Delhi Metro's Magenta Line driverless train rams into wall during trial run

The official said that they were investigating the cause of the accident

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An empty metro train on trial run, breaks through boundary at Kalindi Kunj depot. | ANI
IANS New Delhi
Last Updated : Dec 19 2017 | 6:35 PM IST

A Metro train on a new line, to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week, hit a wall here on Tuesday evening during trials, a Delhi Metro official said. No one was injured.

The driverless Metro hit a wall inside the depot in Kalkaji Metro station around 4 p.m., a Delhi Metro Rail Corporation official told IANS, adding that no one was injured.

The Delhi Metro's Magenta line, which is scheduled to be inaugurated on December 25 by the Prime Minister, connects Botanical Garden in Noida and Kalkaji in south Delhi.

The official said that they were investigating the cause of the accident.

An empty metro train on trial run, breaks through boundary at Kalindi Kunj depot. | ANI

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First Published: Dec 19 2017 | 6:34 PM IST

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