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The Ho Chi Minh City Metro (HCMC Metro, Vietnamese: Đường sắt đô thị Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh) is a rapid transit system in Ho Chi Minh City, the most populous city in Vietnam. The system currently consists of one operational line, Line 1 which opened on 22 December 2024 from Bến Thành Market to Eastern Bus Terminus .
The rolling stock has not been announced yet, and in February 2024, German company Siemens was in talks with the government to build urban rail lines, including the HCMC Metro Line 2. [11] Line 2 will use electric multiple units. By 2030, it will use 3-car trains, then increase to 6 cars. Each train is 22 m long, 3.15 m wide, and 3.865 m high.
Line 1, also known as Bến Thành – Suối Tiên Line, is a rapid transit line of the HCMC Metro in Vietnam. [1] It is the city's first metro line and the nation's first underground metro line, connecting District 1, Bình Thạnh, and Thủ Đức City. [2] [3] Construction began in 2012, with an initial completion date set for 2018.
Ho Chi Minh City has launched its first metro line after 17 years of planning and delays, with thousands of excited residents flocking to ride the metro.. The $1.7bn, 20km project, mostly funded ...
Bến Thành Station (Vietnamese: Ga Bến Thành) is an underground Ho Chi Minh City Metro interchange station on the Line 1 and the future Line 2, Line 3A, and Line 4A. [1] [2] Located under the September 23rd Park and Quách Thị Trang Square, in front of Bến Thành Market, the station serves as the central metro station in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Rail transport remains relatively underused as a mode of transport in Vietnam. While road transport dominates the transport sector by far—accounting for 65% of freight moved as of 2006—rail transport accounted for only 4% of freight transportation in 2008, and 5% of passenger transportation, leading it to be considered the "least relevant" of all modes of transport in the European Union's ...
Together with the trans-Vietnam railway development, Ho Chi Minh City-Nha Trang express railway will be built after 2010 to enable an average speed of 300 km/hour. Ho Chi Minh City Metro is currently under construction.
An Phú station (Vietnamese: Ga An Phú) is an elevated Ho Chi Minh City Metro station on Line 1. Located in Thảo Điền ward, Thủ Đức city, the station opened on 22 December 2024. [ 1 ]