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Construction of underground section of Nhon-Hanoi Station railway to start in May

Construction of a 4-km underground section of the Hanoi urban railway line No.3 (Nhon-Hanoi Station) will commence after May 1, with four underground stations from Station 9 in Kim Ma to Station 12 in Hanoi Station.
Construction of underground section of Nhon-Hanoi Station railway to start in May ảnh 1Tunnel boring machines (TBM) have been assembled and tested for digging work (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Construction of a 4-km undergroundsection of the Hanoi urban railway line No.3 (Nhon-Hanoi Station) will commenceafter May 1, with four underground stations from Station 9 in Kim Ma to Station12 in Hanoi Station.

According to Le Trung Hieu, Vice Director of the MetropolitanRailway Management Board (MRB), tunnel boring machines (TBM) have beenassembled and tested for digging work. The first TBM is to be handed over tothe investor soon.

Hieu said that 20-45 technicians from the Republic of Korea,Italy and Fecon – a contractor of the project – will operate the machine.

With the scheduled progress of 10km per day, in optimalconditions, the digging work for the 4-km section will complete in about 400 days,said Hieu, adding that all safety standards will be ensured.

Hieu said that the second TBM is expected to be put intooperation in June.

As scheduled, a 8.5km section of the urban railway line No.3from Nhon to Kim Ma (University of Transport) will become operational in late 2021, while the 4km undergroundsection will be put into operation in late 2022. Additional 8km undergroundsection is expected to be constructed from Hanoi Station to Hanoi’s southerndistrict of Hoang Mai.

The urban railway line No.3has an investment of about 30.1 trillion VND (1.29 billion USD) comes fromofficial development assistance of the French Development Agency and loans fromthe French Government.

The urban railwayline No.3, connecting Nhon and Hanoi Station, will span 12.5km,running through six districts: Nam Tu Liem, Bac Tu Liem, Cau Giay, Ba Dinh,Dong Da and Hoan Kiem. It consists of 12 stations including eight elevated andfour underground./.
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