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Hà Nội plans to build nearly 600km of urban railway by 2045

The initiative is aimed at reducing traffic congestion, improving transportation infrastructure, boosting the city’s socio-economic growth and mitigating environmental pollution.

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Long-term vision, thorough preparations crucial to urban railway projects: PM
The goal is to devise urban railway planning, and transportation planning at the broader level, with a long-term strategy that minimises the need for land clearance and the impacts on the local population, security, defence, and other socio-economic aspects.
Beach hub calls investment on urban railway system
The central city of Đà Nẵng has called for investment on an urban railway route connecting the Đà Nẵng International Airport and tourism beach of Mỹ Khê on 14.9km in the Master Plan 2021-30, vision 2050.

HCM City proposes retaining surplus budget for urban railway development
HCM City has proposed to retain all surplus budget revenue from 2026 to 2030 to fund urban railway projects.
Hà Nội's urban railway line 2 project to be completed by 2031
The reason for adjusting the timings is that the process of reviewing, examining and appraising the project adjustment has lasted from 2012 until now and has not been completed, so the construction and equipment packages of the project have not been actioned.
Hà Nội's urban railway line 2 project to be completed by 2031 instead of 2015
The reason for adjusting the timings is that the process of reviewing, examining and appraising the project adjustment has lasted from 2012 until now and has not been completed, so the construction and equipment packages of the project have not been actioned.
Nhổn-Hà Nội station urban railway line carries 34,184 passengers on first day of operation
This figure surpasses the record set by the Cát Linh – Hà Đông railway line, the first one to be operational in Hà Nội and in the country, which saw 25,680 passengers on the opening day.

Nhổn – Hà Nội Railway Station urban railway line’s commercial operations officially launched
The elevated segment, extending from Nhổn area to Cầu Giấy District, consists of eight stations: Nhổn (S1); Minh Khai (S2); Phú Diễn (S3); Cầu Diễn (S4); Lê Đức Thọ (S5); Đại Học Quốc Gia (S6); Chùa Hà (S7) and Cầu Giấy (S8).
Deputy PM requires the master planning of the urban railway network with a century-long vision
Deputy Prime Minister Trần Hồng Hà urged Hà Nội and HCM City to expedite the opening of the elevated sections of the Nhổn-Hà Nội Station and Bến Thành-Suối Tiên metro lines ahead of schedule.
Ambitious policies to expand and complete Hà Nội's urban railway network
The plan has five specific groups of solutions, including 23 policies and will be a guide to help Hà Nội overcome all the difficulties and challenges in building an at scale urban railway.
Hà Nội, HCM City must select and master advanced urban railway technology: Deputy PM
According to the approved plans, Hà Nội will have 10 metro lines with a total length of 417.8km, while HCM City will have 11 lines with 229.1km in total.
Deputy PM emphasises need for advanced urban railway technology
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has emphasised the importance of selecting advanced urban railway technology during the first meeting of a task force established to accelerate urban railway projects in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
Tunnel connecting urban railway lines to be built
Hà Nội needs more than $55 billlion for urban railway network
The city’s urban railway system started construction in 2007 but progress has been slow and has not met transport needs, Minh said.

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