Metro Line No. 1 will have its first test run on December 21. (Photo: tienphong.vn)
HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City's Metro Line No. 1will conduct a test run on December 21, according to the Management Authority forUrban Railways (MAUR).
The pilot run for Metro Line No. 1 will be carried out on asection of more than eight kilometres in Thu Duc city, it said.
The trial run by Japanese contractor Hitachi will mark the firsttime that a train will go on a test run on the line, which runs 19.7km betweenBen Thanh market in district 1 and Suoi Tien Theme Park in Thu Duc city.
The test run will have the participation of the project'scontractor - Hitachi - along with the Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam, theConsul General of Japan, representatives of JICA (Japan InternationalCooperation Agency) and leaders of the People's Committee of HCM City, Thu Duc cityand relevant departments.
The elevated section is designed for trains to run at a speed of110 kilometres per hour (kph) but for the test run the train will start at aspeed of 5kph and gradually reach 20kph.
During the test, the train will also stop to pick up and drop offpassengers, either at the Suoi Tien or Binh Thai stations.
The first metro line has 17 Japanese-made trains, each with acapacity to hold 930 passengers and each train can travel up to 110 kph aboveground and 80 kph underground.
All 17 trains have been tested at Long Binh depot in Thu Duc citysince August.
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Metro Line No. 1 will have its first test run on December 21. (Photo: tienphong.vn) 
