The handover plan was agreed upon between the Ministry of Transport and the Hanoi People's Committee in a meeting to implement the handover and acceptance of the Cat Linh - Ha Dong railway project on November 1. Mr. Vu Van Vien, Director of the Hanoi Department of Transport, said that recently, Hanoi has closely coordinated with the Ministry of Transport to prepare the necessary conditions for the operation of the Cat Linh - Ha Dong railway project.
According to the leader of Hanoi Metro, all personnel operating the Hanoi urban railway project, the Cat Linh - Ha Dong line, are ready to operate as planned. - Photo: Internet
After the first 15 days of testing, this railway line will officially open for ticket sales. The Cat Linh - Ha Dong train ticket price is calculated based on the distance traveled by passengers, with a maximum of 15,000 VND/trip for the entire route and a minimum of 8,000 VND/trip for the shortest distance. With a daily ticket price of 30,000 VND/person, passengers can travel on the urban railway without being limited to the number of trips per day.
Monthly tickets are priced at 200,000 VND for general passengers; 100,000 VND for students, workers in industrial zones. Workers in offices, workplaces, and businesses outside industrial zones buy monthly tickets collectively, at 140,000 VND/person/month. Meritorious people, the elderly, the disabled, children under 6 years old, and poor households are all exempt from train tickets.
The price of the urban railway ticket includes personal insurance for passengers on the route and intermediary payment fees, if any. - Photo: Internet
The Hanoi Department of Transport continues to carry out inspections and coordinates with other public passenger transport services to create the safest and most convenient conditions for people to travel on Hanoi's first urban railway. The work of reviewing, preparing human resources, ensuring conditions for actual operation and solutions to handle situations that may arise during operation is being rapidly implemented.
From now until the handover date, the Ministry of Transport has requested the EPC General Contractor to continuously operate trains at the same frequency as during commercial operation, to ensure that the project is capable of commercial operation immediately after handover to Hanoi.
