Hanoi Metro carried 2.65 million passengers in the first quarter of 2023 on its first line, Cat Linh – Hà Dông, which opened in 2021.
This figure is up 262% from the same period last year, Hanoi Metro’s general director Vu Hông Truong announced, as quoted by the French-language Vietnamese press. Currently, 10,000 passengers use monthly passes. More than 32,000 passengers travel on the line every weekday and around 28,000 at weekends. Hanoi’s first metro line has been well received by the residents of Vietnam’s capital, and many citizens have switched from private car travel to urban public transport, helping to change travel habits and reduce congestion on the road network.
Hanoi Metro in figures
The urban metro line, which includes 12 stations with 13 trains running between them, entered commercial service in November 2021 and was officially inaugurated on 13 January 2022.Each train, with a maximum speed of 80 km/hour, consists of four carriages with a total transport capacity of 900 people. The metro line is configured for a six- to seven-minute headway, which decreases to two to three minutes at peak times.
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