The 12th and 13th trains for Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro project in HCM City arrived at Khanh Hoi Port on Friday morning after nine days departing Japan's Kudamatsu Port.
The 12th and 13th trains for Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro project in HCM City arrived at Khanh Hoi Port on March 11.
The trains, which are each 21 metres in length, three metres in width and four metres in height, will be transported to the Long Binh Depot, the route’s technical and service station in Thu Duc City, on March 14.
According to the Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR), the 14th and 15th trains will be imported at the end of March to prepare for the trial run of the line in the third quarter of this year.
HCM City's first metro line serving the Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien route will have 17 trains. Each train comprises three carriages measuring 61.5 metres long allowing a maximum speed of 110 kilometres per hour. It can transport 930 passengers.
MAUR said that due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the import of the project’s equipment and machines from countries such as Germany, Spain, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan had been slowed. The pandemic has also affected the entry of foreign experts.
The construction has also suffered delays, and MAUR recently said the work would be completed in late 2023 or early 2024 after the latest delay caused by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The 20-km Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line which had an initial investment of VND17.38 trillion consists of 14 stations along 19.7 kilometres, including a 2.6-kilometre underground section and 17.1 kilometres of elevated tracks.