The tunnel boring machine (TBM) for Hanoi’s second metro line project, Nhon-Hanoi Railway Station, has been assembled and ready for the tunnel excavation, according to the Hanoi Metropolitan Railway Management Board (MRB).

After arriving in Hai Phong port on October 31 and moved to underground station S9, the first of the four underground stations on the Nhon - Hanoi Railway Station route along Kim Ma street in Ba Dinh district, the components of machine have been brought to the construction site.

The Nhon-Hanoi Railway Station, will run 12.5 kilometers from the Nhon area in the western district of Nam Tu Liem via Kim Ma street to Hanoi Railway Station on Le Duan street. It will run 8.5 kilometers on elevated tracks through eight stations and the remaining four kilometers underground.

The metro line on October 20 received its first train from France and begin operations in April 2021 on the elevated track, which is now 99.5% complete. The underground track is scheduled to begin operations in 2023.

The project has a total investment of VND36 trillion (US$1.56 billion), sourced mainly from official development assistance (ODA) loans.

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