At 8:00 am this morning (8:10 am), the first three carriages of subway line 1 (Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien route) arrived at Khanh Hoi port (District 1, Ho Chi Minh City) after 8 days of travel from Japan.
The Bayani vessels, of Philippine nationality, from a port in Japan transport 620 tons of equipment, including 75 bales, including 3 wagons from the No. 1 subway project
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This ship was towed by a tugboat near the Phu My Bridge, which ran along the Long Tau River for almost 15 km to reach Khanh Hoi port.
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Mr. Nguyen Quoc Hung, Deputy Director General of the Port of Saigon, said that all the preparation, loading and unloading of 3 wagons will be carried out in about 8 hours, and is expected to be delivered to the Urban Railway Project Management Board HCMC. (MAUR) today and tomorrow for Gemadept Logistics to transport the train to the Long Binh depot area (District 9).
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Before 6 am, many port workers, a team of engineers and more than 10 Japanese experts were present at Khanh Hoi port to inspect and prepare for the decommissioning work.
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Images of wagons on deck, ready to be loaded and unloaded by specialized cranes
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At 8 o’clock in the port, but more than 2 hours later, the first train of metro line 1 officially appeared.
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Close-up of the first subway train in Ho Chi Minh City.
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The train is hopefully painted blue and consists of 3 wagons with a length of 61.5 m.
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The maximum designed speed of metro line 1 is 110 km / h (aerial section), 80 km / h (tunnel section)
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The 3-car train can carry a total of 930 passengers, of which 147 seats and 783 standing passengers.
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Mr. Doan Van Tien, Project Director at Demadept Logistic Company, said that tomorrow night (October 9), the train is expected to start being transported from the port to the depot area in District 9. After After that, on the morning of October 10, the train will be loaded onto the rails and the systems will be ready for commissioning.
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About 30 engineers were present to load and unload the subway ship from the ship to the port.
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According to the MAUR representative, the subway train will be tested in 3 phases: Phase 1 test in Binh Thai section – Long Binh depot (District 9); Phase 2 from Binh Thai Station to Van Thanh Station (District 2) and test run of the last stage from Van Thanh Station to Ben Thanh Station (District 1) in early 2021
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