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PM Modi flags operations of driverless train on Delhi Metro Magenta Line

Fully operational National Level Common Mobility Card also launched; Trial runs for driverless train had begun in 2016

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Modi flagged off India’s first driverless train on the Magenta Line this morning through video conferencing. Photo: DMRC Twitter

Twesh Mishra New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated full-time operations of driverless trains on the Delhi Metro-Magenta Line on Monday. Highlighting his association with this project, Modi said, “I had the privilege of inaugurating the Magenta Line about three years ago. Today again, on this route, the country's first-fully automated metro is being inaugurated.”

Trial runs for driverless trains had begun in May 2016, for which 14 high-tech trains were ferried from South Korea. There was a mishap during the trial on December 20, 2017 when one of the trains crashed through a wall. It was later concluded that there was human error