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Template:Future public transportation
| Ho Chi Minh City Metro | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Locale | Ho Chi Minh City |
| Transit type | Rapid transit |
| Number of lines | 5 |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | 2020 |
| Technical | |
| System length | 104 mi (167 km) |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm |
The Ho Chi Minh City Metro is a future rapid transit that will serve Ho Chi Minh City (formerly known as Saigon) in Vietnam. It is currently under planning and scheduled for completion in 2020. The system will be mostly composed of subway lines.
Plan
According to the master plan announced in February 2001, the inner metro system will comprise the following routes:
| Line description | Length (km) | Stations |
|---|---|---|
| Northwest - Southeast | 46.86 | 44 |
| Inner Belt | 43.14 | 45 |
| Tan Son Nhat Airport | 9.3 | 9 |
| Hoa Hung - Hanoi Highway - Thu Thiem | 21 | 18 |
| Ben Thanh Market - District 2 - District 9 - Thu Duc | 27.5 | 18 |
| Bien Hoa - Bình Chánh - Hoa Hung | 46 | 42 |
The master plan for the metro
Two priority lines:
1) Quang Trung - Tan Son Nhat - Ben Thanh Line: 10 km, half surface, half underground
2) Ben Thanh - Binh Tay Market Line: 7 km, 8 stations, all underground
A few technical parameters:
- Platform length: 125 m
- Average station distance: 700 - 1,300 m
- Max speed: 80 km/h
- Headway: 4 min. (min. 2 min.)
- Gauge: 1,435 mm
- Car width: 3 m
Work in progress
On 2007 April 10, the Ho Chi Minh City government approved construction of Vietnam's first subway at a cost of US$1.1 billion, with 83 percent of it coming from Japanese aid.
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation would provide $904.7 million and the municipal government $186.6 million, the city people's committee said in a statement.
Construction of the 19.7 km (12 mile) track linking Vietnam's largest city and the neighboring province of Binh Duong, known as the Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien route, was expected to start in late 2007 or early 2008, and finish in 2013, city transport officials said.
The statement did not say which companies would build the subway and supply rolling stock and equipment.
The route will start near Ben Thanh market, a popular tourist spot in the center of the city of 8 million people, run underground for 2.6 km past the Opera House, and then cross the Saigon River on an elevated track.
Japan’s Sumitomo Corp recently expressed interest in supplying equipment and building the system under a build-transfer form.
Other offers
Besides the Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien route, the city is also working with Germany's Siemens AG to lobby for a soft loan from the German government for two more subway routes running a total length of 20 km.
China Shanghai Corporation for Foreign Economic and Technological Cooperation (Sfeco) recently did a pre-feasibility study for a 12 km fourth route between Go Vap district and district 4.
It would hand in the final feasibility report by next February.
It had also pledged to help obtain official development assistance funds from the Chinese government.
The city’s transport development master plan to 2020 envisages developing three monorail lines with a total length of 37 km and six subway routes with a total length of 107 km.