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India joins select countries having Metro Rail without a driver : PM
New Delhi – Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first-ever driverless train operations on Delhi Metros Magenta Line today through a video conference. Today the National Common Mobility Card was expanded to the Airport Express Line of Delhi Metro, which was started in Ahmedabad last year. Union Minister Shri Hardeep Puri and Chief Minister of Delhi, Shri Arvind Kejriwal were present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister termed today’s event as an attempt to make urban development future ready. He said preparing the country for future needs is an important responsibility of governance. He lamented the fact that a few decades ago, when the demand of urbanisation was felt, there was not much attention given to the needs of the future, half-hearted work was done and confusion persisted. He said unlike this, modern thinking says that urbanization shoul
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Flagging off of India s first driverless train on the Delhi Metro network is being seen as a major technological milestone for rapid transport in the country. December 28, 2020 / 07:08 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate India’s first fully-automated train service on Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line on December 28 via video conference.
Commercial operations of the new-generation driverless metro rakes will commence shortly after the prime minister inaugurates the service, according to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be flagging off the country s first ever fully-automated driverless train service on the 37 kilometre-Magenta Line (Janakpuri West to Botanical Garden) and will also be launching the fully operational National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) for travel on the 23-km Airport Express Line (New Delhi to Dwa
Launching driverless train, PM hails move to ‘smart systems’
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, and DMRC Managing Director Mangu Singh were also at the virtual inauguration. Updated: December 29, 2020 1:19:19 am
PM Modi flagged off the train through a virtual event.
The Delhi Metro’s driverless train, the first of its kind in the country, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conference at 11 am on Monday.
“I had the privilege of inaugurating the Magenta Line about three years ago. Today, on the same route, I have the opportunity of inaugurating the country’s first fully automated Metro, which we call ‘Driverless Metro’. This shows how fast India is moving towards smart systems. Today, the National Common Mobility Card is also being added by Delhi Metro. It started in Ahmedabad last year. Starting today, it will include the Airport Express Line of Delhi Metro,” he said.
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