VietNamNet Bridge – The Tokyo Metro Group is ready to assist Hanoi to manage a railway network and provide training courses for its staff.

This was announced by Tadayyoshi Tohama, Director of the Tokyo Metro Group, at a meeting with Nguyen Van Khoi, Vice Chairman of the Hanoi municipal People’s Committee on December 1.

A delegation from the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism visited Vietnam to seek investment cooperation in Hanoi’s urban railway project.

Mr. Khoi briefed the Japanese guests on the status quo of public transport in the capital as buses are the only means of transport but do not meet public demands.

Up to 2020, the capital will have 5 railway lines connecting inner Hanoi to other urban areas such as Bac Ninh, Vinh Phuc, Hung Yen and Thai Nguyen.

The Nhon-Hanoi railway station on line No 3, which connects western and southern areas, is already under construction. The project will get funding from Japan and France.

Tadayyoshi Tohama said that the first railway line in Japan was built in 1927 by Tokyo Metro Group. With a wealth of management experience in this field, Mr. Tohama noted that every 1 million people need one railway line and safety is given top priority.

Tokyo now has 13 lines. Of these, the Tokyo Metro Group manages 9 serving 6.3 million people travelling on 891 km of track everyday, accounting for 76 percent of all passengers using public transport.

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