Delhi Metro Gets India s First Driverless Train
Operations will begin on the Magenta Line (Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden). The Pink Line (Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar) of Delhi Metro is expected to have driverless operations by mid-2021.
Delhi Metro s first driverless train. Photo: Twitter/@OfficialDMRC
Urban28/Dec/2020
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first-ever driverless train operations on the Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line on Monday. He said metro train services will be extended to 25 cities by 2025 from the current 18.
The driverless trains will be fully automated, which will eliminate the possibility of human error, the government has said, adding that after the start of driverless services on the Magenta Line (Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden), the Pink Line (Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar) of Delhi Metro is expected to have driverless operations by mid-2021.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that metro train services will be extended to 25 cities with an over 1,700-km network by 2025 in the country as he flagged off India’s first-ever driverless train operations on Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line.
Modi noted that metro service was confined to only five cities in 2014, when his government came to power at the Centre, and said it has continuously been expanded to different cities, a testimony of people’s “ease of living” being ensured by his dispensation.
He said that the central government did not see urbanisation as a challenge but used this as an opportunity and took a swipe at earlier regimes, saying they did not address the infrastructure demands of growing cities for decades.
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National Common Mobility Card service on the
Airport Express Line via video conferencing.
The driverless trains will be fully automated, which will eliminate the possibility of human error, the government has said, adding that after the start of driverless services on the Magenta Line (
Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden), the
Pink Line (Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar) of Delhi Metro is expected to have driverless operations by mid-2021. The Prime Minister s Office has said that these innovations will herald a new era of travelling comfort and enhanced mobility.
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The National Common Mobility Card, which will be fully operationalised on the Airport Express Line, will enable anyone carrying a RuPay-Debit Card issued from any part of the country to travel on the route using it.
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India’s first driverless train in Delhi: All you need to know
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) marked a milestone on Monday, December 28 as Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Indiaâs first-ever driverless train operations on its 38-kilometer long Magenta Line, which connects Janakpuri West and Botanical Garden.
The maiden driverless train is set to be a major technological feat and it will roll out a new era of âtravelling comfort and enhanced mobilityâ for the residents of Delhi and other cities in the National Capital Region, the official statement of the government said.Â
Delhi Metro, now the countryâs largest urban mass rapid transit system, had commenced operations on December 24, 2002 on a 8.4-km stretch between Shahdara and Tis Hazari stations. Since then, its network has been growing, with another 61-km set to be added under the Phase IV expansion project.