With the introduction of these new-generation driverless trains, the Delhi Metro network has entered the choose league of 7% of the world’s metro networks which can run devoid of drivers. (Photo supply: IE)
On Monday, India’s initial driverless train was began on Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line. The Delhi Metro train driven by subsequent-generation technologies ran from Janakpuri West metro station to Botanical Garden metro station of the 37-km lengthy Magenta Line. While flagging off the nation’s initial driverless train operations on Delhi Metro, PM Modi stated his government has taken expanding urbanisation as an chance and additional asserted that metro train services will be extended to as a lot of as 25 cities across the nation from the present 18 cities by the year 2025, according to a PTI report. With the introduction of these new-generation driverless trains, the Delhi Metro network has entered the choose league of 7% of the world’s metro networks which can run devoid of drivers.
Among the initial riders on the driverless train was 3-year old Aarav who sounded quite excited, as his father told him that no driver was piloting the metro train. The tiny boy was quoted in the report saying that the train is getting driven by remote manage. The newly launched driverless train is centrally controlled from the Operations Control Centre (OCC). Initially, a roaming attendant will be present but the move would be steadily withdrawn to shift to Unattended Train Operation (UTO) mode. While most of the commuters travelling on the Magenta Line knew about this new driverless train, a lot of men and women who took the metro train from a variety of metro stations had been in fact oblivious to the truth that it was a driverless train.
Delhi University students, Riya Sharma (18) and Gurpreet Kaur (17) had been also excited about their metro ride. Kaur was quoted saying that they are proud as it is not just Delhi Metro’s initial driverless train but the initial such train of India. She additional stated that she did not really feel substantially of a distinction, from a common metro train. Sharma was quoted in the report saying that it was her initial metro journey due to the fact the Delhi Metro services had been suspended due to COVID-19-induced lockdown.
According to PM Modi, the launch of the driverless train on Magenta Line and the start off of the National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) facility on the Airport Express Line (also inaugurated by him) are an try to make urban improvement future-prepared.