Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday inaugurated India’s first-ever driverless train operations on Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line. He also launched the National Common Mobility Card, an inter-operable transport facility that allows users to pay for travel, toll duties, retail shopping, and withdraw money using one card.
“The inauguration of the first driverless metro train shows how fast India is moving towards smart systems,” Modi said during the function. Apart from PM Modi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also attended the virtual event
With the commencement of these new-generation trains, the DMRC will enter the elite league of “seven per cent of world’s Metro networks” which can operate services without drivers, the Delhi Metro said on Sunday.
After starting driverless services on the 37-km Magenta Line (Janakpuri West Botanical Garden), another major corridor of the Delhi Metro, 57-km Pink Line (Majlis Park Shiv Vihar) will also have driverless operations by mid-2021, the DMRC said in a statement.
Source: Indian Express
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