Opera House station (Ho Chi Minh City)
Appearance
Opera House Station (Vietnamese: Ga Nhà hát Thành phố) is an underground Ho Chi Minh City Metro station on Line 1.[1][2][3] Built in front of the Lam Sơn Square, Municipal Theatre of Ho Chi Minh City, underneath Lê Lợi Boulevard, the station opened on 22 December 2024.[4]
Station layout
[edit]GF | Ground Floor | Entrances/Exits |
B1F | 1st Floor | Ticket sales area, commercial area, platform gates & ticket gates |
B2F | Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Platform 1 | ← L1 Line 1 to Bến Thành (Terminus) Transfer to L2 Line 2 or L4 Line 4 on the next station | |
B3F | 3rd Floor | Technical department area |
B4F | Side platform, doors will open on the left | |
Platform 2 | L1 Line 1 to Ba Son (for Suối Tiên) → |
Surounding area
[edit]The station is under Lê Lợi Boulevard, stretch from Pasteur Street, crosses the City Hall and Nguyễn Huệ Boulevard at the "Willow Round-a-bout" (Bùng binh Cây Liễu) and to the Saigon Opera House at Đồng Khởi Street. The area around the station is known as one of the most appealing area of the city with many most well-known buildings here, included:

- Ho Chi Minh City Hall
- Saigon Opera House
- Lam Sơn Square
- Chi Lăng Park
- Mariamman Temple, Ho Chi Minh City
- Museum of Ho Chi Minh City
- Rex Hotel
- Caravelle Hotel
- Hotel Continental Saigon
- Park Hyatt Saigon
- Sheraton Saigon Grand Opera Hotel
- Artex Saigon Opera View Building
- Vincom Center Đồng Khởi
- Sunwah Tower
- Saigon Centre
- Saigon Union Square / Mandarin Oriental, Saigon (hotel is under construction; previously was the place of Passage Eden Mall)
- Saigon Tax Trade Centre (demolished; wait for renovation)
- Parkson Saigontourist Plaza
- SJC Tower (on hold; previously was the place of International Trade Center-ITC)
Gallery
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Platform 1
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Entrance/Exit 1
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Ticket machine
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Ticket machine
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Head to Platform 2
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HCMC Metro Line 1 Route at Opera House Station B1 level
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HCMC Metro Line 1 Route at Opera House Station B2 level
References
[edit]- ^ "[Photos] Inside the Metro Station Beneath Saigon's Opera House | Saigoneer". saigoneer.com. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
- ^ "Downtown terminal of Ho Chi Minh City's metro route No.1 nears completion". Tuoi Tre News. 2020-04-26. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
- ^ VnExpress. "Construction site to be cleared in downtown HCMC as metro station nears completion - VnExpress International". VnExpress International – Latest news, business, travel and analysis from Vietnam. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
- ^ "'Finally, we made it!': Ho Chi Minh City celebrates first metro". CNA. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ https://cdn.tuoitre.vn/471584752817336320/2024/5/19/z54433777376693f51c2ad636457b790a34ee4a29acd3f-17160986989931655568278.jpg
- ^ vi:Ga Nhà hát Thành phố