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Commuter bus system would link to Metro Line No.1

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Transport wants to develop a commuter bus system to link to stations on Metro Line No1, which is still under construction.
Commuter bus system would link to Metro Line No.1 ảnh 1The HCM City Department of Transport is seeking approval for a commuter bus system that would link to stations on Metro Line No. 1, which is under construction.(Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City’sDepartment of Transport wants to develop a commuter bus system to link tostations on Metro Line No1, which is still under construction.

The 2.05 billion USD Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien line, which runs19.7 kilometers between districts 1 and  9 in HCM City, is the first of atleast six metro lines to be built in the city.

Expected to open in the first quarter of 2021, the metro linestations would be linked to buses operating in the vicinity of the line to helppeople get to the metro station more easily.

The department has asked the municipal People’s Committee toapprove the city’s Public Transport Management and Operation Center as theproject’s investor.

Under the department’s proposal, the operations center wouldinvest in infrastructure construction to connect commuter bus lines with themetro line, and reorganise bus lines operating on Hanoi Highway in district 12.The highway connects the city with neighboring Dong Nai province.

The operations center would also invest in 18 more bus lineslinked with stations of the metro line.

To make sure they are within walking distance to the metrostations, bus stops would be spaced no more than 500 metres from one anotherand within a 17.8-kilometer radius from a metro terminal, said Tran Chi Trung,director of the department’s Public Transportation Management Centre.

The 18 additional bus lines would reach into busy residentialareas, university campuses, industrial zones and hi-tech parks in districts 2,9 and Thu Duc to help attract as many metro passengers as possible, he added.

If the department’s proposal is approved, the project’sdesign team will survey metro stations and relevant work to map out the mostappropriate transport connection solutions.

The team is expected to take about three months to study anddesign the commuter bus system, which is expected to be finished in 2020 beforethe first metro line is put into service, said a representative of thedepartment’s Road Transport Management Division.-VNA
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