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Binh Duong announces station connecting province with Ho Chi Minh City’s 1st metro line

Binh Duong announces station connecting province with Ho Chi Minh City’s 1st metro line

Friday, September 20, 2024, 12:08 GMT+7
Binh Duong announces station connecting province with Ho Chi Minh City’s 1st metro line
An artist’s impression of the metro station at the seven-hectare roundabout project in Binh Duong Province, a neighbor of Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Ba Son / Tuoi Tre

The Binh Duong provincial administration has announced that construction will begin next week on a roundabout that will feature a metro station connecting the province with Ho Chi Minh City’s first metro line.

At a press conference on Thursday, Vo Anh Tuan, chief of the provincial office, stated that the province will unveil its development plans, issue investment certificates, and break ground on major projects, including the A1 roundabout -- also known as the seven-hectare roundabout -- next Thursday.

The roundabout will include a metro station upon completion.

The roundabout, which will sit adjacent to the administrative center of Binh Duong, will also boast a trade-service center, a sports complex, and a town square.

According to Giang Quoc Dung, deputy general director of Becamex IDC, the project’s investor, relevant Vietnamese agencies and Japanese experts had been studying the extension of Ho Chi Minh City’s first metro line to Binh Duong.

Construction of the roundabout will be conducted under a transit-oriented development model, Dung added.

The roundabout will be constructed in 18 months at a cost of some VND2.4 trillion (US$98.6 million).

The metro station alone will span an area of 5,800 square meters and be developed under the trade-service center, according to local media.

The roundabout will be developed next to the administrative center of Binh Duong Province. Photo: T.D. / Tuoi Tre

The roundabout will be developed next to the administrative center of Binh Duong Province, southern Vietnam. Photo: T.D. 

Metro line No. 1, the first of its kind among the eight planned metro line projects in Ho Chi Minh City, was estimated to carry a price tag of VND43.7 trillion ($1.8 billion).

It runs 19.7 kilometers from Ben Thanh Market in District 1 to Suoi Tien Theme Park in Thu Duc City, including 2.6 kilometers of underground railways and 17.1 kilometers of elevated railways.

The route features three underground stations and 11 above-ground stations.

The line has 17 Japanese-manufactured trains measuring 61.5 meters long and capable of carrying 930 passengers.

It is currently 98.38 percent complete.

The entire metro line is expected to start commercial operations by the end of this year, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Urban Railway Management Board, the investor of the project.

The metro route from Suoi Tien to Binh Duong was envisaged to be some 30 kilometers long and require an estimated investment of over VND51.7 trillion ($2.1 billion), VnExpress reported.

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