Line 4 of the Ho Chi Minh City Metro (HCMC Metro) is a proposed North-South line of the Ho Chi Minh City transit system. Line 4 will interchange with Line1/3A and Line 2 at Ben Thanh Station. Total length: about 35.75 km (16.18 km underground and 17.77 km elevated). Alignment: Thanh Xuan (district 12) – […]
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Line 2 HCMC Metro
Line 2 of the Ho Chi Minh City Metro (HCMC Metro) is the planned second line of the Ho Chi Minh City transit system. Phase 1 will go from Ben Thanh Station (interchanging with Line 1) to Tan Binh. The total length is 11.3 km (9.3 km underground and 2 km elevated) with 11 stations […]
Line 1 HCMC Metro: Construction of the first rail transit line in Ho Chi Minh City
Line 1 of the Ho Chi Minh City Metro (HCMC Metro) is the first line under construction of the future Ho Chi Minh City transit system. The total length is 19.7 km (2.6 km underground and 17.1 km elevated) and there will be 14 stations (3 underground stations and 11 elevated stations). Work began on […]
Ben Thanh Station: A 3-line metro interchange that will transform Ho Chi Minh City
Ben Thanh Station is the future central station of the Ho Chi Minh City Metro. The station will be an interchange for three lines, and it will include a remodeled pedestrian area and an underground shopping plaza. The underground station is in front of the historic Ben Thanh Market, under what was Quach Thi Trang […]
Ho Chi Minh City Metro 2022 construction update
Ho Chi Minh City is in the midst of building its first metro line, and planning for at least another 10 lines. Every year I do a “State of the Metro” report to follow the construction progress and other lines under consideration (here are the 2020 and 2021 reports). Another year has gone by and […]
Ho Chi Minh City Metro 2021 construction update
Ho Chi Minh City is currently constructing its first metro line. Following on from the 2020 construction update, here is the Ho Chi Minh City Metro 2021 construction update. Line 1 Line 1 of the HCMC Metro has been making slow progress, with the latest revised opening date set for the end of 2022. It […]
Ho Chi Minh City Metro 2020 construction update
Ho Chi Minh City is in the process of building its first metro line in a planned 9-line urban rail transit system of metro, light rail, and monorails. As part of the Future Southeast Asia annual construction report series, this article refers to developments over the past year. Here is the 2020 construction update for […]
Construction projects near Line 1 Ho Chi Minh City Metro
The first metro line in Ho Chi Minh City has been under construction since 2012, and it was scheduled to be completed in 2018. After a number of delays and cost blowouts, Line 1 of the HCMC Metro is tentatively scheduled to open in 2024. Line 1 is 19.7 km long and will have 14 […]
Ho Chi Minh City Metro Concept Map (if Saigon had a subway like Shanghai)
A concept map of the future Ho Chi Minh City Metro that combines officially proposed and new lines together. If Saigon had a subway like Shanghai, this is what it would look like. If Saigon had a subway like Shanghai In 2012 Ho Chi Minh City began the first of nine planned transit railways (6 […]
City begins work on Metro Line One
HCM CITY — Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang and HCM City authorities broke ground for construction of the country’s first metro line yesterday. {Metro Line 1, Viet Nam’s first metro line worth US$2.2 billion, will pass through several districts in HCM City. The nearly 20km line will become the backbone of the city’s Mass […]
