Expected to open the railway tunnel at Ca Pass on the evening of April 21

On the evening of April 21, Vietnam Railway Corporation announced that the railway tunnel through Ca Pass was opened in the evening of the same day, and the tunnel collapse incident had been completely resolved.

According to information recorded by Giao Thong Newspaper at the scene, at exactly 6:15 p.m. on April 21, freight train number HH84, locomotive number 940, pulling 18 cars with a total weight of 850 tons, passed through the Ca Pass tunnel safely.

This freight train departs from Dai Lanh station (Khanh Hoa) to Giap Bat station (Hanoi), signaling that the North-South railway has opened.

The first train ran through the Ca Pass railway tunnel after construction units completed repairing the landslide.

Mr. Tran Thien Canh, Director of Vietnam Railway Authority, said that after the incident, the Railway industry coordinated with Vietnam Railway Corporation and the two localities of Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa to organize road traffic flow through Ca Pass.

Ca Pass railway tunnel officially opened after 9 days of landslide.

According to Mr. Canh, the Railway industry has established a field working group and so far, the basic work has been completed.

"Before the official transfer, the Railway industry will conduct test runs of trains at different speeds, each time from 5 - 15km/h. The tunnel has been opened, but the road is still closed to cars because the safety level when cars travel on the tunnel mouth is being checked. It is expected that the National Highway 1 pass will reopen on April 22," Mr. Canh added.

Workers clean up the site after the work is completed.

On the afternoon of April 21, construction units mobilized about 200 officers and engineers to actively construct. Concrete was pumped to connect the entire collapsed soil and rock section behind the tunnel shell with a length of about 11m and the collapsed section inside the tunnel.

There are a total of 39 drills, including 2 drills from the mountainside down, 37 drills inside the tunnel to pump high pressure concrete, creating stable adhesion.

The tunnel roof support frame has been fully installed.

A worker of Construction Joint Stock Company 3 happily said: "After many days of working day and night, today we have seen the results of our labor. I am so excited, I am still anxiously waiting for the moment the train is ready."

The final welds of the construction unit ensure safety when passing ships.

In response to the tunnel collapse, according to Mr. Tran Viet Tung, Director of Nha Trang Railway Transport Branch, from April 12 to now, the unit has transferred 110 passenger trains with more than 30,000 passengers from Tuy Hoa station (Phu Yen province) to Gia station (Van Ninh district, Khanh Hoa province) to continue the journey from South to North and vice versa.

Freight trains are also gathered at Hoa Huynh station (Ninh Hoa town, Khanh Hoa province) and Hoa Da station (Phu Yen province) for truck transfer. The railway sector bears the transfer costs.

The southern gate of the railway tunnel through Deo Ca Pass.

Previously, at 12:45 on April 12, the railway tunnel through Deo Ca (Km 1231+100, section through Dai Lanh commune, Van Ninh district, Khanh Hoa) on the North-South railway collapsed, causing hundreds of cubic meters of rock and soil to fill the tunnel entrance.

The incident caused the North-South railway through Deo Ca Pass to be completely cut off.

The tunnel is nearly 400m long, a level II railway tunnel project, and is being solidified.

The capital source is from the medium-term public investment plan for the period 2016-2020. The project is invested by Project Management Board 85.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/ham-duong-sat-deo-ca-se-thong-vao-chieu-toi-21-4-192240421162204857.htm