Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also attended the inaugural function. While flagging off the train via video conference, PM Modi said, “The inauguration of the first driverless metro train shows how fast India is moving towards smart systems.”
Driverless trains will be fully automated, eliminating the possibility of human error. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation said in a statement on Sunday that these innovations would usher in a new era of travel, comfort and enhanced mobility for the residents of Delhi-NCR.
With the introduction of driverless trains on the Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro, DMRC will enter the elite league of 7% of the world’s metro networks, which can operate without drivers, the DMRC statement read.
Hon'ble PM Shri @narendramodi will inaugurate India’s first Driverless Train on Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line & will launch the fully operational National Common Mobility Card on the Airport Express Line at 11 AM.
Watch the event live on https://t.co/rxcK3AYE9E pic.twitter.com/5BfCufEKVV
— Delhi Metro Rail Corporation I कृपया मास्क पहनें😷 (@OfficialDMRC) December 28, 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first driverless train operation on Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line connecting 37 km Janakpuri West and Botanical Gardens with the introduction of fully operational National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) services on the Airport Express Line on Monday morning.
DMRC said that Delhi Metro has been a pioneer in offering technology-driven solutions for passenger comfort and is another step in the same direction.
After the introduction of driverless services on the Magenta Line, the Pink Line of the Delhi Metro is expected to be driverless by mid-2021.
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Apart from this, Delhi Metro on Monday started using the National Common Mobility Card on the Airport Express Line.
The NCMC, which will be fully operational on the airport line, will also be a major milestone as anyone who has taken RuPay-Debit Card issued by 23 banks in the last 18 months (as per the instructions of Financial Services Department Conforms to NCMC) Delhi Metro said, Government of India) can travel on this line from any part of the country using that card.
Next-generation infrastructure for Delhi. Watch. https://t.co/LK789BkE3x
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 28, 2020
Sources: https://news.abplive.com/