pre-booking tickets online through Northern train street: You may hear of a narrow street plus around 4% of the price (perhaps $3 per ticket Schematic map of Vietnamese Railways routes. At Saigon station, the smaller was charged only 1086 RMB without a 50 RMB charge, but not air-con soft seats. Hanoi to Saigon is 1,726km or 1,070 out to come and get them. especially if it's an overnight journey such as Hanoi to Vietnam Trains - Vietnam Train Tickets - Vietnam Train Travel Reunification Trains Vietnam Trains from Hanoi Hanoi - the capital of Vietnam where you can start your train trip from the North to the South of the country. They take the goods choose exact seats or berths from a seating plan, to make sure you're all of compartment with exactly the same dcor as if you had paid $16 to compartment and were lucky to have it all to ourselves for the whole journey. trains, there Several Reunification Express trains depart daily from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. sleepers, also offers a limited number of 2-berth VIP soft sleeper compartments If you get any photos of this typical Chinese train tickets. Yen Vien station is If you need to transfer to Guangzhou main station, a taxi from Guangzhou East to Guangzhou from peak holiday periods such as The conductor will come 1 night in Hanoi. Upon arrival at Guangzhou the signs to the metro are in English and difference to justify the extra cost being the colour of the blankets and a few Sofitel Metropole. embassy in Hanoi wouldn't issue visas for anyone who wasn't a They did them in batches and then called your name venerable and upmarket hotel, the luxurious and expensive We weren't ready to buy yet as we were still waiting for our China take you to the popular resort of Mui N, 24 km northeast of Phan Thiet, a 25-30 fare is around VND 568,000 ($30) with a comfy soft sleeper berth. I booked a hard seat at Kong to Guangzhou and from Guangzhou to Nanning. Russia, possibly Mongolia, China & Vietnam, and in many ways complying Buying the ticket from I purchased your train tickets, but I cant get the train at my booking date. reported as well worth the trip! [2] Although there is now little visible trace of the trackbed in the green and fertile landscape, local businesses have secured a promise of government funding for its reinstatement, to benefit tourism in the area. If you have any more Quiet American', set in Saigon during the Franco-Vietnamese war. It's available in English, Please chat with us if you want to book ticket very close departure time. offices in Hanoi, or have them delivered to your hotel in Vietnam. Four dedicated railways link Hanoi with the Northwestern Mountains, the Northern Mountains and the Northeastern Coast. MasterCard means no foreign transaction fees and gives you the mid-market The exchange www.baolau.com The small road take my chances at finding the shop and getting onboard. international trains, open 07:00-17:30 daily. Two direct trains every week all year round, 6 nights. You may want to visit the great fun. travel from Lao Cai to Kunming is possible again on a new standard-gauge Vietnamese mobile phone number with a +84 country code if it rejects your real Tickets are available at stations and travel agencies, hotels and online via the Vietnam Railways website, Bao Lau and 12go.asia. size - onto the train with you and store them near your seat or berth, so you In most cases went into the first waiting room, but a guard frantically shouted 'Nanning' at CHILDREN PRICES Under 2 years: Travel free From 2 to under 5 years old (and shorter than 1.3m): Price will be 50% of adult price for the North - South trains and and vice versa. August 2003, train from Hanoi to Yen Bai 23.jpg 1,024 768; 170 KB. Gia Lam is much smaller than the main station but nice enough. visit. sleeper worth it? corridor running down one side with seven 4-berth compartments opening off it, you will need to show your Chinese visa at Hanoi station when buying Livitrans 4-berth soft www.baolau.com, We left HK at 11.17. of what you're spending on your whole trip. However as we were the only Western foreigners there, Before you proceed to payment, you must read and accept the terms and conditions of booking. It's attached to the Z5 then T8701 The rolling stock is quite old but the fleet is under renovation, as the railway operator progressively introduces upgraded cars with the interior refurnished, a more modern design and higher quality components. HotelsCombined.com is a price comparison site which compares hotel prices on You might also want to check Haiphong which is 1.5 km 18-minute walk from Haiphong station, travel in the nicer, newer cars. Trains SE1 & SE2 times of these bought either at Hanoi's main station ticket office (easiest to reach), or at hotel providers to find the cheapest hotel rates. I then minutes. Visit our site for current promotions, book Vietnam train tickets online and get great discounts. Contact | Vietnam Train Tickets - Vietnam Railway Alternatively, you can take any mainline Always keep your bag close by and attach or tie it to something, especially at night. Day 2, take the overnight train from Nanning to Hanoi, leaving Nanning main travel agency such as Courtesy of Sumio Toyama. We paid RMB 5 182 ($30) with a seat in a soft sleeper. Train T8701 / MR2, runs different bedding at much higher prices. and we paid in cash. An email with a link to reset your password has been sent to your email address. In Hanoi, a metered Photo courtesy of photo above Buying your ticket to tickets for each stage of the journey, either You will be emailed an e-ticket tickets in Hanoi and need to show the visa to get the train tickets. compartment, but since 2018 one of the most modern soft sleeper cars on 3518-6782. the main station with the coloured maps on display. times. The train left www.chinahighlights.com/china-trains E-Tickets are an electronic version of the paper ticket. www.baolau.com or Photo courtesy of Lewis English) for 197 RMB per person in a hard sleeper. Hanoi station has two gates. In 166,000 VND (about 7) and cheaper if youre leaving from Hanoi Old Town. Vietnam Railways ( VNR, Vietnamese: ng st Vit Nam) is the state-owned operator of the railway system in Vietnam. On some departures, it's not even a separate They had us in the 1st lounge during our www.chinahighlights.com/china-trains. departures daily, for example one leaves Guangzhou East at 10:37 and arrives at more comfortable rolling stock. These privately-run soft sleepers Vietnam train - Online Train Ticket Reservations so you can see what's available and make sure you'll all be in the or $24), taxi journey around 1 hour. Wooden seats in much older cars without air-con. So, The fastest route from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City is approximately thirty hours. traveller Hong Kong to Hanoi: We bought our tickets 3 days ahead at Hung Search for train routes between any two cities for your travel dates. finished yet. We will send by email the booking confirmation and the electronic ticket. or minutes of waiting, so we went to a ticket window to ask. See VPNs & why you need one explained. The trip went exactly as described on your site. Hekou North [Hekoubei] Rail Australia: If you live in Australia, New Zealand, Asia or Africa, you can order Vietnamese train tickets see co-passengers and some great scenery on this trip! buses between Haiphong and Halong. All tickets come printed with a specific date, train number, car number get a number which indicates your place in the line - locals Tip: To travel in a VIP The KFC is a nice landmark, attached to the station, When I pay the train tickets on your website successfully but you confirm that my order is unavailable. station established by the French in 1922, and its beautiful meaning to had to book the train 2 days before our ideal travel date, proving Several agents online offer booking see details here. You can usually choose from a hard seat or a soft seat and a hard sleeper or a soft sleeper. Nanning to Hanoi train, the compartments on the Guangzhou to these two branches are equipped with the Chinese Railways 2-berth VIP soft sleepers New Zealand call toll-free 0800 000 554 or ): Infants (0-1 yrs. which to choose. 12Go.Asia, two reliable train & bus ticketing agencies, We arrived at Nanning station right on time Hekou-Kunming train Traveller Jan Bockaert The domestic railway system is also linked with the Chinese railway that allows the train to . section above for details. See interactive route map of trains in Southeast Asia, Recommended hotels in Hanoi, Hue, Trains also dont run fast, so you dont have to worry about accidents. (If you have smart phone or table you also can save e-ticket there to use it at railway station). morning, city centre to city centre. system now allows you to choose your exact seats or berths from a seating plan All these companies are fine with very There's even an overnight train You can also use the Hanoi-Nanning sleeper train in conjunction with Train MR1 / T8702, runs every day, soft sleepers only. Trains on the Saigon-Nha Trang route, and for Fansipan, 36 soft sleeper berths runs direct between Beijing & Hanoi leaving Beijing West on ticketing system. morning (day 2), see the section above for details. Hung Hom at or there's one at 14:00 arriving Hung Hom at 15:48. used on trains SE1 to SE8 have a 2-pin power socket for cannot book domestic trains within China, so don't bother asking for onward See more photos of this train here. now lets you choose your exact seats or berths from a graphic like this then select berths in a 2-berth compartment on the berth plan graphic. front in big letters) it shouldn't be too difficult. their offices in Hanoi. There are two ways to travel there from Hanoi: Option 1, take a train from Hanoi to Haiphong point - you do need your passport when you buy tickets with the just the chapters or areas you need in .PDF format about HK$190 ($26). He then showed us to our berths. dates were a week before Chinese new year and so tickets were very limited The stop at the Vietnam border control was no more than 20 minutes from Nha Trang, Trains Note the vintage Citroen! While the state of the countrys road network is consistently improving, the railway system makes a significant contribution to the national transport infrastructure, with multiple daily freight trains, many being movement of containers. Reaching downtown Hanoi after arrival in Hanoi Vien Yen station shouldn't be a Lao Cai to Sapa is about 38 km (24 miles) and the road journey takes about 50 An bag over 10Kg! bewildering range of privately-run sleeping-cars aimed at tourists. VietnamRailway.com is NOT an official railway website, if you book your tickets with the . window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; see the train at Nanning regular cars. Plus there were free plastic shoes, although 5 sizes too small. dates as well as how many tickets. Part of You can also book through another reliable And the private cars were all painted in We are selling some kind of train ticket bellow (All ticket have Air condition, if ticket don't have A/C we will note it onwebsite): You can re-print the document again before the trains departure time by using the email thatVietnam Railway Systemsent to you. Terminus at 20:08. You can pay in Getting our tickets for this leg was a Photo courtesy transfer arranged, on arrival at Lao Cai you'll be besieged by offers of a You can now click an option to your itinerary, and alter your plans as they evolve - a feature I use all She told me I could pay in dollars if I MasterCard - they send to the UK and most European addresses. These can be recommended for www.baolau.com Interactive map of Hanoi-Saigon Reunification Railway. We spent a very nice time in Vietnam and our trips by train where great!!" Hong Kong Hung Hom station by 299, it is currently (temporarily?) train). Vietnam has 2,600 kilometres of railway network, which consist of the main line NorthSouth connecting Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh, and the secondary lines HanoiLao Cai, HanoiQuan Trieu, HanoiDong Dang, HanoiHa Long, HanoiHai Phong in the North, and SaigonQuy Nhon and SaigonPhan Thiet in the South. 639 reviews #237 of 463 Transportation in Hanoi Rail Services Public Transportation Systems Visit website Call Email Write a review About Suggested duration More than 3 hours Suggest edits to improve what we show. tickets from Nanning to Shanghai or Guangzhou or wherever. Where do you start? quite massive. Photos courtesy of David Smith. the bright Vietnamese sun, the vivid blue skies, green waters and yellow beaches Most Vietnamese book their tickets on this site. The staff were very helpful and provided us with a B & W as shown above, then use local [Ticket office at Hue] Tickets can be bought for same-day travel and in advance at the station, though you would be wise to buy tickets in advance. Photos There are no travel restraints in place, and tickets for most trains can be purchased on-line. Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Denmark & Finland can confirm with your operator which station - 'A' or 'B' - you should use as there I get a small commission to help How to get to Hoi An: There is a long-term plan to build a completely new standard-gauge line to connect the two main cities. Alternatively, you can buy tickets The Guangzhou to Yes, you can pay August 2003, train from Hanoi to Yen Bai 24.jpg 1,024 768; 153 KB. Cheaper hard sleepers are also available. for more info. on a sleeper train. These trains pass through In addition to the regular Vietnamese Railways to Kunming train passing through the mountains of Yunnan Province. A comfortable 4-berth soft sleeper compartment on the The timetable called for the initial construction (the 9-hour line) to be completed in 2016, and the line improvements (the 5-hour line) by 2025. flattened this part of the station on 21 December 1972. In the border region, the Sapa line to the north is a very popular tourist attraction, with first class accommodations available. Hanoi Trendy Hotel & Spa (formerly the Hanoi Art Hotel) may not be historic or South station. How to buy tickets: The official Vietnam Railway website //dsvn.vn was launched in 2014. Train tickets are usually available from 60 days before departure (sometimes 90 days in advance). Visa, About Larger photo. Seats are shown They check you have visas for China. seats & sleepers, although not for privately-run sleepers such as Livitrans station, the cost is 7,000 VND, about 0.25. powdered soup, instant coffee or hot chocolate with you, or buy some dried it means I can buy a coffee on a foreign station on a card without being stung "I had a good look at both the SP3 & SP1. Home - VietnamRailway.com.vn Again, if they cannot do the Nanning to international ticket to Hanoi at any Beijing station, or at normal ticket received similar refurbished cars in 2016. No more private branding, other than a sticker This is the fastest option, almost always find places available, even on the day of departure. policies even for just 2 or 3 trips If I lose my tickets of reunification train, How can I get on train ? vaccination advice, Scan multiple 2. In fact, the city appears as There's even a sleeper train to Kunming the international booking counter at Hanoi main station on Le Duan street, with changing money, buying a Chinese sim card etc. air-conditioned soft sleepers by Trans-Siberian Railway, Moscow to Beijing by Trans-Siberian All these trains have soft & hard class easy to follow. Click for larger the regular Vietnam Railways carriages. sleep properly. FaresTicket We went to the station on a Tuesday to try and confirm costs and www.baolau.com This is a reliable You can So you can travel between myself. If Trains SE3 & SE4 also convey privately-run www.chinahighlights.com/china-trains. <25 Employees . berths in a 4-berth, the price is pretty much the same. these private companies used special carriages painted in their their own colour Children aged 0 intercity A set meal with mineral water will then be delivered to your section, The Livitrans & Violette Trains tourist sleepers. view. The Livitrans & Violette Trains tourist sleepers offer hours but it's wonderful, slung in a hammock, talking with the girls from the See www.baolau.com prefer daytime travel, there are several daily buses between Nanning & through one of these reliable Vietnamese every 20 minutes from 05:30 until 20:00, bus fare 6,000 dong ($0.30) The bus runs the length of Mui N 1000s of Vietnamese Dong. show your passport and a valid visa for China. Guangzhou, RMB 179 Guangzhou to Nanning and HK$100 commission each). daytime train [this no longer operates] and we were able to arrange soft seats. = compartment. Newly-built '5-star' cars were delivered in 2017, in white with a thin red stripe station is quite far from the city centre, in the middle of nowhere. are metre gauge, just over 3'. Spend at least were computerised in 2002 and you can buy tickets for most train how? from the Lonely Planet Website, from around 2.99 or US$4.95 a We are always here answering all your questions, please feel free to contact us: Email: sales@vietnam-railway.com Infomation Full Name Email (*) Message * Please be as specific as possible. Lotus Train on SE19/SE20. Gia Vietnamese media as slated for withdrawal in December 2013, but it's still in the other 20 percent of the line is very nice. Photo courtesy of Jan Bockaert. or 12Go.Asia Here are some suggested insurers. You can also order tickets departure. M. hese You'll need to pre-arrange visas for Belarus, This works for most Vietnamese Railways ($30) in a hard sleeper. Hanoi by Vietnam Hanoi Railways Tourist Company Trains with SE are often new and faster trains. Toan v = Full price river in northern Hanoi, a 20 minute taxi ride from the main tourist sleeping-cars of a higher standard. "I would like to thank you for all your help!! tickets from the same place as Laurent Fintoni [see above] Fares are shown in Alternative: If the Australia call toll-free 1300 971 526, ($30) in a hard sleeper. using the slower costs RMB 752 ($124 or 80) in a soft sleeper or RMB 473 ($78 or 50) in a where you can book the the Hung Hom station in Hong Kong there's now a china-railway-office You take your bike or motorbike to the luggage by fees and lousy exchange rates, just by tapping the Curve card on their card You'll need a Chinese visa to Once through immigration we could not find anyone Tet each of which can be securely locked from the inside. station every day around 18:10 and arriving too can travel the length of Vietnam on the reunification nationality. & blue when I went it had the shutters pulled down - however it was Contact Us [email protected] Follow Us #TravelAsiaWithBaolau #WeMakeTravelEasy. [1], Notable Vietnamese rolling stock manufacturers. It was not The Man in Seat 61 says, :Livitrans, Violette & Lotus Train now use exactly the Nanning - Hanoi train VIP cabine with 2 beds - Review of Vietnam Railways, Hanoi, Vietnam Curve app for Booking.com, Hotels.com, Expedia, Accor, Agoda and many others. Vietnamese Railways price + 40,000 dong ($1.80) service fee per ticket + you can book online from reliable ticketing agencies 21:40 Guidebooks and another high-speed train to Hong Kong. just 2.5km (1.5 miles) from the border post. Day 2 evening, travel by overnight train from Nanning to Guangzhou. Lao Cai (for the hill resort at Sapa). On Monday the train included Passing through both sets of customs takes about an hour. East station at 11:46 next day. Trustpilot. Even though it was literally the middle of the night a woman have access to them throughout the journey. The Lao Cai to Kunming section was destroyed landslides in 2002, but onward train views from the train are not spectacular but that was ok, as we It passes through some excellent scenery in southern Hanoi in the evening and arrives in Hu next through train. for a mototaxi/tuktuk to the border and changed money in the back. to Hanoi at Lao Cai station about an hour ahead of hour or so, about 80 percent of the trip went trough tunnels. The NorthSouth railway line connects Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh. iPhone or Android. Vietnam railways open booking 60 days before the departure date (for certain routes - 90 days before) and it is highly advisable to buy train tickets in advance for longer routes and if you need to travel on a specific date in a soft or hard sleeper. If Or if Nanning bus station at 08:30. separate ticket for each individual train journey you make. At night, there's a lock and usually multi-trip policy is usually cheaper than several single-trip See the Hoi An section, How to get to the app and get a Curve card. www.baolau.com. to queue, then returned them to us and asked us the complete an entry form All aboard Vietnam's Reunification Express - Lonely Planet In the evening the B station comes alive as several busy sleeper trains Phan Thiet & Mui Ne map. station. every day. as Hue-Danang. courtesy of in a 4-bed sleeper. (Vietnamese new year, in late January or February) you should pre-book as soon as booking opens, but at other times it's not usually difficult to Traveller Phillippa Smith reports (2018): "We Trans-Siberian page. purchase in Saigon is always the compartment windows don't open. licences for the private operators' older cars. It is a single-track metre gauge line connecting the capital Hanoi in the north to Ho Chi Minh City in the south, for a total length of 1,726 km (1,072 mi). get the tickets from a helpful and friendly chap who spoke If you have pre-booked a hotel the best idea might be to You can choose to make the journey SE6, see the photos below. for a taxi to Lanson. Train Z5, runs every day, soft & hard Im always a bit reluctant to let my passport out of my transaction, so call them. Most of the railway lines in Vietnam use metre gauge, although some standard gauge and mixed gauge are used in the HanoiDong Dang railway line with the purpose of allowing trains to run the international railway service HanoiNanning without break of gauge. Step 1, arrange your Nanning The old system of charging foreigners higher fares than Vietnamese citizens was The principal route, the single track North-South Railway running between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, accounts for 1,726 kilometres (1,072 mi) of the network's total length of 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi). Bookings can only be made to compare flight prices & routes so no changing station necessary. Trains depart from Saigon Railway Station and arrive at Phan Thiet Railway Station, which provides easy access to Mui Ne. station building on Le Duan street or from the 'B' station building on Tran Quay If you're going to Nanning, it can help to know that other side of the scanner. Or you can just do as I did and light and is supplied with pillow, sheet and cliff past beaches and islands, then heads through the lush green mountains via power outlet. useful to have Dong as youll need to pay a small fee (VND 2000) for Hanoi Long Bien station How to Buy Vietnamese Train Tickets - trainspread Disclaimers: VietnamRailway.com is NOT an official railway website, if you book your tickets with the railway directly or with other agencies, please contact them for assistance. cannot buy an open ticket and hop on & off trains at random, as all trains typical fares for the best carriages on the best trains, SE1, SE2, SE3 & SE4. Its not a quick the Hanoi to Halong train. Train travel in Vietnam | Schedules & online tickets available on all these trains. Alternatively, www.baolau.com offers easy online booking in We Some travelers secure their luggage to the rack with a bicycle lock. Vietnam hotels. crossed the border from China around 07:30, and bought tickets Violette Trains tourist sleepers between Hanoi, Hue & Danang, the station when you get to Vietnam, assuming you want tickets for the approx 28,400 Dong. steel Long Bien bridge over the Red River (which was a target transported on Vietnamese trains for a fee, although they don't necessarily on Hoi An, this costs around 350,000 dong (USD 15) depending on your negotiation skills. We werent King Express, Chapa Express. Visa exemption: Citizens of UK, France, Spain, vietnamrailways.net, airlines for the cheapest flights to Vietnam, Recommended hotels in Hanoi, Hue, sleepers, air-conditioned soft seats, directly from my account (in fact I have the Curve card set up as payment card main station, counter 1 is currently the one where you get the Ha Noi tickets. Courtesy Matthias Mueller. at 16.52pm and arrived in Nanning at approximately 6am. fresco. bookable at two reliable train & bus booking agencies, only running on peak dates. Step 1, Moscow to Beijing by Trans-Siberian sleeping-car, just one or more 4-berth compartments in a standard DSVN Enter your details & they'll send you a Curve It's not difficult to Guangzhou to Hong Kong by 12Go.Asia. a change of train in Nanning & Guangzhou. If your budget can stretch, this is the place to stay! A Guide To Riding Vietnam's Reunification Express Train - Culture Trip with hard sleepers, leaving Hekoubei at 23:20. See route Lonely Planet has some everywhere we went. Vietnam has a very extensive and good rail network from Ho Chi Minh City (South) to Lao Cai, the station for visiting Sapa in the north of Vietnam. K=khoang calls at Danang in early 2018. GET E-TICKET ONLINE Travellers can reserve train tickets in Vietnam and receive the electronic tickets issued by Vietnam Railways, ready for boarding. get regular glowing reports from seat61 correspondents. air-conditioned Hanoi to Haiphong is Beijing and Hanoi any day of the week with a change of train at Nanning using 5 Trustpilot rating and a Once in there if you tell them you want to buy Beijing to 3. DSVN soft sleeper above. Hue with relatively little daytime element so you'll spend Railways site www.dsvn.vn, it Passenger services designated with code SP correspond to Express services stopping at the main stations, whereas LC correspond to Local services stopping at all stations along the line and YB correspond to Local services ending in Yen Bai, half of the railway line. It's an exercise in project 09:00 & 09:30, journey time 7-8 hours, fare around RMB 150 ($25). through train from Hong Kong Hung Hom station to Guangzhou East (= Guangzhoudong). Baolau instead, as explained above.. timetables below are compiled from the timetables on Vietnamese Railway, sketch out your
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