On February 8, the Ho Chi Minh City Urban Railway Management Board (MAUR) said that during the 2024 Lunar New Year, contractor Hitachi will continue to test run 17 Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien Metro trains.

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Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien metro trains will continue to be tested throughout the Tet holiday.

Accordingly, the time to stop completing the installation work will be used to continue to strengthen the test run (break-in) for 17 trains. The systems of metro line 1, when put into operation, will operate synchronously and almost completely automatically, so testing to ensure that the devices can "communicate" with each other is a mandatory requirement to ensure the safety of passengers when running the train.

MAUR said that it is expected that there will be about 40 personnel in charge of testing, mostly experts from Europe and Japan, who will be divided into groups to participate in testing and internal calibration of systems such as: locomotive and rolling stock systems, information, signals, platform doors, etc., working from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. every day, during the 2024 Lunar New Year holiday.

Specifically, the train schedule on February 8

to February 9, 2024 (December 29 and 30) and from February 12 to February 14 (January 3 to 5 of the lunar calendar).

On February 1, within the framework of the "Spring Homeland" program, MAUR also coordinated with Hitachi Contractor to organize 7 train trips to welcome a delegation of outstanding overseas Vietnamese and artists to visit and experience the metro train of Metro Project No. 1 (Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien) on the occasion of the Lunar New Year.

To date, the total implementation volume of the entire metro line 1 project has reached more than 97.5% and will be completed and put into operation from July 2024.

Nearly 200 overseas Vietnamese experience the Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien Metro train Within the framework of the Homeland Spring 2024 program, nearly 200 overseas Vietnamese had an exciting experience riding the Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien Metro train.