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Two more trains Metro Line No.1 arrives in HCM City

The sixth and seventh trains for Ho Chi Minh City’s Metro Line No.1 (Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien) with six carriages in total arrived in Khanh Hoi port of the city on July 13.
Two more trains Metro Line No.1 arrives in HCM City ảnh 1The sixth and seventh trains for Ho Chi Minh City’s Metro Line No.1 (Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien) arrive in Khanh Hoi port of the city on July 13 (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - The sixth and seventh trains for Ho Chi MinhCity’s Metro Line No.1 (Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien) with six carriages in total arrivedin Khanh Hoi port of the city on July 13.

According to the HCM City Urban Railway ManagementBoard (MAUR) - the investor of the project, the unloadingof the metro carriages is performed at the port before being transported toLong Binh depot in Thu Duc city forassembling on July 14 and 16.

Since the first train arrived in the city inOctober 2020, Japanese contractors have sent seven trains to the city.

Theall 17 trains are designed to serve up to 930 passengers each, with 147 seats.They can run at a speed of 110km per hour on elevated rail and 80km per hour onunderground rail.

Two more trains Metro Line No.1 arrives in HCM City ảnh 2(Photo: VNA)

The19.7-km line No.1 is the first of at least six to be built in the city andaims to ease traffic congestion in its north-eastern gateway.

Includingfour major bidding packages using official development assistance (ODA) andfunds from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the project isdesigned to have 14 stations, three of them underground.

The2.05 billion USD line is the first of at least six to be built in the city./.
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