Construction on 11-kilometre metro project in HCM City starts

Hoang Trung Hai, deputy prime minister participated in the ground breaking ceremony of the metro No 2 project – Ben Thanh-An Suong that took place yesterday in Tan Thoi Nhat, Dist 12, HCM City.

As planned, the metro No 2 will be located in an area of 26 hectares on the northern part of Tham Luong Channel, Dist 12, HCM City, with the departure of Tay Ninh Coach Station to the destination station o\in Thu Thiem new urban area.

The metro has total length of 11.3 kilometres, including 9.3 kilometres underground with ten underground stations of Ben Thanh, Tao Dan, Dan Chu Workplace, Hoa Hung, Le Thi Rieng, Pham Van Hai, Bay Hien, Nguyen Hong Dao, Ba Queo and Pham Van Bach.
In addition, there will be a one-kilometre connection road to Tham Luong Depot Station and one-kilometre overhead road.

The project was expected to be finished and put into operation in 2016 with designed speed of 80 kilometres per hour. The total investment capital for this project was posted at $1.25 billion or 23.67 trillion dong, in which $195 million was loans and non-refundable ODA of 85.75 million euro.

Previously, HCM City had started construction on metro No 1 – Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien with total length of 19.7 kilometres. The project was supposed to be completed in late 2014.

Tags: Vietnam Infrastructure

Posted by VBN on Aug 25 2010. Filed under Infrastructure. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry