Tunnel boring machines (TBM) have been assembled and tested for digging work (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Construction of a 4-km underground
section of the
underground stations from Station 9 in Kim Ma to Station
12 in Hanoi Station.
According to Le Trung Hieu, Vice Director of the Metropolitan
Railway Management Board (MRB), tunnel boring machines (TBM) have been
assembled and tested for digging work. The first TBM is to be handed over to
the investor soon.
Hieu said that 20-45 technicians from the Republic of Korea,
Italy and Fecon – a contractor of the project – will operate the machine.
With the scheduled progress of 10km per day, in optimal