According to HCM City Management Authority for Urban Railways, the line will run 200 trips during the first six months of commercial operation between 5 am and 10 pm.
After that, the line will operate from 5 am till 11 pm with 276 trips daily between Monday and Friday. On weekends and holidays, the number of trips will fall to 226.
Ho Chi Minh City Urban Railways 1 Company, the operator, said that passengers will be offered free travel during the first three months of commercial operation. Then, passengers will pay for tickets of between VND12,000-VND18,000 for their trips based on the distance of between 5-20 km. One-day tickets cost VND40,000, three-day tickets cost VND90,000 and monthly tickets cost VND260,000.
The 19.70-kilometre-long metro line project started construction in 2012 at a total cost of VND43.70 trillion (USD1.77 billion), running through District 1, Binh Thanh District, and Thu Duc City.
The trains are designed to run at up to 110 kilometres per hour above ground and 80 kilometres per hour underground.
The line was first scheduled to be put into operation in 2017 but has been delayed three times.