New DelhiPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated India’s first driverless train operations on the Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line alongside the fully operational National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) service on the Airport Express Line via video conferencing.
The driverless trains will be fully automated, eliminating the possibility of human error, the government said, adding that after the start of driverless services on the Magenta Line (Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden), the Pink Line (Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar) will have driverless operations in mid-2021.
Speaking at the launch of NCMC services on the Airport Express Line, the Prime Minister highlighted the need for a unified technology interface to be used across all services to promote the development of the nation. The NCMC will allow passengers with a RuPay debit card issued in the last 18 months by 23 banks to swipe it to ride the Metro. The Delhi Metro said that passengers from anywhere in India will be able to travel on the Airport Express using this card.
The prime minister said it was our responsibility to focus the nation’s resources and capabilities on something productive, adding that this integrated approach will increase the strength of the country. “The card was launched with the idea that travelers have integrated access to all public transport. This card will help them save the time they spend waiting in queues to buy tickets, ”Modi said.
“A nation, a mobility card is an example. Our government has carried out several other initiatives, such as ‘one nation, one FASTag’, which made travel hassle free and freed everyone from traffic. ‘One nation, one tax’ (GST) has made the tax system comprehensive and removed the tax bottleneck, “he said.
This NCMC facility will be available throughout the Delhi metro network by 2022, the Prime Minister’s Office said later on Monday.
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