Line 2 is an under construction rapid transit line of the HCMC Metro, Vietnam. Line 2 is the city's second metro line, and will connect District 1 and District 12. The construction's phase 1, known as Bến ThànhâÂÂTham Lðáng began in January 2026, with an expected completion date of 2030. The phase length is long with eleven stations.
The loan was to be provided by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the German Development Bank (KfW), and the European Investment Bank (EIB). The project's total cost is (). However, they later decided that the state budget would fund the project instead.
The metro western branch line, including phase 1 starts at Bến Thành station in Bến Thành, District 1, passes through Phạm Há»Âng Thái, Cách Mạng Tháng Tám, and Trðá»Âng Chinh streets underground, and elevated at Tân Bình station at before turn left to ends at Tham Lðáng depot in District 12. 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 eastern branch of the metro is the line phase 2, starts at Bến Thành station, passes underground of Hàm Nghi Boulevard and the Saigon River by a tunnel that parallel to the Saigon River Tunnel and continue to crosses the Mai ChàThá» Boulevard then end at Thủ Thiêm station next to the An Phú intersection and the Rach Chiec National Sports Complex
The project comprises seven construction packages.
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. 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.