PRIME MINISTER FLAGS OFF INDIA'S FIRST DRIVER-LESS TRAIN FOR DELHI METRO.
Prime Minister shri . Narendra Modi today inaugurated India's first driver-less train on Delhi Metro 's Magenta Line. He also launched the National Common Mobility Card, an inter-operable transport facility that allows users to pay for travel, toll duties, retail shopping, and withdraw money using one card. The driver-less trains will be fully automated, eliminating the possibility of human error, officials say. The service will be available on Delhi Metro's Magenta Line which connects Janak-puri West in West Delhi to Botanical Garden in Noida. This will be extended to Delhi Metro's Pink Line (Majlis Park-Shiv V i h a r) by mid-2021. "The inauguration of the first driver-less metro train shows how fast India is moving towards smart systems," Prime Minister Modi said inaugurating the ground-breaking project today during a virtual function. "The first metro in the country was started with the efforts of Atal Ji . When our government was formed in 2014, ...