Hanoi (VNA) – The number of passengers who use the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban metro line – the first of its kind in Vietnam – has been increasing since it was put into operation three years ago.
According to Vu Hong Truong, General Director of the Hanoi Metro - the operator of the Cat Linh – Ha Dong urban metro line, after three years of operation, the line currently serves over 35,000 passengers daily.
Among these passengers, 47% are commuters, 45% students, and the remaining 8% travelling for other purposes. Notably, regular passengers make up an average of 70% of daily users, which rises to over 85% during peak hours.
Truong noted that the railway line helps make many people shift from using personal vehicles to public means of transportation.
According to the newly-approved master plant for the city's development in the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050, Hanoi authorities identified special mechanisms to speed up the construction of 14 urban railway lines in the city, four more than the number of lines approved in the previous plan.
This urban metro line is more than 13km long and has 12 stations and 13 trains. Each train, whose designed speed is 80 km per hour, has four carriages capable of carrying over 900 passengers.
Currently, ticket prices range from 8,000 VND for a single ride to 15,000 VND for the entire route. A daily pass costs 30,000 VND per ticket, and a monthly pass costs 200,000 VND./.
