new delhi on thursday delhi metro rail corporation dmrc once again appealed to commuters to travel during peak hours only if essential in view of the current restrictions and plan the journey during offpeak hours to avoid long queuesanuj dayal executive director corporate communications dmrc said that metros entire fleet of about 2000 coaches have seating capacity of one lakh while more than 2 lakh passengers come to stations at rush hours to regulate entry of passengers it is necessary to restrict the number of gates as opening more gates will make it difficult to regulate the number of passengers inside trains he said this is the reason why a limited number of gates are opened he saiddayal said that recently random incidents of impatient passengers trying to barge into stations breaking the queues and manhandling dmrc and cisf personnel on duty have been reported tnn