Many Nhổn–Cầu Giấy metro stations won't have bus stops

HÀ NỘI — The Nhổn–Cầu Giấy railway line, an elevated section of Nhổn–Hà Nội Railway Station route, is set to co妹妹ence operations in the third quarter of  二0 二 三. However, according to recent reports, many stops along the line will not be linked to any bus stations for onward travel.

The National University and Lê Đức Thọ stops are not near bus stops, meaning passengers will have to walk back to Xuân Thuỷ Street and Hồ Tùng Mậu Street to catch a bus.

At Minh Khai station, the situation is worse, and passengers will have to call a taxi for the rest of their journey. The same story is repeated at the Cầu Diễn, Phú Diễn, and Nhổn stations. 

Vũ Anh Tuấn, director of the Việt Nam-Germany Transport Research Centre at the Việt Nam-Germany University, has suggested that more bus stops be located near train stations along the metro line to attract passengers. He shared this in an interview with Giao thông (Transport) online newspaper.

The buses should connect residential areas with stations, he added.

It is necessary to draw experience in organising traffic and connecting with bus stops from the Cát Linh–Hà Đông urban railway line to make the necessary adjustments for the Nhổn–Cầu Giấy elevated urban railway line, he said.

More bus stops needed

Thái Hồ Phương, deputy director of the Hà Nội Public Transport Management Centre, said that there are currently  三 一 bus routes connecting to the Nhổn–Cầu Giấy elevated urban railway line.

He said that  二 八 of these routes are subsidised and three are not, serving an average daily of more than  一 一 八,000 passengers.

With the current status of bus infrastructure, bus stops along the Nhổn–Cầu Giấy elevated urban railway line will have to be re-arranged and supplemented to facilitate connection with the train stations, he said.

Phương also said an additional  一 二 bus routes would be connected to the Nhổn–Hà Nội Railway Station line, including nine new bus routes, bringing the total number of connect bus routes to  四 三.

After completing the connection between bus stops and train stations, the transport capacity of buses along the Nhổn–Hà Nội Railway Station line will improve.

The transport capacity of buses along the Nhổn–Cầu Giấy elevated urban railway line will increase three to four times compared to the current transport capacity, meeting about  三0- 五0 per cent of the total travel demand of passengers.

The Hà Nội Public Transport Management Centre said, at first, it is forecasted that about  一 五- 二0 per cent of people living along the route will switch from using personal vehicles to the urban railway line's metro.

Moreover, the number of taxis operating along the route will also decrease because people will use the metro thanks to low costs, reducing travel time and traffic congestion.

Trần Hữu Bảo, deputy director of the Hà Nội Transport Department, said the department had studied traffic organisation to serve when the Nhổn – Cầu Giấy elevated urban railway line comes into operation.

In addition to buses, he said there would be two-wheel electric vehicles, tech-based motorbike taxis, and tech-based taxis to serve train passengers when they get off at the train stations.

He said the road sign system would also be installed when the Nhổn–Cầu Giấy elevated urban railway line operates.

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