Hanoi urban railway told to start operation in 2018The Government has told the Ministry of Transport (MoT) to put the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway into operation by the first quarter of 2018. Train carriages are put onto the Cat Linh -Ha Dong Urban Railway track last month. The Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway will have 12 stations and one depot area. Out of the initially projected investment of 552 million USD, 419 million USD (76 percent) were loans from China and the rest matching funds by the Vietnamese Government. Construction started in 2011 but since then costs rose to 886 million USD, exceeding the original figure by 250 million USD, or a 160 percent increase.

Source: VietNamNet News March 28, 2017 04:26 UTC