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India’s first driverless train
Why is it in News?
- PM inaugurated India’s first driverless train on Delhi Metro’s Magenta line.
Driverless Train Technology:
- Trains are automatically controlled by the Operation Control Centre.
- Adjustments can be made quickly to meet changes in demand.
- It has complete control of the departure, movement between stations, automatic and precision stopping of the train, and the opening and closing of doors.
- The technology employed in driverless trains is called Communication Based Train Control (CBTC).
- This method is more accurate in identifying train positions, bogey alignments, and rail stability than traditional signalling systems.
- Data transfer between trains and trackside equipment is carried out using wireless communication networks, such as the global system for mobile communications-railway (GSM-R) and wireless local area networks (WLAN).
