HCM City’s metro trains to run on trial basis throughout Tet
All the 17 trains of Metro Route No 1, Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien, in Ho Chi Minh City will continuously run on a trial basis during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, said the city’s Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR).
An elevated station of Metro Route No 1, Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien, in HCM City (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – All the 17 trains of Metro Route No1, Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien, in Ho Chi Minh City will continuously run on a trialbasis during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, said the city’s ManagementAuthority for Urban Railways (MAUR).
Accordingly, contractor Hitachi of bidding package CP3 will makeuse of the equipment installation suspension to increase pilot operations. The continuoustest run aims to complete the testing of remaining equipment so as to put theroute into commercial use this year.
Once put into use, the systems of the route will operate harmoniouslyand almost automatically, so trial operations are compulsory to ensure all equipmentare well-connected with one another, MAUR said.
Itadded that about 40 personnel, mainly experts from Europe and Japan, will be incharge of the test run during the holiday.
MetroRoute No 1 consists of 17 trains, each of which comprises three carriages andis 61.5m long. All were manufactured in Japan. Each train can carry a maximumof 930 passengers, including 147 sitting and 783 standing. The designed maximumspeed is 110km per hour on elevated sections and 80km per hour on undergroundsections.
About97.5% of the route’s workload has been completed. The facility is expected to becomeoperational in July 2024./.
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An elevated station of Metro Route No 1, Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien, in HCM City (Photo: VNA) 
