PM Modi to flag off India’s first driverless train on Dec 28, to run on Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line
India will soon get its first driverless metro train by December with Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagging it off on December 28. The first-ever fully-automated driverless train service will be operated on the Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line that connects Delhi’s Janakpuri West with Noida’s Botanical Garden line.
The announcement was made by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Thursday evening. On the same day, the PM will also launch a fully-operational National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) for travel on the Airport Express Line of Delhi Metro, the DMRC further informed.
The DMRC has completed 18 years of operations on Friday (December 25). On December 25, 2002, the then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had launched the first Delhi metro service. Coincidentally, today also marks the birth anniversary of the former PM. The DMRC had opened its first corridor between Shahdara and Tis Hazari.
The driverless trains are to operate on the Magenta Line and are said to eventually operate on the Pink Line as well, that were made as part of the Phase-III of the DMRC.
