On August 30, Ms. Ngo Thi Dao (Thai Nguyen) and her family were present at Cat Linh station (Hanoi) to experience the Cat Linh - Ha Dong urban railway line. When preparing to pay for tickets for 4 members, Ms. Dao was surprised when the staff informed her that tickets were completely free.
The whole family is very happy to experience the free train during the holidays" - Ms. Dao shared.
Also present at Cat Linh station on the morning of August 30, Mr. Tran Nguyen (Ha Dong, Hanoi) said that the number of passengers arriving at the station was quite large. However, taking tickets, passing through the control gate and boarding the train took place smoothly, he did not have to spend much time waiting.
According to Lao Dong's records on the same morning, a large number of people and tourists flocked to Cat Linh station to experience the tram during the holiday.
Although the number of passengers was large, there was no congestion or prolonged queuing in the ticket counter and ticket gate area. The organization of picking up passengers was carried out quite quickly.
At Cat Linh station, people only take less than 1 minute to receive the QR code, go through the control gate and move onto the train.
Hanoi Railway Company Limited (Hanoi Metro) implements 100% toll exemption on two urban railway lines during the National Day of September 2nd.
The free ticket program is applied for 5 days, including August 29, August 30, August 31, September 1st and September 2nd.
Passengers using electric trains are issued 0-dong ticket cards at the ticket counter or buy 0-dong tickets on existing applications, agents, collection agents, electronic tickets, bank cards, Tap&Go...
The city budget supports 100% of the ticket price per trip for passengers through subsidies.
During the 5-day holiday, two routes 2A and 3.1 operate from 5:30 am to 10 pm, with a frequency of about 10 minutes/trip. Route 2A is expected to operate 203 train trips/day, while route 3.1 is about 200 train trips/day.
In addition to the free ticket policy, Hanoi Metro continues to implement continuous traffic solutions to support passengers to move conveniently from the destination to the destination.
Passengers can use the "Interchange Flight Booking" feature (Be - Metro - Be) on the Hanoi Metro application to connect routes by technology car and train.
For the "Interconnected Flight Booking" feature, the promotion program currently applies a 15% discount on the trip value, up to 50,000 VND, with 30,000 promotion codes issued. The program lasts until the end of September 30th or until the number of promotion codes is used up, depending on which condition comes first.
