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Test run of Cat Linh-Ha Dong railway delayed until next September

The test run of the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway project, the first of its kind in Hanoi, has been delayed until September 2, 2018, after it missed a scheduled test in October.
Test run of Cat Linh-Ha Dong railway delayed until next September ảnh 1A train of the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The test run of the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway project, thefirst of its kind in Hanoi, has been delayed until September 2, 2018, after itmissed a scheduled test in October.

The Railway Project Management Unit proposed theMinistry of Transport ask for Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s approval forthe rescheduling. The rescheduling means the project will be 11 months delayedfrom the plan that was adjusted in February 2017.

The railway will operate on a trial basis forthree to six months, starting from September 2, 2018, and be put into use inNovember 2018.

This project has been rescheduled three times sofar. 

In early 2016, the Transport Ministry asked theChina Railway Sixth Group Co. Ltd, the engineering – procurement – constructioncontractor of the project, to test the railway in September 2016 and launch it byDecember 31, 2016. As the project lagged behind schedule as of June 2016, theministry ordered the construction be finished by December 31, 2016.

However, this target was missed, forcing theTransport Ministry to postpone the test run until October 2017 so as to put therailway into operation in the late first quarter or early second quarter of2018. The project failed to meet this deadline once again.

The sluggish progress is attributable to variousreasons, including slow capital disbursement and the contractor’s limitedcapacity.-VNA
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