Ahmedabad: Metro services in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar will run for reduced hours on Nov 8 (Diwali), with the last trains leaving terminal stations between 5.16 pm and 7.08 pm, depending on the corridor.The Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) has curtailed operations for the festival as a precaution, citing passenger safety, as well as operational challenges posed by bursting of firecrackers. The move is consistent with arrangements adopted by other metro rail networks.Ahmedabad Metro services ordinarily run from 6.20 am to 11 pm, while Gandhinagar services operate from 6.20 am to 9 pm. Under the revised schedule, services on Ahmedabad corridors will run until 7 pm, while those on Gandhinagar corridors will end by 6.21 pm.On the Vastral Gam-Thaltej Gam corridor, the final train will depart Vastral Gam at 7 pm and Thaltej Gam at 7.05 pm. On the APMC-Koteshwar Road corridor, the last trains will leave APMC at 7.08 pm and Koteshwar Road at 7.05 pm.The APMC-Mahatma Mandir corridor will see an earlier shutdown, with the last train departing APMC at 5.30 pm and Mahatma Mandir at 6.08 pm. On the APMC-GIFT City corridor, the final departures will be at 5.16 pm from APMC and 6.21 pm from GIFT City.The altered schedule will remain in force only on Nov 8, after which regular services are expected to resume. GMRC has advised commuters to check the timings and plan their travel to avoid inconvenience on the festival day.
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