'Metro Traffic is the lifeblood of Ho Chi Minh City'

This morning, during the ceremony the first metro line of VN, Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang HCMC requires implementation on schedule commitments. This project is considered as the turning point to change the transport of Ho Chi Minh city.

The morning of 28/8, HCM City People's Committee held a ceremony to metro line 1 (Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien), the country's first tram lines. Attending the ceremony were the Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang, Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam, Mr. Yasuaki Tanizaki, leader Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong and representatives of the people cleared the land to make way for the project.

The groundbreaking ceremony of Metro Line 1 project

According to the HCM City People's Committee Chairman Le Hoang Quan, the city has been identified as urban areas especially, socio-economic and political center of the country. Therefore, the resolution of the Politburo priority to the construction and development of sustainable cities. This is the first metro line in the country should build process has encountered many difficulties from the capital, the technical level to policy. But with the city's efforts, with the support of the industry and the Government of Japan, the project was officially started.

"The city also would like to thank the people who have sacrificed their interests, to give the land for the project to contribute to building the city named Uncle increasingly modern development," Chairman Le Hoang Quan press strong. To implement this project, nearly 1,200 households and more than 300 units, the agency had to relocate.

Speaking at the ceremony, the Minister of Transport has congratulated the Government to the people of the city, and also asked city leaders, the Department of Transportation as well as investors and contractors should attempt to project carried committed schedule, contributing to reduce accidents and traffic congestion in the area.At the same time contribute to the urban development of the city's social and economic.

Perspective of Metro Line 1

According to Nguyen Luong, head of the urban railway management, along with other key transport projects, metro Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien will certainly bring greater efficiency to the development objectives of public transport , to reduce traffic congestion. "This is the lifeblood of a modern urban transport and contribute to the development of urban social and economic development of the city," Mr Leung said. Meanwhile, the Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam, Mr. Yasuaki Tanizaki rated "No. 1 metro project will be a turning point to change people's vehicles."

, Metro line 1 is expected to be completed late in 2017 and formally put into use in early 2018. By design, the carrying capacity of the line Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien is 186,000 passengers per day by 2020 transported 620,000 passengers and in 2040 up to 1.02 million passengers. With a metro train running speed from 40 to 60km / h on the route to Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien long 19.7 km only took about 30 minutes (every 5 minutes with a trip Terminal and the train stops at each station on average 1.5 minutes to pick up and drop off passengers).

The implementation of the project metro line 1 is a strong impact of urban development along the route such as District 2, 9, Thu Duc (HCMC) and Di An Town in Binh Duong. In the future, this metro line can be extended to the city of Bien Hoa (Dong Nai) and the connection to the inter-regional railway to the city Thu Dau Mot (Binh Duong)

Sơ đồ toàn tuyến Metro số 1

Metro trains run in urban transport large volumes of power, is a train (same train) but powered by electricity (using tractors Diesel train). Motorized vessels including prescription prescription mixed electric motors. Depending on the amount of passengers traveling during peak hours which ship from 3 to 6 blocks and the spacing of about 3 to 10 minutes.

In addition to metro line 1, Ho Chi Minh City plans to build more 6 metro lines include:

Line 2 (Thu Thiem - Xining bus station) is about 20 km long. 
Route 4 (Nguyen Van Linh Ben Cat) is 24 km long. 
Route 5 (Sai Gon - bus Giuoc) about 17 km . 
Route 6 (Ba Turn-rotation Phu Lam) long 6 km. 
Particularly metro line number 3 is about 23 km long was split into two: 
Route 3A (Ben Thanh Tan Kien). The 
3B (down six Republicans - Agreement Binh Phuoc).