The 12.5-km metro route, the second in Hanoi, which runs from Nhon Town in Nam Tu Liem District to Hanoi Railway Station in Dong Da District, will cost VND36 trillion (USD1.56 billion), sourced mainly from official development assistance from France.
The project has four underground stations.
Shaun Atkins, chief engineer of Package CP-03, Hyundai E&C - Ghella Joint Venture, said that this is the first among the project’s underground stations being carried out. The station has two floors.
According to the Hanoi Urban Railway Project Management Board, over the past month, dozens of workers have been working, even overnight on station S9 located on Kim Ma Street with nearly 30,000 cubic metres of soil dug.
The Hanoi Urban Railway Project Management Board added that there are still some site clearance hurdles for underground station construction. Local authorities are trying to deal with them.
Under the latest deadline, Hanoi authorities have said the project would start operation by late 2022.
Hanoi has planned to build eight urban rail lines with a total length of 305 km, in its development plan for 2030 and a vision until 2050.
