Ho Chi Minh City's Metro Line No.1, nearly 20km long, has a total investment of over 43.7 trillion VND (1.9 billion USD). (Photo: tuoitre.vn) Ho Chi Minh City (VNA) – Nearly 30 technicians and managers attended a training class on March 18 as a preparation for the operation of urban railway Metro Line No1 (Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien) inHo Chi Minh City.
According to Akira Hosomi, operation and maintenance specialist of NJPT Contractors Consortium, Ho Chi Minh City’s Metro line No. 1 using Japanese technologies is the first project inVietnam that Japanese experts have transferred the know-how to Vietnameseoperators.
The first generation of trainees will act as the core humanresources to support the development of the future urban railway system inVietnam in general and in Ho Chi Minh City in particular, he said.
He said that the trainees willbe equipped with sufficient knowledge, skills tosafely and effectively operate and exploit the metro line as well as preparefor the next step of the project.
According to theUrban Railway Management Board, work on Metro Line No1 has been completed by 94.38%.
Metro Line No. 1,nearly 20km long, has a total investment of over 43.7 trillion VND (1.9 billionUSD). It consists of 14 stations, three underground and 11 elevated, and runsthrough District 1, Binh Thanh district, Thu Duc City, and neighbouring BinhDuong province.
The train on this line can run at speeds ofup to 110km per hour on the elevated section and 80km underground.
The projectwas initially scheduled for completion in late 2021 to run commercially in2022, but then delays hit due to the pandemic and procedural problems./.
