At 23:00 tonight, the car will leave Khanh Hoi port to transfer the first three boats from the No. 1 subway to the Long Binh depot.
Metro Line 1, after being transported to the Long Binh depot, will be located on the 200-meter track. 20 Hitachi Contractor (Japan) experts and engineers will perform the installation of electrical and lighting systems for ships.
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| At 23:00 tonight, the first three subway cars of subway line 1 will be transported to Long Binh station in ‘super long and super heavy’ cars. |
Doan Van Tuyen, project manager at Gemadept Company, said the unit uses three ‘super long, superweight’ special-use wagons to carry out the transport of the first three subway cars of subway line 1 (Ben Thanh – Fairy Stream).
Subway line 1 has 17 trains made in Japan. In the first phase, MAUR will receive and operate a train with 3 wagons (61.5 m long). With a capacity of 930 passengers (147 seated passengers, 783 standing passengers), the train has a maximum speed of approximately 110 km / h when traveling at high altitude and 80 km / h when traveling underground.
Photos of the Binh Long depot where the first three subway cars are received:
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| Long Binh Depot (District 9) – which will receive the first three train cars of the No. 1 subway (Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien). This is one of 10 depots under urban railway development planning in Ho Chi Minh City built to service the operation and operation of urban railway lines with a total area of approximately 222 hectares. |
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| Long Binh Depot has an area of approximately 20.9 hectares, it is the control and maintenance center for ships from line 1 to 2040. |
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| The warehouse includes operation and maintenance buildings; main ship maintenance workshop; infrastructure for the maintenance of other railway equipment, electrical, signal and communication systems; boat parking; ship cleaning station; internal and external road network; and office space |
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| Track T1 at Long Binh Depot is a private track to prepare for the first train ride on subway line 1 (Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien). The track is built on a ballst stone base and is 200 m long. |
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| Three carriages of subway line 1, after returning to Long Binh station, will be transferred to this railway for assembly and test operation. |
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| After the test run inside the depot, the train will carry out the aerial test |
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| In the photo, the location of the Long Binh depot is near the new East Bus Station. Once the No. 1 subway is operated, it will be combined with the bus station to help reduce the ‘secret’ traffic pressure of Ho Chi Minh City today. |
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| The aerial section parallel to the Hanoi highway has completed the elements ready to wait for the subway train to perform the test. |
Metro test No. 1 at the Long Binh reservoir in late 2020
When the first three carriages of subway line 1 are transported to the Long Binh depot, they will be assembled and tested at the depot prior to testing on the main line.
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