The nation's first driverless metro train and the NCMC service on the airport express line started

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the country's first driverless train on the Delhi Metro's Magenta Line (Janakpuri West - Botanical Garden), as well as the National Common Mobility Card Service on Airport Express Line Will start through video conference. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) gave this information on Sunday.

The Delhi Metro reported that these new works through video conferencing would usher in a new era of pleasant travel and improved mobility for the residents of the National Capital Region. With the introduction of the no-driver train on the Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro, DMRC will join seven metro networks in the world where the driverless train is being run.

Magenta Line (Janakpuri West - Botanical Garden), about 37 km. Another major corridor of the Delhi Metro, 57 km, with the introduction of the long, but unmanned train service. The long Pink Line (Majlis Park - Shiv Vihar) will also start driverless train operation from the middle of 2021. After this, about 94 km of Delhi Metro. The long network will be able to operate without a driver, making up about 9% of the world's total driverless metro network.

Trains with no driver will be fully automated requiring minimal human intervention, eliminating the possibility of human errors. Delhi Metro has been at the forefront of introducing technology-enabled options for the convenience of commuters and this is the next step in this direction.

The National Common Mobility Card, which operates fully on the Airport Metro, will also be another major achievement, with 23 banks from any part of the country in recent past 18 months (following the NCMC as directed by Department of Financial Services, Government of India) )) Any person holding RuPay - Debit Card issued by him will be able to travel on the Airport Express Line using that card. This facility will be available on the entire Delhi Metro network by the year 2022.

At present, Delhi Metro is about 390 km. The train operates on a long network, with 285 stations on 11 corridors (including Noida-Greater Noida). Nearly 60 lakh journeys were carried out daily before the Kovid transition on the Delhi Metro network, making this network the backbone of mass transport in the National Capital Region.