On 10.2, Ho Chi Minh City Urban Railway Management Board (Maur) sent a written emergency to the relevant units on the plan to organize the inauguration ceremony of Metro Line 1 (Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien) on 9.3.
As planned, the event will take place in the area above Ben Thanh station - 23/9 Park (District 1) with the participation of 500 - 700 delegates, including the leader of the Vietnamese Government and the Leader Japan - a country funding for the project.
According to Maur, this is not only an important transport event but also political significance, towards welcome to the 12th Party Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee (term 2025 - 2030), National Congress The XIV of the Party, and at the same time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and the reunification of the country (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025) and the Eighth Ho Chi Minh City Patriotic Emulation Congress.
Besides, the event also marked 10 years of Vietnam - Japan festival, showing friendship between the two countries.
The Metro Line No. 1 officially operated from December 22, 2024, becoming the first train route of Ho Chi Minh City.
After a free month to encourage people to experience, from January 21, 2025, Metro No. 1 started collecting tolls.
Tickets from 7,000 - 20,000 VND/time (cash payment) and 6,000 - 19,000 VND/time (cashless payment).
In addition to the ticket, Metro No. 1 also offers many monthly ticket options with the price of 300,000 VND for general passengers and 150,000 VND for students. The ticket is unlimited in the first day of the day costing 40,000 VND/day or 90,000 VND/three days.
Some subjects such as people with meritorious services to the revolution, people with disabilities, the elderly and children under 6 years of age are completely free when using Metro Line 1.
Statistics show that Metro No. 1 is attracting great attention from the people. In 10 days of peak Tet (5 days ago and 5 days after Tet), this route served more than 761,000 passengers, operating 1,768 trains, with a total revenue of more than 11.7 billion VND, on average 1.3 billion/day.
