns, an official said Monday. 'On the day of the Holi festival that falls March 11, metro services will not be available till 2 p.m.

March 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 50-year-old man committed suicide by jumping in front of a Delhi Metro train at the Chawri Bazaar station Saturday, leading to disruption of services on the route for about 20 minutes. 'The man jumped in front of the metro train around 8.15 a.m.