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NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro is going to open the 13.5km long Kalkaji Mandir to Botanical Garden section of Magenta Line next month.This will be the first sec tion of Delhi Metro where commuters will travel in `driverless' trains. CBTC signalling system was used in the Kochi Metro, also by DMRC, but the system to be used in Magenta Line will have higher levels of automation, a DMRC spokesperson said. Due to the state-of-the-art technology being used in this line, the trial period has been unusually long. Though initially the trains will have operators, they will run on the Unattended Train Operation (UTO) mode. "We are confident of opening the line and the first section to be opened will be the Kalkaji-Botanical Garden section of Line 8 (Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden)," managing director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation ( DMRC ) Mangu Singh told TOI..