Ho Chi Minh City prepares to clear ground for 2 metro lines worth more than 8 billion USD

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Ho Chi Minh City urgently prepares for compensation, support, and resettlement to deploy 2 Metro lines Thu Dau Mot - Ho Chi Minh City and Metro line No. 6 (Tan Son Nhat - Phu Huu).

On August 25, the People's Committee of Hiep Binh ward organized a conference to deploy the compensation, support, and resettlement project to serve Metro Thu Dau Mot - Ho Chi Minh City and Metro No. 6 (Tan Son Nhat International Airport - Phu Huu).

At the conference, delegates were informed about the scale, route orientation and progress of the 2 projects; and at the same time deployed contents related to compensation, support, and resettlement in the area.

The conference aims to strengthen coordination between local authorities, specialized agencies, project management units and consulting units, thereby preparing necessary conditions for investment, site clearance and project implementation.

Đoạn Metro số 6 đi qua phường Hiệp Bình, dọc đại lộ Phạm Văn Đồng. Ảnh: UBND phường Hiệp Bình
Metro line No. 6 section passing through Hiep Binh ward, along Pham Van Dong avenue. Photo: Hiep Binh Ward People's Committee

According to the plan, Thu Dau Mot Metro - Ho Chi Minh City and Metro No. 6 are being targeted by Ho Chi Minh City to start construction at the end of 2026. Therefore, site preparation, especially compensation, support and resettlement, is considered one of the important tasks that need to be implemented soon.

Over the past time, consulting units of the 2 projects have conducted drilling surveys at many locations along the route to serve design work and prepare for construction deployment.

Thu Dau Mot - Ho Chi Minh City Metro is about 33.2 km long, of which about 17.5 km is elevated and about 15.7 km is underground.

The project has 24 stations, including 13 underground stations and 11 elevated stations. Hiep Binh Depot is about 33ha wide, located near the Go Dua bridge area. Total estimated investment is about 4.68 billion USD.

Hướng tuyến Metro Thủ Dầu Một - TPHCM. Ảnh: MAUR
Metro line direction Thu Dau Mot - Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: MAUR

The starting point of the line is at station C0, connecting to station S5 of the Binh Duong New City - Suoi Tien Metro line; the ending point is at station C23, connecting to station Tao Dan of Metro No. 2 (Ben Thanh - Tham Luong).

The entire route passes through 18 wards, including: Binh Duong, Phu Loi, Thu Dau Mot, Thuan An, Thuan Giao, Lai Thieu, Binh Hoa, Tam Binh, Hiep Binh, Binh Loi Trung, Binh Quoi, Binh Thanh, Gia Dinh, Thanh My Tay, Saigon, Xuan Hoa, Ben Thanh and Ban Co.

When completed, this metro line will create an additional large-volume public transport axis directly connecting Binh Duong with the central area of Ho Chi Minh City, and also interconnected with other metro lines in the network.

Metro No. 6 (Tan Son Nhat - Phu Huu) is nearly 23 km long, passing through 13 wards including: Tan Son Nhi, Tan Binh, Tay Thanh, Tan Son, Tan Son Hoa, Duc Nhuan, Hanh Thong, Binh Loi Trung, Hiep Binh, Thu Duc, Tang Nhon Phu, Phuoc Long and Long Truong.

The line has about 19 km underground and nearly 4 km elevated, including 17 stations with 13 underground stations and 4 elevated stations. The depot is located in the Binh Trieu area.

The preliminary total investment of Metro Line 6 is about 3.43 billion USD.

Hướng tuyến Metro số 6 (Tân Sơn Nhất - Phú Hữu). Ảnh: MAUR
Metro line No. 6 direction (Tan Son Nhat - Phu Huu). Photo: MAUR

The line starts at Ba Queo station (ST01), near the Tan Ky Tan Quy - Truong Chinh intersection, connecting to Metro Line 2. From here, the line goes underground to the Tan Son Nhat airport area before continuing to the East.

Terminal ST17 is located in Phu Huu, connecting to the Thu Thiem - Long Thanh railway line in the future.

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