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PM Modi flags off driverless train operations on Delhi Metro s Magenta Line
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday flagged off India s first-ever driverless train operations on Delhi Metro s Magenta Line, along with the fully operational National Common Mobility Card service on the Airport Express Line. The inauguration was held via video conferencing. The commercial operation of these new-generation trains, set to be a major technological feat, began after the event.
The Prime Minister s Office (PMO) said on Saturday that these innovations will herald a new era of travelling comfort and enhanced mobility.
The driverless trains will be fully automated, which will eliminate the possibility of human error, it 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.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated India s first-ever driverless train operations on Delhi Metro s Magenta Line along with the fully operational 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.
: Monday, December 28, 2020, 9:53 PM IST
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated India s first-ever driverless train operations on the Delhi Metro s Magenta Line (Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden).
At 11 AM on this day, the Prime Minister, in the same event, also launched via video conferencing the fully operational National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) services on the Airport Express Line.
This has heralded a new era of enhanced mobility driven by cutting-edge technology, and falls within the ambits of the Prime Minister s ambitious One Nation, One Card vision.
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Updated Dec 28, 2020, 12:39 pm IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated India s first-ever driverless train operations on Delhi Metro s Magenta Line
PM Modi inaugurates India s first-ever driverless train operations
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated India s first-ever driverless train operations on Delhi Metro s Magenta Line along with the fully operational 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.
PM inaugurates India s first-ever driverless train operations on Delhi Metro s Magenta Line
Modi said that with the driverless metro trains, India has become one of the few countries in the world, where such service is available.
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PM Modi inaugurates India s first driverless train on Delhi Metro s Magenta line. (Photo | Twitter/ANI) By PTI
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 the Delhi Metro s Magenta Line.