Kochi: With the Indian Railways cancelling services of all passenger trains until March 31 as part of its measures to combat the community spread of novel coronavirus, Kochi Metro will suspend its services from Monday.

The Kochi Metro Rail Limited had on Saturday decided to temporarily reduce the service of its trains as an attempt to discourage non-essential travel during the coronavirus crisis.

It had decided to reduce number of services from Monday (March 23) to Saturday (March 28). The plan was to conduct services every 20 minute from 6 am to 10 am and 4 pm to 10 pm. From 10 am to 4 pm, there would be a gap of 1 hour between services.

The last train would leave Thykoodam and Aluva Metro stations respectively at 10 pm.

Kochi Metro did not conduct services on Sunday as part of observing the nation-wide Janata Curfew. Kochi Metro has witnessed significant fall in footprints in the past few days following the second breakout of the virus in the state, sources said.