By the end of 2020, the construction progress of metro line No. 1 Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien will reach 85%.

Progress of metro line 1 is currently completing about 74.59% of the workload, striving to reach 85% by the end of the year.

Speeding up the progress, roofing technology station of metro line No. 1. (Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien)

On the morning of August 7, the City Railway Management Board said that up to now, the construction progress of metro line No. 1 has reached 
74.59%  and strives to reach 85%.in 2020.


Accordingly, the package CP1a (the underground section from Ben Thanh station to the Opera house), reached 72.8%. Package CP1b (underground
section from station City Theater to Ba Son station) accumulated performance volume reached 85.9%.

Package CP2 (the upper and depot section), the implementation volume reached 84.99%. Package CP3 (procurement of electromechanical equipment,
 locomotives,rails and maintenance) to reach 58.4%.


Currently, City Theater Station to Ba Son Station is being implemented as planned by engineers under close supervision of the


Manager with contractor Hitachi.

According to the Management Board of Urban Railways, preparations for engineering operations are being progressed by the Management Board 
and contractors.execution of urgent construction such as passenger terminal, ship maintenance area, ship wash area, operator ...

However, due to the Covid-19 influence, foreign experts working for metro project No. 1 have not yet been allowed in project level is affected. 


Number of unspecified specialists under the Hitachi contractor, carrying out many of the package's key items


CP3 contractor such as: electromechanical, railway, locomotive, maintenance equipment ... of metro line No. 1.

The railway management board's assessment that foreign experts working in the CP3 package cannot enter the country greatly affected.


big project when the first metro train could not be returned to the country for test run in the third quarter of this year as scheduled

Metro Line 1 is nearly 20 km long, of which 2.6 km goes underground with a total investment of over 43,757 billion VND. The route has a total 


of 14 houses station (11 elevated stations and 3 underground stations) starting from Long Binh depot and ending at Ben Thanh, aiming to put into
operation by the end of 2021.


Some pictures of the Contractor speeding up the construction of metro line 1 (Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien):

Speed ​​up the progress of Suoi Tien station

Contractor Cp2 will accelerate the construction and installation of the roof of Thu Duc station on metro line 1

A high-tech station, a railway running straight to the city center is gradually taking shape

At the end of Ba Son station is the overhead transition

Installation of rail reinforcement and subsequent concreting ...

Engineer Huynh Van Hieu of package 1b discussed the progress of railway installation of Opera House's railway station

Workers are working in basement B4

Adjust the height of the railway at the basement B4 of the Opera House to the city

Worker Nguyen Van Long hard work on the B3 floor, City Theater Station

Theater Station City Theater luxury modern architecture

City Theater station automatic passenger ticket control area

Source: Lao Dong Newspaper