BENGALURU: Bengaluru Metro’s driverless trains arrived a week ago amid much euphoria, but initially, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) plans to operate the trains with drivers. “It is a cumbersome process to get permission to operate driverless trains. We will start off with drivers, and gradually switch over to signal-based operations,” said a top official.
A senior BMRCL official said that of the 36 trains, only 15 will be based on the Communications-Based Train Control (CTBC) system. “In simple terms, the train operates on its own without a driver as the signalling system drives the train. It also has an option for manual operations,” he said. It is the latest in train technology. “Better to incorporate it now than order the regular ones now and integrate them at a huge cost later,” he added.
