The Noida-Greater Noida Metro will resume services from September 7 with curtailed timings, and only passengers with face masks and body temperature not more than 37.7 degrees Celsius will be allowed entry, officials said on Wednesday. The trains would run from 7 am to 11 am and from 5 pm to 9 pm with a frequency of 15 minutes from Monday to Saturday. On Sundays, the services will start from 8 am, the Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) said.
Travelling on the Aqua Line will be a different experience for metro commuters as it will be mandatory for all passengers to wear masks and follow social distancing norms among other rules and regulations set by the government in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, it said. “Temperature inside the train will be maintained in the range of 24-30 degrees Celsius. As of now, trains will stop at all the stations. However, based on future notifications, stations falling in containment zones will remain closed for commuters,” NMRC Managing Director Ritu Maheshwari said in a statement.
Any such changes will be informed to the commuters through public notice, announcement and updates on the NMRC website and applications, Maheshwari added. On passenger screening and other guidelines to be followed at the stations, the NMRC said only the passengers with face masks will be allowed.
“Every passenger will be screened by thermal sensors. The limiting maximum temperature for travel permission will be 37.7 degrees Celsius. Passengers having ‘Aarogya Setu’ app with ‘green status’ will be allowed,” according to the statement. However, Maheshwari, the NMRC chief, told .
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