HCMC Metro
| Ho Chi Minh City Metro | |||
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A HCMC Metro Line 1 train at one of its stations | |||
| Overview | |||
| Native name | Đường sắt đô thị Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh | ||
| Owner | Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR) | ||
| Locale | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | ||
| Transit type | Rapid transit | ||
| Number of lines |
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| Number of stations | 14 (operational) | ||
| Website | MAUR HURC | ||
| Operation | |||
| Began operation | 22 December 2024 | ||
| Operator(s) | HCM Urban Railways (HURC) | ||
| Character | Elevated and underground | ||
| Number of vehicles | Line 1: 17 three-car Hitachi trains | ||
| Technical | |||
| System length | 19.7 km (12.2 mi) (Line 1) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||
| Electrification | Overhead catenary | ||
| Top speed | 110 km/h (68 mph) | ||
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The Ho Chi Minh City Metro (HCMC Metro, Vietnamese: Đường sắt đô thị Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh) is a rapid transit system in Ho Chi Minh City, the most populous city in Vietnam.
The system currently consists of one operational line, Line 1 which opened on 22 December 2024 from Bến Thành Market to Eastern Bus Terminus. Additional lines are currently under construction or being planned. Line 1 is 19.7 km (12.2 mi) long with three underground stations (Bến Thành, Ho Chi Minh City Opera House, and Ba Son) and eleven elevated stations. The three stations above are Vietnam's first underground metro stations. Trains are designed to travel at up to 110 km/h (68 mph) on the elevated sections and up to 80 km/h (50 mph) underground.
Further lines are under construction or planned, for a total length of 510 km (316.9 mi) (not including the length of LRT Line 11 and Line 12 for Cần Giờ)
As part of its inauguration, nine trains will initially run from 05:00 to 22:00 (UTC+07:00), with peak hour and off-peak frequencies of eight and twelve minutes, respectively. Based on the decision of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council, the metro will remain free for the first 30 days of operation. Feeder bus lines connecting to Metro Line 1 will be free of charge from 1 January 2025, until the end of the metro's fare-free policy. However, in practice, the free bus fare policy was implemented earlier, starting on 22 December 2024, coinciding with the official operation of the metro line.