Delhi Metro s first fully automated driverless train took tracks on Magenta line from Jasola Vihar metro station on Monday
NEW DELHI: Though Delhi Metro took a technological leap on Monday with the inauguration of its driverless train on Magenta Line, most commuters travelling on the 37km corridor were blissfully unaware that their train was not run by an operator in the driver’s cabin but from the silent Operations Control Centre situated 10-20km away depending on where they were between Botanical Garden and Janakpuri West in the Metro’s Barakhamba Road headquarters.
If not for the electronic display panel welcoming passengers to a “driverless train” while also assuring that an operator is available in the cab for any assistance, Akanksha Saxena, a 36-year-old homemaker from Janakpuri, would have had no idea she was on a fully automated driverless train operations (DTO) that only 7% of the world’s Metro networks can boast of.
Narendra Modi flags off India’s first ever fully-automated driverless metro train in Delhi; all you need to know Under the new system, the trains will be controlled entirely from the three command centres of the DMRC. FP Trending December 28, 2020 12:33:42 IST File Image. AFP
Taking transportation technological advancement of the country ahead, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday flagged off India s first-ever fully-automated driverless metro train on the Magenta Line of Delhi Metro.
While the Delhi Metro has one of the most meticulously-planned train services that maps the entire National Capital Region (NCR), the new driverless train will enable smoother conduct and ease in transportation. Here are some important facts to know about the new driverless train of Delhi Metro:
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From pride and excitement to surprise and a little bit of apprehension, several young and old passengers went through a gamut of emotions as they rode the country s first driverless train on a Delhi Metro corridor on Monday. The first train of this service driven by next-generation technology ran from Janakpuri West station to Botanical Garden station of the 37-km Magenta Line as the DMRC leaped into an elite club of metro networks globally.
Inaugurating India s first-ever driverless train operations on the Delhi Metro s Magenta Line on Monday morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government unlike its predecessors has taken growing urbanisation as an opportunity and asserted that metro train services will be extended to 25 cities by 2025 from the current 18. Among the first riders was infant Aarav (3) who sounded very excited, as his father told him that no driver was p
From pride and excitement to surprise and a little bit of apprehension, several young and old passengers went through a gamut of emotions as they rode the country s first driverless train on a Delhi Metro corridor on Monday. The first train of this service driven by next-generation technology ran from Janakpuri West station to Botanical Garden station of the 37-km Magenta Line as the DMRC leaped into an elite club of metro networks globally. Inaugurating India s first-ever driverless train operations on the Delhi Metro s Magenta Line on Monday morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government unlike its predecessors has taken growing urbanisation as an opportunity and asserted that metro train services will be extended to 25 cities by 2025 from the current 18.
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1 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the India’s first-ever driverless train operations on Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line, through video conference, in New Delhi, on Monday. PTI Photo
New Delhi, December 28
From pride and excitement to surprise and a little bit of apprehension, several young and old passengers went through a gamut of emotions as they rode the country s first driverless train on a Delhi Metro corridor on Monday.
The first train of this service driven by next-generation technology ran from Janakpuri West station to Botanical Garden station of the 37-km Magenta Line as the DMRC leaped into an elite club of metro networks globally.