This morning, Saigon Transportation Engineering Corporation – One member Limited (SAMCO – investor) cooperated with the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transportation to hold the groundbreaking ceremony for the new East Bus Station at 501 Hoang. Huu Nam, Long Binh District, District 9.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Mr. Tran Quoc Toan, CEO of SAMCO, reported: The East Bus Station project has just been built on the border between Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong Province. , playing the role of a traffic hub. the main city to other provinces of the country. This location is well suited to become a hub in the urban development model associated with public transport hubs (TOD – transit-oriented development). In the near future, the new East Bus Station will be an important traffic hub to contribute to the development of a smart city in the city of East – Thu Duc. “Therefore, the new eastern bus station is not only a traffic hub, it is also envisioned to become a multifunctional complex associated with a shopping center, office services, logistics and freight transportation combined with the Location, in harmony with the metropolitan area of plaza and green trees for community activities ”, said Toan.
Construction began on the new East Bus Station in April 2017, covering an area of more than 16 hectares. With the largest bus station in the country, a spacious and modern design, the new bus station in the East is no different from an international airport.
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Lounge seats for passengers
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Aiming to serve 7 million passengers a year and be an international intermodal service infrastructure, and bring passengers to Long Thanh Airport, the East Bus Station has a new design with open and airy spaces, including the lobby. welcoming guests, waiting for financial resources, connecting many functions and services
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Information desk just in front of the entrance, there is always staff on duty to provide all the information about points, routes according to the needs of the passengers.
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The new East Bus Station has a new location to search and sell electronic tickets to save time for passengers, avoiding the situation of waiting in line to buy tickets at peak times.
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The entire station block includes 2 basements and 4 floors
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The entire infrastructure, phase 1 of the Eastern Bus Station, in which almost 700 billion VND has been invested, is ready to be put into operation and exploited in the first phase, including the routes from Quang Tri to the North .
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Tran Quang Lam, director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transportation, said that the Department of Transportation and other departments and branches of the city have carefully prepared the traffic connection outside the bus station. Currently, the surrounding infrastructure works continue to be completed. By the end of next year, line 1 of the subway will be put into commercial operation, the subway station will be connected directly to the full stage of the bus station. In the future, this area will have more logistics service operation centers, which will become the model for the TOD model in Vietnam.
Recognizing the units’ efforts to overcome many difficulties and challenges for a long time to complete phase 1 of the new modern East Bus Station, Mr. Vo Van Hoan, Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, assessed this as One of the works of great importance in the socioeconomic development of the city. “Being a center for economic, cultural, educational training and especially a commercial center, a center for the socio-economic development of the southern key economic region, Ho Chi Minh City has it all. Transportation systems After 40 years, The relocation of the East Binh Thanh District Bus Station to the new bus station in District 9 shows that the city is developing rapidly every day.With a large area, many facilities, located in a favorable location. … will definitely promote all the advantages to fully contribute to the development of the city, especially to the development of transportation, and serve both the city people and the local people, ”Mr. Hoan emphasized.
The parking area is scientifically organized and airy.
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Mr. Nguyen Hoang Huy, Managing Director of East Bus Station, Information: The fixed passenger transport route operating at the new East Bus Station includes routes with a distance of 1,100 km or more from Ho City Chi Minh, specifically routes from the East bus station to the Quang Tri province bus station back to the northern provinces Within 3 months from October 10, the unit operates the transportation routes of fixed route passengers with the terminal When you move to a new bus station, you can park and pick up and drop off passengers at the existing East bus station before arriving at the East bus station to complete departure procedures as prescribed.
For transport units operating on fixed route passenger transport routes, starting from the existing eastern bus station with a trip to the provinces / cities directly under the central government and through the eastern bus station. just stop by, transfer passengers at the new terminal.
In the current eastern bus station, there is an organization of a ticket agent for the routes with a new terminal at the new station. At the same time, the new East bus station also organizes a ticket agent for the routes to register the transit point at the new station, but it starts from the existing bus station. Passengers can come to buy at the counter of the two previous locations, buy on the website www.vexemiendong.com.vn or buy tickets at the phone number 0368.292.292.
The bus station has an escalator and an elevator system to go down to the basement or upper floors
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Outside parking area in the basement
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Waiting for seats for passengers to prepare to board
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Inside there is parking for motorcycles and cars.
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The new eastern bus station clearly separates the entrance area for arrivals and departures, facilitating passenger drop-off.
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Overview of the new East Bus Station complex viewed from above
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The new East Bus Station connects directly to Metro Station 1
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