This is less than 10 percent of the normal carrying capacity of the train.
Highlight
- The capacity of Delhi Metro is 2400. 200 per 8-coach train
- The national capital had earlier gone into a yellow level alert amid rising cases of omicrons in the city.
- A Delhi Metro train can generally seat around 2400 passengers – 50 seated and 250 standing.
The capacity of the Delhi Metro has come down from 2400 to 200 per 8-coach train as a yellow level alert was sounded in the national capital amid rising omicron cases in the city.
The Delhi government, in its new guidelines, said that only 50% seating capacity will be allowed in metros, and no standing will be allowed. With the new restrictions, each coach can accommodate only 25 passengers. Now only 200 passengers can sit in the eight-coach train.
A Delhi Metro train can generally seat around 2400 passengers – 50 seated and 250 standing.
This is less than 10 percent of the normal carrying capacity of the train.
The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) issued a “yellow” alert in the national capital earlier this week, following the rise in the number of coronavirus cases amid the emergence of its Omicron variant.
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