UPSC Prelims 2024: The rides on the Noida-Greater Noida Metro will commence from 6:00 am on Sunday (June 16) in order to facilitate candidates appearing for the UPSC civil services (prelims) examination.
Usually on Sundays, the services on the Aqua Line of the metro corridor between the twin cities begin at 8 am, according to its operator the Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC).
"To facilitate the candidates appearing for the UPSC civil services (prelims) examination scheduled on June 16 (Sunday), the passenger's carriage services will start at 6 am instead of 8 am and run at an interval of 15 minutes on the Aqua Line," NMRC's Managing Director Lokesh M said.
DMRC announcement
Earlier in the day, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation also announced that services on its Phase III section will begin from 6 am on Sunday.
The Phase-III sections include trains running between Dilshad Garden-Shaheed Sthal, Noida City Centre-Noida Electronic City, Mundka-Brigadier Hoshiar Singh, Badarpur Border-Raja Nahar Singh (Ballabhgarh), Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar, Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden, and Dhansa Bus Stand-Dwarka.
The prestigious examination on June 16 begins at 9:00 am (forenoon session) and 2 pm (afternoon session) with entry to the venue closing 30 minutes before the commencement of the test, according to the UPSC website.
Metro timings of last, first Yellow Line trains to change for work
There will be some changes in the last and first train timings on Sunday and Monday respectively in view of the ongoing work on a 490-metre section of Janakpuri West to RK Ashram corridor of Phase-IV of Delhi Metro's Yellow Line, officials said on Saturday. The alignment in the stretch, which crosses over Haiderpur Badli Mor Metro station, is adjacent to the existing operational Yellow Line and is critical as the corridor reaches a height of about 28.36 metre, the highest rail level ever of the Delhi Metro in the entire network, they said.
DMRC's principal executive director corporate communications, Anuj Dayal, said on Sunday, the last train will depart at 10:45 pm instead of 11 pm from Samaypur Badli to Millennium City Centre Gurugram and at 9:30 pm instead of 11 pm from Millennium City Centre Gurugram to Samaypur Badli.
