The Nhon-Hanoi Station metro line’s elevated section has received a safety certification by Apave - Bureau Veritas - Certifer (known as ABC Consultant) from France, an important basis for commercial operation of the line, according to the Hanoi Urban Railway Management Board (MRB).

The certificate will be submitted to Vietnam Register and the Department for Management of Transport Work Construction and Quality under the Ministry of Transport (MoT) for appraisal. 

The project’s investor has worked closely with relevant units of the MoT so that the appraisal and acceptance of safety documents will be completed within this month.

The application for an environmental license for the elevated section of the project has also been submitted to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment for appraisal, which is anticipated to be done in July.

Finally, the State Inspection Council will convene to review the acceptance results and approve the commercial operation of the elevated section.

By the end of June, work on the elevated section of the project was 100% complete, according to the MRB.

Eight elevated stations and the Nhon depot have passed fire safety inspections. All ten trains have been registered and tagged. Equipment at the stations and depot has also been certified and affixed with an inspection stamp as required by regulations.

The Nhon - Hanoi Railway Station line runs 12.5 km from Nhon in Hanoi's Nam Tu Liem district via Kim Ma Street to Hanoi Railway Station in Dong Da district. Construction began in 2010 at an estimated cost of over VND34.8 trillion (nearly $1.37 billion).