Delhi Metro's driverless trains carried 1.6 million people in a single day; about one in every five riders hopped on these automated Magenta and Pink line trains.
The UTO system now runs 100 trains across 120km, showing just how quickly tech is changing public transport in the city.
DMRC reassigns operators to station roles
DMRC's managing director Vikas Kumar says these trains make operations smoother and help cut down on human mistakes.
There's talk of bringing this tech to more Indian cities, but some hurdles remain, like high setup costs and worries about jobs.
For now, DMRC hasn't let any operators go; instead, they've shifted them to other roles like station management.
As Sudhanshu Mani puts it, "In India, with much lower staffing costs compared to the developed world, our own analysis instead of the global trend should dictate our decision," said Sudhanshu Mani, the former railway general manager.