Bến Thành station

Bến Thành Station (Vietnamese: Ga Bến Thành) is an underground Ho Chi Minh City Metro interchange station on the Line 1 and the future Line 2 and Line 4.^[1][2] Located under the September 23rd Park and Quách Thị Trang Square, in front of Bến Thành Market, the station serves as the central metro station in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.^[3][4][5] The station opened on 22 December 2024.^[6]

L101 L201 Ben Thanh Ga Bến Thành
Ho Chi Minh City Metro station
The main entrance and skylight of the station at September 23 Park look towards to Quách Thị Trang Square
General information
Location	Quách Thị Trang Square, Bến Thành Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Line(s)	L1 L2 L4
Bus routes	1, 3, 4, 13, 18, 19, 20, 28, 31, 34, 36, 38, 39, 44, 45, 52, 53, 56, 65, 69, 75, 86, 88, 93, 102, 109, 152, 155, 156, D4, 61-6
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Status	Completed
Station code	L1-01
History
Opened	22 December 2024 (2024-12-22)
Services Preceding station HCMC Metro Following station Terminus Line 1 Opera House L102 towards Suối Tiên Line 2 Phase 1 - Opening 2030-2032 Tao Đàn L202 towards Tân Bình Turtle Lake L413 towards Thạnh Xuân Line 4 Proposed Hoàng Diệu L415 towards Hiệp Phước Port
Route map Line 1 Legend  An Hạ Depot (phase 2) L1  Hiệp Phước L4 Tân Bình (phase 1)  L2 L1-01 Bến Thành  Thủ Thiêm (phase 2) L2 Thạnh Xuân  L4 L1-02 Opera House Ba Son Bridge L1-03 Ba Son Nhiêu Lộc – Thị Nghè Channel Văn Thánh Canal Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh Boulevard L1-04 Văn Thánh Park New Cần Giuộc Bus Station  L5 Điện Biên Phủ Boulevard L1-05 Tân Cảng Saigon River L1-06 Thảo Điền L1-07 An Phú L1-08 Rạch Chiếc Rạch Chiếc – Trau Trảu River L1-09 Phước Long L1-10 Bình Thái Ring Road 2 L1-11 Thủ Đức Võ Văn Ngân Street Cái Stream L1-12 High Tech Park National Route 1 L1-13 National University HCMC Bình Dương border National Route 1, Hà Nội Highway L1-14 Suối Tiên Terminal  Thủ Dầu Một (Bình Dương)  Biên Hòa (Đồng Nai) Bình Dương HCMC border Long Bình Depot This diagram: view talk edit Line 2 (phase 1) Legend  Thủ Thiêm (phase 2)  Suối Tiên Terminal L1  Thạnh Xuân L4 01 Bến Thành Hiệp Phước  L4 An Hạ (phase 2)  L1 02 Tao Đàn  Hiệp Bình Phước – Tân Kiên  L3 03 Dân Chủ Sài Gòn railway station 04 Hòa Hưng North–South railway Saigon Locomotive Enterprise 05 Lê Thị Riêng 06 Phạm Văn Hai 07 Bảy Hiền  Tân Cảng – New Cần Giuộc Bus Station  L5 08 Nguyễn Hồng Đào Phú Lâm  L6 09 Bà Quẹo 10 Phạm Văn Bạch 11 Tân Bình Tham Lương - Bến Cát - Nước Lên Channel Tham Lương Depot  An Sương Terminal (phase 2) This diagram: view talk edit
Location

Station layout

Sources:^[7][8]

GF	Ground Floor	Entrances/Exits
B1F	1st Floor	Ticket sales area, commercial area, technical department area, platform gates & ticket gates
B2F	2nd Floor	Technical department area
Platform	Platform 1	→ L1 Line 1 to Opera House (for Suối Tiên) →
Island platform, doors will open on the left/right side
Platform 2	→ L1 Line 1 to Opera House (for Suối Tiên) →
B3F	3rd Floor	Technical department area
Platform	Platform 3	← L4 Line 4 to Hoàng Diệu (for Hiệp Phước Port) (planned)
Island platform, doors will open on the right side
Platform 4	→ L4 Line 4 to Turtle Lake (for Thạnh Xuân) (planned) Transfer to L3 Line 3 on the next station →
B4F Platform	Platform 5	← L2 Line 2 to Tao Đàn (for Tân Bình) (phase 1, under construction) Transfer to L3 Line 3 on the next station
Island platform, doors will open on the left/right side
Platform 6	← L2 Line 2 to Tao Đàn (for Tân Bình) (phase 1, under construction) Transfer to L3 Line 3 on the next station → L2 Line 2 to Hàm Nghi (for Thủ Thiêm) (phase 2, planned) →

Surrounding area

Located at Quách Thị Trang Square, the top most busiest intersection of the city, the station is surrounded by:

• Bến Thành Market (next to Gate 3 at West Gate, East Gate opposite Entrance/Exit 6)
• Bến Thành Tower
• Trường Thạnh Buddhist Temple
• Mariamman Hindu Temple (Chùa Bà Ấn Độ)
• Nguyễn An Ninh Street – Saigon Halal Street
• Lê Công Kiều Street – Antique District
• Saigon General Hospital (at Gate 6)
• Saigon Railway Transport JSC Headquarter (Tòa nhà Hỏa Xa) (at Gate 6)
• Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange
• Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts
• September 23rd Park (at Gate 1 & 2)
• Tao Đàn Park
• General Sciences Library of Ho Chi Minh City
• Conservatory of Ho Chi Minh City
• Cao Thắng Technical College
• Ernst Thälmann High School
• Nguyễn Thái Học Primary School
• Liberty Central Saigon Centre Hotel
• New World Saigon Hotel (near Gate 2)
• A&B Tower (near Gate 2)
• One Central Saigon (directly connected to Gate 4 & 5, under construction)
• Saigon Centre
• SJC Tower (on hold; previously was place of the ITC building that was destroyed in 2002 by fire)

• 
  Quách Thị Trang Square before 2017 with the statue of Trần Nguyên Hãn and Bến Thành Market, where the station is underneath
• 
  Bến Thành Station under construction at Quách Thị Trang Square, seen from Nesta Hotel Saigon

The city government planned to renovate the Quách Thị Trang Square, an area around the station, become a pedestrian crossing like Times Square in New York City or Shibuya Crossing like Tokyo, etc. Both the statues of Trần Nguyên Hãn and Quách Thị Trang will be returned to the square after being stored for years in Phú Lâm Park in District 6 (Chợ Lớn) and Bách Tùng Diệp Park in District 1, respectively.

See also

• Quách Thị Trang Square
• September 23rd Park
• Suối Tiên Terminal station (Line 1)
• Opera House station (Line 1)
• Tao Đàn station (Line 2, 3)
• Hàm Nghi Station (Line 2)