New Delhi:Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the country's first ever driverless train operations on the Delhi Metro's Magenta Line from Janakpuri West to
Botanical Garden, via video conferencing at 1100 hrs.
National Capital Region (NCR)'s residents.After starting driverless services on the 37 kilometre long Magenta Line (Janakpuri West – Botanical Garden), another major corridor of the Delhi Metro, the 57 kilometre long Pink Line (Majlis Park – Shiv Vihar) will also have driverless operations by the mid of 2021.
The National Common Mobility Card, which will be fully operationalised on the Airport Express Line will also be a major milestone as anyone carrying a RuPay -Debit Card issued recently in the last 18 months by 23 banks (all these are NCMC compliant as per directions of the Department of Financial Services, Government of India) from any part of the country will be able to travel on the Airport Express line using that card.