Chennai metro train operations extended till 11:00 pm from Monday with several safety measures
Chennai :To cater to the increased demand by passengers for extending of Metro Train Services during night hours, CMRL has decided to extend its Metro Train services from 05:30 am to 11:00 pm from tomorrow (23-08-2021), Monday for weekdays (Monday to Saturday). The peak hour services will be from 08:00 am to 11:00 am in the morning and from 05:00 pm to 08:00 pm in the evening with existing 5-minute headway during Peak hours and 10-minute headway during Non-peak hours. Metro Train services will be on Sundays and Government Public Holidays from 07:00 am to 10:00 pm with 10 minutes headway throughout the day. In addition, a penalty of Rs.200/-is being imposed for not properly wearing Face Masks in Metro Trains and Metro Stations. So far a total of 176 passengers have been levied penalty from 21-06-2021 till 21-08-2021 for non-adherence and a sum of Rs. 35,200/- has been collected as penalty. CMRL requests its passengers to wear their Face Masks properly and maintain social dis