Travel on the metro will be allowed only with the use of Metro Smart Cards
BENGALURU:
After the State government, on Saturday, permitted operation of Namma Metro by Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) at 50% capacity from Monday — the Metro services will resume only on weekdays from 7am on Monday.
In a press release, BMRCL said Namma Metro services will resume on weekdays, though they will not be available on Saturdays and Sundays in view of the weekend curfew.
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Services will resume on both purple and green lines with the trains operating between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. and 6 p.m., with a frequency of five minutes. Frequency of trains will be revisited depending on passenger traffic.
Travel on the metro will be allowed only with the use of Metro Smart Cards. Though cash transactions are permitted for purchase of smart cards and top-up at stations, BMRCL has encouraged commuters to opt for cashless transactions.
All passengers have to follow strictly COVID-19 protocols such as:
- Thermalscanning of all passengers at entry of the station
- Hand sanitization by hand sanitizers provided at the entry or stations and encourages passengers to carry their own personnel sanitizers.
- One step to be kept vacant while using escalators.
- Only 4 persons are permitted to use the Lift at a time.
- Mandatory wearing of face mask and social distancing in Metro premises and throughout the journey.
- For maintaining social distance, alternate seats to be kept vacant in Metro Train and standing at the yellow strip markers in trains and at stations.
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