The DMRC will also get started a different main corridor of 57-km Pink Line (Majlis Park Shiv Vihar) with trains operating with no drivers this year. Image: IE
After overcoming several hurdles led by the novel Coronavirus outbreak, Delhi Metro has entered the new year 2021 with the introduction of trains that do not want drivers. Yes, the city’s most employed mode of public transportation has gone driverless. Marking one particular of the main technological feats in the nation, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) ran its initial driverless train on the 37-km Magenta Line on December 28, a report by news agency PTI noted. As these new generation trains have come in, Delhi Metro can also be a element of the league that capabilities the driverless train networks, the report citing DMRC officials mentioned. Driverless trains across the planet contribute to the seven per cent of world’s metro networks.
The DMRC will also get started a different main corridor of 57-km Pink Line (Majlis Park Shiv Vihar) with trains operating with no drivers this year.
While the step into this technological advancement is certainly good for DMRC, but final year was absolutely the most difficult one particular so far. For months, the trains remained halted as the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc in the national capital. On March 22, in order to curb the Coronavirus transmission, Delhi metro was suspended and for 169 days, the services did not resume. It was only immediately after recommendations issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs in September 2020, the Delhi Metro services resumed in a graded manner with a quantity of measures that ensured the least physical make contact with for riders.
The metro stations have been equipped with an automated thermal screening-cum-sanitiser dispenser. Apart from this at quite a few stations, the lift calling program was driven by a foot pedal, the report noted. Meanwhile, the government advised individuals and place up a banner in metro premises asking them to take the metro only till it was of absolute necessity and keep away from the trains if they have been feeling unwell. There is no doubt that managing the metro at a time when Delhi reported the highest development price for Coronavirus transmission was quick. The metros nonetheless ran in a manner that with all precautions in spot. Albeit masks for individuals at stations and inside trains stay mandatory.
The resumption in services was regarded as as a required signifies not only to create revenues for the organization but also as a contribution in the financial revival. Inside coaches, notices had been place to keep distance amongst individuals and the use of tokens had been attempted to phase out gradually. Monetary transactions took spot with credit, debit and wise cards along with other mobile apps and on-line services.