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If your Friday plans involved picking up a bottle or catching a train into town, you might want to rethink them. Indian Railways has ordered the cancellation of all Mail and Express trains scheduled to arrive at New Delhi and Hazrat Nizamuddin stations between 4am and 2pm on October 10, citing the possibility of severe road traffic congestion around the two stations.
The order, issued by the railway department's coaching directorate on October 9, also means that trains leaving their originating stations after 2pm today and due at either station in that window will be cancelled.
The move comes amid the Cockroach Janta Party’s and Opposition parties’ protests against the Chief Election Commissioner. It also comes as more than 5,000 passengers were reportably unable to board their trains after roads to New Delhi Railway Station were blocked because of traffic restrictions in central Delhi on October 8, India Today reported.
What to do: If you're travelling to Delhi tomorrow morning, check your train status on the IRCTC app or NTES before heading to the station.
Meanwhile, the Delhi government has declared two dry days, citing police inputs, ahead of the October 10 protest. Under an Excise Department order, retail liquor shops under specified licence categories can't sell liquor on Friday, October 9 and Saturday, October 10. Licensed bars, restaurants and clubs will stay open. A night out is still on, but your home bar won't be getting restocked.
57 Delhi metro stations will be closed. Here's the list
The DMRC has announced that the entry and exit gates of 57 metro stations will remain closed, starting 9pm today, October 9, continuing on October 10 'until further notice'.
The stations are:
1. Inderlok
2. Shahdara
3. Rithala
4. Rohini
5. Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital
6. Kanhaiya Nagar
7. Netaji Subhash Place
8. Seelampur
9. Welcome
10. Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar
11. Azadpur
12. Adarsh Nagar
13. Jahangirpuri
14. Haiderpur Badli Mor
15. Vishwavidyalaya
16. Vidhan Sabha
17. Civil Lines
18. Kashmere Gate
19. Patel Chowk
20. Central Secretariat
21. Lok Kalyan Marg
22. Chawri Bazar
23. Rajiv Chowk
24. New Delhi
25. Seva Teerth
26. Dilli Haat-INA
27. Hauz Khas
28. Jor Bagh
29. Arjan Garh
30. Ramakrishna Ashram Marg
31. Jhandewalan
32. Supreme Court
33. Indraprastha
34. Mandi House
35. Barakhamba Road
36. Karol Bagh
37. Rajendra Place
38. Jama Masjid
39. Janpath
40. ITO
41. Delhi Gate
42. Khan Market
43. Jangpura
44. Lajpat Nagar
45. Ashram
46. Sarai Kale Khan-Nizamuddin
47. Majlis Park
48. Maujpur-Babarpur
49. Shalimar Bagh
50. Jafrabad
51. Yamuna Vihar
52. Khajuri Khas
53. Kalindi Kunj
54. Jasola Vihar Shaheen Bagh
55. Jamia Millia Islamia
56. Okhla Vihar
57. Shivaji Stadium
Interchange facilities will remain available at all the concerned metro stations except the New Delhi station.
What other travel restrictions have been placed in Delhi?
The Indian Express reported that security may be tightened at entry points for Delhi, cab aggregators like Uber and Ola are being briefed on travel restrictions around central Delhi, and that many hotels in Delhi are being asked to stop bookings. If you have plans that involve any of these, it’s best to check in with your travel agent or host for any updates.