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Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line to officially run in October

The Metro Line 1 (Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien) in Ho Chi Minh City is expected to start commercial operation in October this year, according to the Ho Chi Minh City’s Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR).
Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line to officially run in October ảnh 1Test run conducted on an elevated section of Ho Chi Minh City's Metro Line 1. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – The Metro Line 1 (Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien) in Ho Chi Minh City is expected to startcommercial operation in October this year, according to the Ho Chi Minh City’sManagement Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR).

Addressing a meeting on April 2 ofthe municipal People’s Committee to review socio-economic situation in thefirst quarter, Nguyen Quoc Hien, deputy head of MAUR - the investor ofthe project, said 98% of the workload on the metro line has been completed and six task groups to prepare for the official operation of the urban metro line are underway.

A training group of the Ho Chi Minh City Urban Railways No. 1 Company Limited, which will be responsible for operating and managing MetroLine 1, has recruited 400 employees for training to serve the operation of theproject. The employees have completed theoretical lessons and a number of them have been sent to Japan for training. 

Regarding testing work, since Metro Line 1 adopts entirely Japanese technology and standards,and testing must comply with Vietnamese laws, this process is being implementedin multiple steps. Seven trains will be operated in trial in July by Vietnamesepersonnel after the training work is finished.

Meanwhile, the system safetyevaluation team has completed 50% of the workload. Consultants from France andVietnam have evaluated the quality of Metro Line 1 as good, with meticulousdocumentation management. The assessment will continue throughout the trial period.

As for legal corridor for the metro's operation, MAUR is coordinating with relevantdepartments and sectors to conduct related work such as regulations regarding operation, management, andticket, among others, to be completed in the second quarter.

For the acceptance work,the authority is working with the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of NaturalResources and Environment, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry ofConstruction on five acceptance items such as registration, safety, the environment,fire prevention, and overall construction.

Hien said the full-line test run is scheduled to be completedin late September.

The Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line runs 19.7 km betweenDistrict 1's Ben Thanh Market and Thu Duc City's Long Thanh Depot with threeunderground stations and 11 elevated stations. Work on the metro projectstarted in 2012 and has gone through various delays. Its costs have risen to over 43.7 trillion VND (1.77billion USD)./.

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