Tunnel boring of Nhon-Ha Noi Station metro line tunnel kick-started
VGP - Two tunnel boring machines will start drilling the underground section of the capital city’s Metro Line 3 at Kim Ma Station (S9) on Tuesday, according to the MRB.
This is part of the contract package CP03 to construct the underground stations and tunnel, which has achieved 43.4 per cent completion.
The machines are expected to reach Cat Linh Station (S10) in January and the final station under Tran Hung Dao Street in October next year.
Each day, a team of 150 people including tunnel boring machine and robot arm operators will work onsite to ensure construction safety.
Elevated section delayed
The metro line has missed the deadline for its elevated section, again, after failing to go into commercial operation on Sunday.
Known as Metro Line 3, the project measures 12.5km in length with a total capital of VNĐ34.8 trillion (US$1.4 billion). Construction began in 2009.
The elevated section from the Nhon Depot to Cau Giay District was 8.5km long.
On July 22, an official document from the government meeting on the progress of urban railway projects in Ha Noi and HCM City, in which Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha ordered that the city's People's Committee take the lead in coordinating public agencies and departments to ensure that this elevated section enter commercial operation on July 28, with no further delay.
According to the Ha Noi Metropolitan Railway Management Board (MRB), as of the end of June, construction for the elevated section of the Metro Line 3 reached one hundred per cent completion.
Nhon Depot along with eight elevated stations along the line has been certified for fire safety standards, while the station equipment and ten trains due to operate on the line passed the vehicle registration.
The Taking Over Certificates (TOCs) were also issued for various contracts within the project by Systra Consultant.
From 2015 to July 28, 2024, the commercial operation of Ha Noi's Metro Line 3 has been delayed 13 times, reported./.
