The first passenger carriage of train No.2 is being installed onto a trial track at Long Binh Depot of Ho Chi Minh City’s Metro Line No.1 on May 11. (Photo: VNA) The three carriages were transported from Khanh Hoi Portin District 4 to Long Binh Depot in Thu Duc City by road in early morning thesame day.
Carriages of train No. 3 are scheduled to depart for thedepot around mid-night on May 13 before they are fitted into another track.
The arrival of the three-coach trains in Vietnam willhelp fasten trial runs of the project, which are slated in the third and fourthquarters of this year, said Hoang Mai Tung, a coordinating engineer from theHCM City Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR).
The trains will be tested on temporary tracks first andon elevated railways later, he noted.
A total of three trains, three coaches each, have beenshipped to HCM City from Japan so far. They will be tested together with allother systems such as power, signal and tracks.
They are among 17 trains, with either three or six carriages,designed and built in Japan for the Metro Line No.1. The first train arrived inVietnam last October.
Each train with three coaches is 61.5m long and threemetres wide, can travel at a maximum of 110km per hour and carry 930passengers.
The 1.9 billion-USD route from Ben Thanh Market in District1 and Suoi Tien Theme Park in District 9 is 19.7km long and will have 14stations, including three underground and 11 elevated.
More than 84.4 percent of the work has been completed./.
VNA
