Driverless trains: How India is bridging the technology & infra gap

While certain routes on metro lines in Delhi and Hyderabad are already automated, plans are to introduce this technology even in outbound trains

Rail travel seems to be fast capturing the Indian imagination, with the country signing a mega Bullet train deal with Japan, and Maharashtra toying with the idea of introducing Hyperloop trains, a radically new experimental mobility solution, to drastically cut down the travel time between Mumbai and Pune. 

India, known to be home to the largest railway network in the world, is steadily keeping pace with other countries in upgrading railways in terms of both, technology and infrastructure. Among other advancements, driverless train technology has already arrived at Indian shores.

Certain routes on metro lines in Delhi and Hyderabad now