A train of the Cat Linh-Ha Dong Urban Elevated Railway Project. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - CatLinh-Ha Dong urban elevated railway, Hanoi’s first metro project, will becertified as safe for operation soon, according to a representative of theRailway Project Management Unit under the Ministry of Transport (MoT).
The representative said most ofthe project’s items were eligible to be reported to the State Council forPre-Acceptance Test for Construction Works, except for official registrationcertificates for the trains.
Earlier, the Vietnam Register(VR) had issued temporary registration certificates for the trains for runninga trial operation for the whole system.
The State quality controlagency said the assessment of the trains’ quality commenced in September 2018and the inspection has been completed.
The official ones will be issuedwhen the trial operation ends and if the system is deemed safe.
The project was due to start a20-day trial run on February 1 for inspection purposes. However, over 100Chinese experts could not return to Vietnam following China's lockdown order todeal with the COVID-19 outbreak, resulting in a delay to the trial.
The representative said onlyfour experts had been admitted to Vietnam on official visas. Of these, one hadcompleted quarantine while three others had to work remotely.
The MoT has invited a Frenchconsulting firm Apave-Certifier-Tricc consortium (ACT) to evaluate the safetyof the railway system.
The firm has so far completed12 out of 13 assessments of the project.
In the coming days, theconsulting firm would work with Chinese contractor China Railway No 6 Group andrelated agencies to verify system safety. In case the equipment does not meetthe requirements, the consulting firm will request a replacement.
Commercial runs of the projectwill begin after the VR granted registration certificates for the trains andconsultants certified the safety of the project.
The 13.5km-long railway line,from Cat Linh in Ba Dinh district to the suburban district of Ha Dong, cost approximately868 million USD, of which two-thirds were loans from China.
Construction officially beganin 2011 and was initially planned to be completed in 2014, until several delaysdragged the project to a yet unknown date of completion.
The elevated railway has beenrunning trials since September 2018.
The train will run at a maximumspeed of 80km per hour, the average speed of operation is 35km per hour, withtrains running every few minutes.
The People's Committee of Hanoihas also announced the lowest one-way ticket price for the railway line is 8,000VND (35 US cents); daily ticket is 30,000 VND (1.3 USD) and monthly ticket is 200,000VND (8.6 USD)./.
The representative said most ofthe project’s items were eligible to be reported to the State Council forPre-Acceptance Test for Construction Works, except for official registrationcertificates for the trains.
Earlier, the Vietnam Register(VR) had issued temporary registration certificates for the trains for runninga trial operation for the whole system.
The State quality controlagency said the assessment of the trains’ quality commenced in September 2018and the inspection has been completed.
The official ones will be issuedwhen the trial operation ends and if the system is deemed safe.
The project was due to start a20-day trial run on February 1 for inspection purposes. However, over 100Chinese experts could not return to Vietnam following China's lockdown order todeal with the COVID-19 outbreak, resulting in a delay to the trial.
The representative said onlyfour experts had been admitted to Vietnam on official visas. Of these, one hadcompleted quarantine while three others had to work remotely.
The MoT has invited a Frenchconsulting firm Apave-Certifier-Tricc consortium (ACT) to evaluate the safetyof the railway system.
The firm has so far completed12 out of 13 assessments of the project.
In the coming days, theconsulting firm would work with Chinese contractor China Railway No 6 Group andrelated agencies to verify system safety. In case the equipment does not meetthe requirements, the consulting firm will request a replacement.
Commercial runs of the projectwill begin after the VR granted registration certificates for the trains andconsultants certified the safety of the project.
The 13.5km-long railway line,from Cat Linh in Ba Dinh district to the suburban district of Ha Dong, cost approximately868 million USD, of which two-thirds were loans from China.
Construction officially beganin 2011 and was initially planned to be completed in 2014, until several delaysdragged the project to a yet unknown date of completion.
The elevated railway has beenrunning trials since September 2018.
The train will run at a maximumspeed of 80km per hour, the average speed of operation is 35km per hour, withtrains running every few minutes.
The People's Committee of Hanoihas also announced the lowest one-way ticket price for the railway line is 8,000VND (35 US cents); daily ticket is 30,000 VND (1.3 USD) and monthly ticket is 200,000VND (8.6 USD)./.
VNA
