Mumbai Metro s first driverless train to arrive on January 27
IANS / Updated: Jan 21, 2021, 06:25 IST
Mumbai Metro will get its first of its indigenously-manufactured
driverless trains from Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. Bengaluru, Urban Development Minister
Eknath Shinde said on Wednesday.
The first of these automatic Metro trains will reach the Charkop Metro Carshed in Mumbai on January 27 and after operational tests, will be deployed on the two new Metro routes scheduled to start from May this year, he said. This will be a driverless Metro train, running automatically. But, in order not to panic or make passengers feel unsafe, for around six months initially, they will be operated by a motorman. The trains will have a max speed limit of 80kmph, said Shinde.
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Activists suggest wetlands be developed as tourist attractions and builders incentivised to protect avian biodiversity. A black-winged stilt in a polluted creek next to Lokhandwala lake in Mumbai. | Kartik Chandramouli/Mongabay.
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