Ho Chi Minh City’s Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien metro line starts trial run
Ho Chi Minh City’s Management Authority for Urban Railways has announced that the Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien metro line started a trial run early this month.
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During the trial operation from October 1 -17 in HCM City, the trains will run every 4 minutes and 30 seconds, and operators in all positions, including drivers, dispatchers at the control center, and station staff, will be mobilized. 71 workers participated in the trial operation each shift, with two expected shifts each day.
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| The Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien metro line in Ho Chi Minh City starts a trial run from early this month. (Source: VNA) |
The trial will be conducted with 47 scenarios, from normal operation to emergencies such as fire, explosion, power outage, flooding, or signal loss at different locations along the line.
It will be carried out in two phases, with the Japanese NJPT consultants responsible for the first and Ho Chi Minh City Urban Railway Company 1 for the second.
Along with the trial operation, BVT System Safety Assessment Consultants - a joint venture of Bureau Veritas of France and TEDI of Vietnam - will monitor, observe, and evaluate the proficiency of workers in emergencies.
The Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line is 19.7 km between District 1's Ben Thanh market and Thu Duc City's Long Thanh depot, featuring three underground and 11 elevated stations. Work on the metro project began in 2012 and experienced various delays, with costs rising to over 43.7 trillion VND (1.71 billion USD). The line has a total of 17 trains, each can carry 930 passengers.
(Source: VNA)
