New Delhi: PM Modi to inaugurate India’s first ever driverless train operations on the Delhi Metro’s magenta line along with the fully operational National Common mobility Card(NCMC) on Monday.
“These innovations ae going to herald a new era of travelling comfort and enhanced mobility for the National Capital Region (NCR)’s residents. With the commencement of driverless trains on the Delhi’s Metro Magenta Line, DMRC will enter the elite league of seven per cent of World’s Metro networks which can operate without drivers”, read an official press release.
According to the release, in 2014, only 248 kilometres of Metro lines were operational in five cities, presently 702 kilometres of Metro lines are operational in 18 cities in India.