Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Transport wants to develop a commuter bus system to link to stations on Metro Line No1, which is still under construction.
The HCM City Department of Transport is seeking approval for a commuter bus system that would link to stations on Metro Line No. 1, which is under construction.(Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City’sDepartment of Transport wants to develop a commuter bus system to link tostations on Metro Line No1, which is still under construction.
The 2.05 billion USD Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien line, which runs19.7 kilometers between districts 1 and 9 in HCM City, is the first of atleast six metro lines to be built in the city.
Expected to open in the first quarter of 2021, the metro linestations would be linked to buses operating in the vicinity of the line to helppeople get to the metro station more easily.
The department has asked the municipal People’s Committee toapprove the city’s Public Transport Management and Operation Center as theproject’s investor.
Under the department’s proposal, the operations center wouldinvest in infrastructure construction to connect commuter bus lines with themetro line, and reorganise bus lines operating on Hanoi Highway in district 12.The highway connects the city with neighboring Dong Nai province.
The operations center would also invest in 18 more bus lineslinked with stations of the metro line.
To make sure they are within walking distance to the metrostations, bus stops would be spaced no more than 500 metres from one anotherand within a 17.8-kilometer radius from a metro terminal, said Tran Chi Trung,director of the department’s Public Transportation Management Centre.
The 18 additional bus lines would reach into busy residentialareas, university campuses, industrial zones and hi-tech parks in districts 2,9 and Thu Duc to help attract as many metro passengers as possible, he added.
If the department’s proposal is approved, the project’sdesign team will survey metro stations and relevant work to map out the mostappropriate transport connection solutions.
The team is expected to take about three months to study anddesign the commuter bus system, which is expected to be finished in 2020 beforethe first metro line is put into service, said a representative of thedepartment’s Road Transport Management Division.-VNA
Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong has asked the Prime Minister for permission to borrow 2.15 trillion (92.9 million USD) from the central government to pay contractors who are building Metro Line No 1.
Ho Chi Minh City’s Metro No.1 project will receive strong support from local authorities so that it can soon be put into operation, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan on March 13 stressed.
The HCM City People’s Committee has approved an advance of 2.1 trillion VND (93 million USD ) from the city budget for metro line No 1 project between Ben Thanh Market and Suoi Tien Tourist Park.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and leaders of some ministries and agencies went to inspect the construction of Metro Line No. 1 in Ho Chi Minh City on April 12.
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The HCM City Department of Transport is seeking approval for a commuter bus system that would link to stations on Metro Line No. 1, which is under construction.(Photo: VNA) 
