HCMC Metro Line 2

Line 2 is an under construction rapid transit line of the HCMC Metro, Vietnam.^[3][4] Line 2 is the city's second metro line, and will connect District 1 and District 12.^[5] The construction's phase 1 began in February 2024, with an expected completion date of 2030.^[6][7][8] The project length is 11.3-kilometer (7.0 mi) long with eleven stations.^[6]

Line 2 Tuyến 2
L2
Overview
Status	Land clearance completed, beginning construction in December[1]
Owner	Vietnam Railways
Locale	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Stations	11 (phase 1) 42 (all project, planned)
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Ho Chi Minh City Metro
Operator(s)	Management Authority of Urban Railways in Ho Chi Minh City (MAUR)
Depot(s)	Tham Lương
History
Planned opening	2030 - 2032 (planned)[2]
Technical
Line length	11.3 kilometers (7.0 mi) (phase 1, under construction) 48 kilometers (30 mi) (planned)
Route map 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

The loan was to be provided by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the German Development Bank (KfW), and the European Investment Bank (EIB).^[5] The project's total cost is VNđ47,900 billion (US$2.04 billion).^[9] However, they later decided that the state budget would fund the project instead.^[10]

Route

The metro line phase 1 starts at Bến Thành station in District 1, passes through Phạm Hồng Thái, Cách Mạng Tháng Tám, and Trường Chinh streets underground, and elevated at Tân Bình station at before turn left to ends at Tham Lương depot in District 12.^[11] And for phase 3, from the Tân Bình station in Tân Bình district, the metro line continue to passes through National Route 22 in Hóc Môn, Củ Chi and ends at the border of the city with Tây Ninh province, all the stations and line of the phase are elevated. Both phases go to the northwest.

The metro line phase 2 starts at Bến Thành station, go to the southeast, passes underground through Hàm Nghi Boulevard in District 1, Saigon River parallel with the Thủ Thiêm Tunnel to Mai Chí Thọ Boulevard and elevated at Thủ Thiêm station in Thủ Đức to connect with Thủ Thiêm–Long Thành Light Rail and North–South express railway.

Construction

The project comprises seven construction packages.^[5]

• CP0 package: Relocation of technical infrastructure system
• CP1 package: The official building and auxiliary works at Tham Lương depot.
• CP2 package: Infrastructure at Tham Lương depot.
• CP3 package (including CP3a and CP3b): Tunnels and Underground stations.
• CP4 package: Transition Structure, Viaduct and Elevated Station.
• CP5 package: E&M system.
• CP6 package: Track work.
• CP7 package: Non-System E&M.

Stations

Phase		Station number		Station name		Layout	Transfers	Location
		Total	Current phase (1)	English name	Vietnamese name			Ward	District
2		1	—	Thủ Thiêm		Underground	North–South Express (planned) Thủ Thiêm–Long Thành Light Rail (planned) L10 (planned)	An Phú	Thủ Đức
		2	—	Bình Khánh		Underground	L10 (planned)	An Khánh
		3	—	International Hospital	Bệnh viện Quốc tế	Underground		An Lợi Đông
		4	—	Young Pioneer Palace	Cung Thiếu nhi	Underground		Thủ Thiêm
		5	—	Crescent Boulevard	Đại lộ Vòng Cung	Underground
		6	—	Hàm Nghi		Underground		Nguyễn Thái Bình	District 1
1		7	1	Bến Thành		Underground	L1 L4 (planned)	Bến Thành
		8	2	Tao Đàn		Underground	L3 (planned)
		9	3	Dân Chủ		Underground	L8 (planned)	Võ Thị Sáu	District 3
		10	4	Hòa Hưng		Underground	North–South Railway L8 (planned) L9 (planned)	Ward 9
		11	5	Lê Thị Riêng		Underground		Ward 11
		12	6	Phạm Văn Hai		Underground		Ward 5	Tân Bình
		13	7	Bảy Hiền		Underground	L5 (planned)	Ward 4
		14	8	Nguyễn Hồng Đào		Underground		Ward 14
		15	9	Bà Quẹo		Underground	L6 (planned) L9 (planned)	Ward 13
		16	10	Phạm Văn Bạch		Underground		Ward 15
		17	11	Tân Bình		Elevated
2		18	—	Tân Thới Nhất		Elevated		Tân Thới Nhất	District 12
		19	—	Hưng Thuận		Elevated		Đông Hưng Thuận
		20	—	An Sương Bus Terminal	Bến xe An Sương	Elevated		Trung Mỹ Tây
3	a	21	—	Quảng Đức		Elevated
		22	—	Tân Xuân		Elevated		Tân Xuân	Hóc Môn
		23	—	Bà Triệu		Elevated
		24	—	Lý Thường Kiệt		Elevated		Hóc Môn
		25	—	Thống Nhất		Elevated		Tân Thới Nhì
		26	—	Tân Thới		Elevated
		27	—	Tân Hiệp		Elevated
		28	—	An Hạ		Elevated		Tân Phú Trung	Củ Chi
		29	—	District Road 2	Hương lộ 2	Elevated
		30	—	Tân Phú Trung		Elevated
		31	—	Lê Minh Nhựt		Elevated
		32	—	Tân Thông Hội		Elevated		Tân Thông Hội
		33	—	Trần Văn Chẩm		Elevated
		34	—	Huỳnh Văn Cọ		Elevated
		35	—	Củ Chi		Elevated		Củ Chi
	b	36	—	Củ Chi Hospital	Bệnh viện Củ Chi	Elevated		Tân An Hội
		37	—	Nguyễn Thị Rành		Elevated
		38	—	Trung Viết		Elevated		Phước Hiệp
		39	—	Cây Trôm		Elevated
		40	—	Phước Hòa		Elevated
		41	—	Phước Thạnh		Elevated		Phước Thạnh
		42	—	Provincial Road 7	Tỉnh lộ 7	Elevated

Rolling stock

The rolling stock has not been announced yet, and in February 2024, German company Siemens was in talks with the government to build urban rail lines, including the HCMC Metro Line 2.^[12] Line 2 will use electric multiple units. By 2030, it will use 3-car trains, then increase to 6 cars. Each train is 22 m long, 3.15 m wide, and 3.865 m high. Maximum axle load is 16 tons. The design speed is 90 km/h. Maximum operating speed is 80 km/h. The signaling system uses modern technology, ensuring scientific, efficient and safe train operation with automatic train control systems, automatic train monitoring, computer-based interlocking, train speed detection and measurement, data signal transmission, signal display system, depot signaling and interlocking system, disaster warning system and other auxiliary systems.^[13]