HCM City to test run Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line in early 2024
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(VOVWORLD) -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.
 A train of Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line (Photo: VNA) |
The municipal Department of Construction has recently provided the public with detail information about the progress of several key projects in the city as of late July.
Nearly 90% of the work of the Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line have been completed, it said, adding contractors are also striving to complete construction at the end of 2023, or the beginning of 2024.
Metro Line No. 1, nearly 20km long, has a total investment of over 43.7 trillion VND (1.9 billion USD) and consists of three underground stations and 11 over-ground platforms.It was initially scheduled for completion in late 2021 to run commercially in 2022, but then delays hit due to the pandemic and procedure-related problems.
Meanwhile, Metro Line No.2, connecting Ben Thanh with Tham Luong, is still in the site clearance stage, as the official development assistance (ODA) capital for it has yet to be extended.
VNA