Metro No. 1 is crowded, passengers wait for hours to get on the train

    TÚ QUỲNH |

    HCMC - On January 31 (the third day of Tet), Metro Line 1 was packed with people going on a spring outing. Many people waited in line for nearly an hour to buy tickets to board the train.

    Ghi nhan cua Lao Dong trong ngay 31.1 (tuc mung 3 Tet), hang nghin nguoi dan va du khach do xo den nha ga Ben Thanh de du xuan.
    According to Lao Dong, on January 31 (the third day of Tet), thousands of people and tourists chose the metro as their means of transportation during their first spring trip of the year.
    Tai cac quay ban ve luon trong tinh trang dong duc, chen chuc nhau de mua ve.
    Despite operating more than 150 trains in the first days of the year, each metro train is still packed with passengers. Ticket counters are always crowded, with long lines waiting to buy tickets.
    Gia dinh chi Le Uyen cho biet, dip Tet nay, nha chi su dung metro de di chuyen den cac dia diem vui choi o TPHCM du xuan. “Toi khong ngo qua dong duc, toi thay tu hao vi nguoi dan TPHCM su dung metro rat nhieu. Tuy nhien, thoi gian cho kha lau, toi xep hang mua ve nhung da gan 1 tieng van chua vao duoc ben trong“, chi Uyen noi.
    Ms. Le Uyen's family (living in Thu Duc City) said that this Tet holiday, her family used the metro to travel to entertainment venues in Ho Chi Minh City. "I didn't expect it to be so crowded, I feel proud because many people in Ho Chi Minh City use the metro. However, the waiting time was quite long, I lined up to buy tickets but it was almost an hour and I still couldn't get inside," Ms. Uyen said.
    Cac nhan vien cung duoc tang cuong phuc vu hanh khach.
    Staff were also increased to serve passengers.
    Theo quan sat, hanh khach xep hang trat tu, lan luot di qua may soat ve tai ke ga. Mot so nguoi chua quen voi viec quet ve tai may soat ve cung nhu luong nguoi di chuyen tang khien co luc xay ra tinh trang un u.
    According to observations, although there were many passengers, everyone still lined up in order, listening to the instructions of the station staff to board the train.
    Ben trong cac khoang tau deu trong tinh trang kin cho.
    Inside the train compartments were all full.
    Theo thong ke, trong ngay mung 1 Tet, Metro 1 so da van hanh 182 chuyen voi 8 doan tau hoat dong lien tuc, phuc vu gan 56.000 luot hanh khach. Mung 2, ngoai 156 luot chay theo ke hoach, Metro so 1 da bo sung them 28 chuyen. Lich trinh tang cuong tiep tuc duy tri trong nhung ngay tiep theo: mung 3 Tet van hanh 156 chuyen, trong khi mung 4 va mung 5 nang len 160 chuyen, den mung 6 (ngay 3.2), Metro so 1 tro lai hoat dong binh thuong.
    According to statistics, on the first day of Tet, Metro Line 1 operated 182 trips with 8 trains operating continuously, serving nearly 56,000 passengers. On the second day, in addition to the 156 planned trips, Metro Line 1 added 28 more trips. The enhanced schedule continued in the following days: 156 trips were operated on the third day of Tet. On the fourth and fifth days of Tet, the number of trains increased to 160 trips, and on the sixth day (February 3), Metro Line 1 returned to normal operation.
    Cac bai giu xe ben ngoai Metro dong duc, nhieu thoi diem kin xe va het cho.
    The parking lots outside the Metro are crowded, many times full of cars and no space.

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