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Ben Thanh station (Vietnamese: Ga Bến Thành) is an underground Ho Chi Minh City Metro interchange station on the Line 1 and the future Line 2, 4 and 12.[1][2] Located under the Lê Lợi Boulevard, 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]

LineL1 L2 L4 L12
Busroutes1, 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
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Ben Thanh

Bến Thành
The main entrance and skylight of the station at September 23 Park look towards to Quách Thị Trang Square
General information
LocationQuách Thị Trang Square, Bến Thành, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
SystemHo Chi Minh City Metro station
LineL1 L2 L4 L12
Bus routes1, 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
StatusCompleted
Station codeL1-01
History
Opened22 December 2024 (2024-12-22)
Services
Preceding station Ho Chi Minh City Metro logo Ho Chi Minh City Metro Following station
Terminus Line 1 Opera House
L102
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
Location
Close
Station skylight above ground

Development

Ga Bến Thành trong quá trình thi cong (năm 2017)
Bến Thành station under construction in 2017

Officially inaugurated in late 2012 and opened in late 2024 along with the Ho Chi Minh City Metro Line 1. Bến Thành station is designed as an "underground quarter" stretching 515m to the Opera House station along the Lê Lợi Boulevard down to the ground about 21m.

The station has a total of 4 underground floors with a ground floor:

  • Ground Floor: includes 6 entrance gates (entrance 4 and 5 are located in the One Central Saigon) and the square area.
  • 1st Floor: is the underground area leading to the Opera House station and is divided into 4 areas: commercial area, sales area, technical department area, entrance gate area and control gate.
  • 2nd Floor: train reception area for Line 1, divided into 2 areas: train reception area and technical department area.
  • 3rd Floor: train transfer area including: train pick-up area of Line 4 with technical department area.
  • 4th floor: train pick-up area of Line 2.

In addition to the function of connecting traffic between metro lines, this station also has a commercial service system - the construction investment cost is 6,865 billion VND.

Station layout

Sources:[7][8]

For Line 1, 2 and 4

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 Suoi Tien Terminal)

L1 Line 1 to Thái Bình Market (for An Hạ)

Island platform, doors will open on the left/right side
Platform 2 L1 Line 1 to Opera House (for Suoi Tien Terminal)
B3F 3rd Floor Technical department area
Platform Platform 3 L4 Line 4 to Hoàng Diệu (for Hiệp Phước Urban Area) (planned)
Island platform, doors will open on the right side
Platform 4 L4 Line 4 to Turtle Lake (for Đông Thạnh) (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) →

For Line 12

G Ground Floor Entrances/Exits
B1F 1st Floor Ticket sales area, commercial area, technical department area, platform gates & ticket gates
B2F

Platofrm

Platform 7 L12 Line 12 to Tân Thuận (for Cần Giờ) (planned) →
Island platform, doors will open on the left/right side
Platform 8 L12 Line 12 to Tân Thuận (for Cần Giờ) (planned) →


Surrounding area

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

The city government planned to renovate the Quách Thị Trang Square, an area around the station, become a pedestrian crossing that is inspired by Times Square in New York City or Shibuya Crossing inTokyo, etc. Both the statues of Trần Nguyên Hãn and Quách Thị Trang also 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.

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