The capital of Vietnam, Hanoi, has approved a VDN 87 trillion (USD 3.8 billion) investment for the construction of new urban rail projects.
Municipal Transport Department has announced that urban rail routes, like Hanoi Railway Station-Hoang Mai District, Tran Hung Dao-Thuong Dinh, Nam Thang Long-Hanoi and Van Cao-Hoa Lac, will be built in the investment mode of public-private partnership.
Until 2030, the city will implement 10 urban rail projects with a total length of 417 km and will be implemented under the city’s transport strategy that was approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
Starting this year until 2020, it will be invested USD 7.5 billion in urban rail projects, from 2021 to 2025, USD 7.6 billion will be needed to implement the propose projects and from 2026 to 2030, the capital will implement projects valuated at USD 3.5 billion.
Vietnamese capital intends to build a metro network with 5 lines, of which Line 3 will be the first one. This year, Alstom – Colas Rail – Thales and Hanoi Metropolitan Railway Management Board (MRB) signed a contract to supply a metro system for Hanoi metro Line 3 to start commercial operation by the end of 2021. The contract’s value for the consortium is EUR 265 million, of which Alstom’s share of the contract is worth around EUR 190 million. Under the contract, consortium leader Alstom will supply rolling stock (10 Metropolis trainsets), signalling systems, power systems and depot infrastructure in partnership with Colas Rail, and Thales will provide all the train to track communication systems, as well as a line command & control centre for traffic management, energy distribution, video surveillance, passenger information and telephone services.
The Line 3 will run from the West of the city to the South. The total length of the line is 12.5 km line, of which 8.5 km will be elevated and 4 km will be underground. The line, with its 12 stations will be opened in 2021.
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