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Chennai Metro Rail passengers were forced to locomotion wrong the passageway connected Tuesday greeting (December 2, 2025) adjacent the High Court presumption owed to a method glitch.
Around 5.45 a.m., a bid departed from Chennai Central Metro Rail presumption towards Wimco Nagar, sources said. Just a fewer minutes later, the bid halted wrong the passageway betwixt Chennai Central presumption and High Court station.
“The train’s artillery had unopen down, and arsenic a result, determination was nary powe,r and it stopped. We tried to power it connected again, but it didn’t work. Hence, we decided to rapidly instrumentality each the passengers and locomotion them down wrong the passageway to the High Court station. The passageway lights were available, and hence they could walk. Soon, they each boarded the adjacent bid from High Court presumption to their respective destinations,” a root said.
Train towed
The bid that suffered the glitch was towed utilizing different bid and brought backmost to Chennai Central station. The services were disrupted betwixt Chennai Central and High Court presumption for astir fractional hour.
In a statement, Chennai Metro Rail Limited said: “Due to a method issue, the metro bid was halted betwixt High Court presumption and Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Metro Station. Immediate evacuation was done, and the bid has been promptly withdrawn from the line. Normal operations person resumed astatine 6:20 a.m. We regret the inconvenience caused.”
Later successful the day, the bid volition beryllium taken to the depot astatine Koyambedu to be to the fault.
