A master plan of C9 station is displayed near Hoan Kiem lake. (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Nearly 90 percent of surveyed people agreed to have theC9 metro underground station located near Hoan Kiem (Returned Sword) Lake.
This was revealed by Le Trung Hieu, deputy head of Hanoi Metro RailwayManagement Board. The C9 metro underground station is part of the metro lineNo. 2 connecting Nam Thang Long and Tran Hung Dao street.
Some 60 percent of the feedback was contributed by people between the ages of22 and 60, of which 88 percent of respondents were Vietnamese, while the restwere foreigners. Nearly 40 percent of surveyed people are residents living nearHoan Kiem Lake, the potential location of underground station C9.
The master plan of underground station C9 has been opened to the public fromMarch 9 to 31.
The station is planned to be located at km9 864,645 under the flower garden byHoan Kiem Lake on Dinh Tien Hoang street with three floors, including aconcourse level, a technical area and a platform level. The shortest distancefrom the station to Hoan Kiem Lake is some 10m. According to the initialdesign, the station will have four gates.
Hieu said that the metro line No. 2 would connect with line No.1, Ngoc Hoi –Nhu Quynh, at C8 station on Hang Dau street and line No. 3, Nhon – Hoang Mai,at station C10 on Hang Bai street.
The metro line No. 2 has a length of 11.5km with a depot of 17.5ha located inXuan Dinh ward, Bac Tu Liem district. The entire metro line has 10 stations,including three elevated stations and seven underground stations.
The investment in the project has been pegged at 34.690 VND trillion (1.5billion USD) allocated from the Japanese government’s official development assistanceand the reciprocal capital is from the State budget.-VNA
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