Bengaluru Gets First Driverless Metro Train, Will Run On Yellow Line
Six coaches were manufactured and shipped from China to a port in Chennai. The coaches were further transported to the Hebbagodi depot in Electronic City.
The Namma Metro in Bengaluru has received its first driverless train, which will be operating on the Yellow Line.
According to Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), the metro train comprising six coaches arrived on Wednesday.
NAMMA METRO
Namma Metro's first driverless train
The coaches were manufactured and shipped from China to a port in Chennai, from where it was further transported to the Hebbagodi depot in Electronic City, the IT hub in South Bengaluru.
¡°We have ordered 216 cars of which 90 will operate on the Yellow line forming 15 trains. The one which has arrived is a prototype,¡± BMRCL said.
NAMMA METRO
Bengaluru currently has two metro lines -- the purple line that runs between Challaghatta to Kadugodi, and the green line between Nagasandra to Silk Board.
Bengaluru Metro yellow line
The Karnataka capital will soon have another metro line running between RV Road and Bommasandra.
The Yellow Line of the Namma Metro is part of its Phase-II expansion and will have a total of 16 elevated stations. The Yellow Line which covers a distance of 18.8 km was started in 2017.
It was originally scheduled to open in January 2023, but due to the delays in construction, it was deferred first to April 2024 and now to July this year.
BCCL
With one more line of Namma Metro becoming operational, the hope is that it will help ease the traffic situation in Bengaluru, which has been the most traffic-congested city in India for years.
First driverless metro in India
Bengaluru, however, is not the first to get driverless metro trains in India.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) introduced driverless trains in 2021.
Currently Delhi Metro operates driverless trains on both the Pink Line and Magenta Line.
The under-construction Golden Line of the Delhi Metro between Aerocity and Tughlakabad will also have driverless train operation once it is completed.
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