NOIDA, June 16 (PTI): Services on the Noida-Greater Noida metro will commence early at 6 am on Sunday to facilitate candidates appearing for the UPSC civil services (prelims) examination, officials said. The Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) operates the Aqua Line of the metro corridor between Noida and Greater Noida. Normally, services on Sundays start at 8 am on this line. However, considering the UPSC exam scheduled for June 18, the NMRC has decided to start operations earlier to accommodate the needs of examinees. ‘To facilitate the candidates appearing for the UPSC civil services (prelims) examination scheduled on June 18 (Sunday), the passenger’s carriage services will start at 6 am instead of 8 am and run at an interval of 15 minutes on the Aqua Line’, NMRC’s Managing Director Lokesh M said on Friday. Earlier in the day, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation also announced that services on its Phase III section will begin from 6 am on Sunday. The Phase-III sections include trains running between Dilshad Garden-Shaheed Sthal, Noida City Centre-Noida Electronic City, Mundka-Brigadier Hoshiar Singh, Badarpur Border-Raja Nahar Singh (Ballabhgarh), Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar, Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden, and Dhansa Bus Stand-Dwarka. The prestigious examination will begin at 9 am (forenoon session) and 2 pm (afternoon session) with entry to the venue closing 30 minutes before the commencement of the test, according to the UPSC website.