The three-carriage trains will be transported to Long BinhDepot in District 9 for trial operations. The Management Authority for UrbanRailways of Ho Chi Minh City (MAUR) received the first train in October lastyear.
The 2.05- billion-USD Metro Line No 1 is the first of atleast six to be built in the city and aims to ease traffic congestion in itsnorth-eastern gateway.
Including four major bidding packages using officialdevelopment assistance (ODA) and funds from the Japan International CooperationAgency (JICA), the project is designed to have 14 stations, three of themunderground.
There will be 17 three-carriage trains plying the route,running at a maximum speed of 110 km/h above ground and 80 km/h below ground.
The MAUR said that the completion of Metro Line No1 projectis likely to be delayed to after 2021. To date, 84.4 percent of theconstruction work has been completed /.