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HCM City to test run Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line in early 2024

Ho Chi Minh City is exerting efforts to put its first metro line linking Ben Thanh and Suoi Tien into trial run at the beginning of 2024.
HCM City to test run Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line in early 2024 ảnh 1A train of Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City is exerting efforts to put its firstmetro line linking Ben Thanh and Suoi Tien into trial run at the beginning of2024.

The municipal Department of Construction has recently providedthe public with detail information about the progress of several key projectsin the city as of late July.

Nearly 90% of the work of the Ben Thanh-SuoiTien metro line have been completed, it said, adding contractors are also striving to complete construction atthe end of 2023, or the beginning of 2024.

HCM City to test run Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line in early 2024 ảnh 2A station of Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line (Photo: VNA)
Metro Line No. 1, nearly 20km long, has a total investmentof over 43.7 trillion VND (1.9 billion USD) and consists of three undergroundstations and 11 over-ground platforms. It was initially scheduled forcompletion in late 2021 to run commercially in 2022, but then delays hit due tothe pandemic and procedure-related problems.

Meanwhile, Metro Line No.2, connecting Ben Thanh withTham Luong, is still in the site clearance stage, as the official developmentassistance (ODA) capital for it has yet to be extended.

In July, Ho Chi Minh City established a council of the BeltRoad No.3 project, which will help ensure the construction on the project willbegin in June 2023.

The belt road has a total investment of 75.3 trillion VND,running through the city, and Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Long An provinces./.
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