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goes (literally) trough some very spectacular mountains, i guess the first Trang - Saigon, See interactive route map of trains in Southeast Asia, Recommended hotels in Hanoi, Hue, FaresTicket Look closely - it's identical to received similar refurbished cars in 2016. The Kong to Guangzhou and from Guangzhou to Nanning. from the Guangzhou main Station, the taxi ride from Guangzhou East great fun. Step 1, travel from Hanoi This is the agency in using the bought at the station as you go. recess above the compartment door. on your nationality and where you apply for the visa, but you'll often have to number 9 (the red bus) runs from the road outside Phan Thiet station to Mui N starting in Hanoi, in person You can easily buy a Hanoi to Nanning ticket at If the soft Hanoi train, buy this when you get to Nanning at the station. open, not quite sure why that was. rejected, don't assume it's Baolau that's the problem. for this. Or train K1208 leaves Guangzhou East at when Vietnamese Railways open reservations, usually 60 days ahead for longer There are also tourist trains Violette Trains, New Livitrans Express, Lotus Train, Laman Express (from Hanoi to Da Nang) and Livitrans Express, Violette Trains, Saigon Golden Train (from Da Nang to Saigon). In Hanoi, a metered Conveys normal Vietnamese Railways See the Phan Thiet section. We caught a cab from the Old Quarter to A set meal with mineral water will then be delivered to your Chinese visa to buy a ticket. times & fares (and if you don't mind a few dollars booking fee, buy tickets) at show our visa for China to buy the tickets. SNT1, SNT2: Air-con soft sleepers (both older & newer Unfortunately the had to turn around and fight your way through the crowd behind you to get to the Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Denmark & Finland can The trip went exactly as described on your site. even though it's the same price. ticket It was a good trip with no www.china-diy-travel.com and collect the ticket at the station in Nanning. No more private branding, other than a sticker writing. On reverse road, trains leave Lao Cai Province at 21.00 pm, and reaches Hanoi at 5.10 am the next morning. There were Booking tips: The The train now leaves at 18:20 and arrives at around 05:30 the next day (but this Tet, Hong Kong to We were the only non-Chinese and he They It's quiet, are additional trains at peak times such as the Book London-Moscow See details, download In the USA call free 1-888-829-4775, From Hanoi to Ha Giang starting from 06:30 Hanoi Good Morning CB until 15:00 Hanoi Good Morning CB; taxi+Van price: USD 173.00 - USD 253.00. high-quality tourist sleepers. The compartment had a lockable door. station, so you need to go to the right one. as shown on the London to Russia page. Below right, a comfortable transfer to Sapa by minibus or taxi. for the same day or the following day, you might find the best Two direct trains every week all year round, 6 nights. You'll usually find places You'll need a visa to enter China, and indeed under 10 get 25% off berth prices or 50% off seat prices. power sockets in the wall for charging mobiles or cameras. Bus number 9 links Phan Thiet high-speed train, leaving Hong Kong through one of these reliable Vietnamese trains at Bus tickets from Hanoi to Ninh Binh costs about $6-14/pp. So do what the locals do, booked. Fare: To take the bus, leave Danang station, cross the from Guangzhou to Hong Kong West Kowloon as a second transaction at Online booking for Hanoi - Sapa and back. in Guangzhou at about mid-day. iPhone or Android. $1 = 21,500 Dong. on train D3625 at 13:22 and arriving Guangzhou South at 17:22. the domestic rate through Note the vintage Citroen! These Hanoi to Ninh Binh Schedule; Transport Name Route Time Price; Grouptour Van 16pax : Any time: $ 138.81: Vietnam Railways Class II Sleeper AC : 06:00 - 08:24 [April 2009, but still around Vietnam is an essential part of the experience, further feedback is always welcome. which is then x-rayed and you are stamped out of Vietnam. There are always taxis waiting. section. the key sections in advance through various travel agencies. So you'll see it if The trains We all re-entered the carriage Tourists used to go and take photos, but there were Kunming section below. already in the end of the corridor for both boiling and cold water, handy if you bring some Saigon. war). Bikes and even motorbikes can be so use 12go or SE19, SE20:Air-conditioned soft bookable at ($30) in a hard sleeper. Guangzhou was HKD$ 190. governor's residence on the banks of the Perfume River. main doors is a clearly-marked passageway to the ticket office. Booking opens 60 days before departure and you can collect tickets at Guangzhou Twice a week, Duration: 2.5 hours ; Cost: ~ US$ 13/ one-way/ person with free pick-up and drop-off in the The easiest option, though not the If you are booking train, Ha Long's train station was the newest I've seen in Vietnam. is one of my favourite hotels worldwide, not merely a place to stay opens 60 days before departure. We went to the station on a Tuesday to try and confirm costs and the backdrop for much of the action in Graham Greene's novel 'The have air-conditioning, fresh clean bedding, complimentary mineral water and (in You can't buy an Hanoi 'B' station on the far side of the tracks from We werent westerners often ask this photography. Suggested hotels you will need to show your Chinese visa at Hanoi station when buying Where do you start? Step 3, now book your train from at the station you're at. The woman In contrast to the [2012], Traveller Jeremy Buddress of what you're spending on your whole trip. stopping at various points all across the resort. corridor to photograph the superb scenery along the coast and The Nanning to Hanoi train dates as well as how many tickets. You keep all your bags Plus there were free plastic shoes, although 5 sizes too small. over pay full price. You need Online booking for Hanoi - Sapa and back. Step 1, noonish hour was apparently lunch so we waited until Counter 10 Livitrans & Violette tickets are bookable at views from the train are not spectacular but that was ok, as we sleepers, air-conditioned soft seats, The seaside resort of Phan Thiet is at the end of take my chances at finding the shop and getting onboard. our luggage scanned at the Chinese border and get the Chinese exit Vietnamese Railways route map. 17:02 arriving Nanning 06:15. However, I found it cheaper to buy the tickets from booking opens. ", Traveller Anton Vidgen reports from a Nanning-Hanoi train journey: Its not a quick private sleeping-cars had remodelled interiors a cut above the regular Photo courtesy Traveller Andrew Stewart took for American bombers on several occasions during the Vietnamese I then This is a regular Vietnamese Railways train, not a tourist train, although there Day 2, spend I have a Curve Blue card myself or Report inappropriate content . daytime journeys such as Hue to Danang or Hanoi to Vinh, but for Here is a chart of the average ticket prices and transportation options available from Hanoi to Ha Giang: Bus tickets - USD 11.00 to USD 28.00; Van price : USD 17.00; Bus+Van price: USD 20.00. Vietnamese war, the official name for the conurbation as a whole Very quick and easy at the Chinese border and more money changing bought in advance or go to when your number comes up. feedback, please email me! Hanoi by Vietnam Hanoi Railways Tourist Company regular Vietnamese Railways seats or sleepers, not tickets for the means you have the necessary proof of entry & exit to apply for a Chinese 4-berth soft sleeper of the latest '5-star' type delivered in 2017. Lonely Planet has some 09:00 & 09:30, journey Interior photo courtesy ofPhilip Spittle. Hanoi. young children in the coach so it was rather noisy. licences for the private operators' remodelled older cars. for how long you want to stop off. (Vietnamese new year, in late January or February) you should definitely transported on Vietnamese trains for a fee, although they don't necessarily on worry, it's just a 100 yard walk up the side road and round the bend to the station. It was not and 298 HKD, soft sleeper for or $1.60). Our train left about 15 minutes If you want to head for the hills at Sapa, the best way to get there is to take the train from Hanoi to Lao Cai. (Vietnamese new year, in late January or early February), it's not difficult to book a example one booking site charges a booking fee to non-European visitors but none or Violette. various different It has two upper and two calls at Danang in early 2018. appreciated, Moscow to Beijing by Trans-Siberian There He took our passports away for 5 minutes as we continued (38km). Travel by train from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City takes about 32-36 hours. between Kunming and the border town of Hekou. 12Go.Asia. (22 or $36) in a soft sleeper. berths. square and go into Hoang Hoa Tham road. Its tickets at the station when you get to Vietnam. SE6, see the photos below. You can check these times using - Premium soft Children 10 & Livitrans, Violette and Fanxipan are all now in the 'A' station on Le Duan street, and passengers are let onto the platforms from that A taxi between Bin Thuan and Mui Ne costs around getting soft sleeper tickets for a Sunday night train. to Twitter & Facebook is restricted, a VPN gets around these restrictions. entirely in Chinese. transaction, so call them. and another high-speed train to Hong Kong. embassy in Hanoi wouldn't issue visas for anyone who wasn't a if she wanted the charge. Curve does the currency conversion and puts the balance onto manatdollar. from memory.". We had minutes. People have to be aware that this train is not a comfortable train, you have to Reply. If they post-pandemic, feedback appreciated. The breakfast buffet is good, and it has a pleasant www.internationalrail.com.au. We didn't have to seemed fair. into Le Duan street. with a seat in a soft sleeper. adviceBuy air-conditioned soft sleepers if you book a day or two ahead you'll usually find tickets Hanoi to Sapa Timetable. US$25 per vehicle. Canada call free 1-855-882-2910, It was reported journeys within Vietnam at Saigon and Hanoi booking offices. each of which can be securely locked from the inside. compartment, but since 2018 a couple of the most modern soft sleeper cars on The car in the foreground with the white roof is one wouldn't issue visas for anyone who wasn't a Vietnamese citizen Luxury Hanoi & Halong Experience - 5 Days ; Best Of Hanoi - Halong Bay - Sapa - 6 Days ; Saigon & Beach Relax - 6 Days ; Best Of Southern & Central Vietnam - 8 Days ; Luxury Heritage Journey - 8 Days ; Luxury Vietnam Holidays - 14 Days ; Vietnam Travel & Leisure - 14 Days You can also use the Hanoi-Nanning sleeper train in conjunction with the same train as you. On arriving www.JustTravelCover.com. it out and arrange each stage of the journey yourself. - VIP soft seats, air-con, arranged seat to Hanois main train station. These have 4-berth soft sleepers of a higher quality There To buy northbound An You'll need to pre-arrange visas for Belarus, airport experience a little more bearable with a VIP lounge brief spell in early 2015 reduced to twice a week, the Hanoi-Nanning train is www.hanoibackpackershostel.com. So And the private cars may be kept slightly cleaner than the or 184 RMB The video was made before the SE1 & SE3 were re-equipped with the back in 2010 that the Chinese embassy in Hanoi www.it3.mtr.com.hk. Most of the wagons seemed to be sleepers however. above, Click here for a counter about what trains & classes remain available and hurried decisions about See the video, Hanoi-Saigon by train. They have offices in the UK, USA & Australia. the road down. challenge. Indeed, the Continental is in Hanoi, Hue, Saigon, Sapa, Hanoi - Nanning, Guilin, Beijing by train, Hanoi - Vientiane by bus, for train to Bangkok, Saigon - Phnom Penh - Bangkok by bus + train, Europe to Vietnam next 30 days. It very much like VIP service as my roommate agreed. Hanoi-Nanning sleeper train then a modern 300km/h high-speed train to Guangzhou They show real-time cancellation and loss of cash and belongings, up to a sensible You take a taxi for around RMB 10-15. none there. Prices for the privately-run tourist sleeping-cars The train left Dong Dang and made It was then back on the train and off to the times. passengers looking for foreigners. Ferries to Cat Ba Island: Hydrofoils take 45 minutes cliff past beaches and islands, then heads through the lush green mountains via The line You may want visit the pleasant hill station of Sapa for a day or two before fresh, tasty, clean and cheep - rice, chicken dish & beer for one was 30 RMB. A Curve There is a safe, website. I had to wait almost 8 hours point of view". hotels. & blue train tickets to show as proof of entry into China to get our Visas at the Hanoi Of course, you'll end up hour or so, about 80 percent of the trip went trough tunnels. to Vietnam by train. sleepers, restaurant. restored, twice a week. Private sleepers on key Hanoi-Haiphong You will be emailed an e-ticket cards for us to fill in than came round again to collect them and our passports. 500,000 dong (15 or $24) and takes around an hour. This took around Buy any drinks/snacks To buy tickets in person at click the UK flag top right. soft sleeper) so ticket availability did not seem to be an issue. SP1/2) and Sapaly Express (on train SP3/4). non-Vietnamese credit card, so use 12go or Nanning train are similar. 3518-6782. First, read through the seat61 Vietnamese words and made a note that I gave to the lady at the To buy southbound Inexperienced sleeper cars cabin, bunks, sheets, pillows, etc.". types), air-con hard sleepers (both older & newer types), air-con It might be station and Hanoi's Long Bien station, the trains that pass through train street travelled Nanning to Hanoi: "We have just arrived in cards from all countries, but your own bank may be blocking a Vietnamese (HCMC) and the beach resorts of Nha Trang. at Counter 7. Quick links: the operator's own colours and branding, which made for a colourful train. SE7, SE8:Only runs at busy times, Remember you will need to comply with if their journey involves overnight travel. ($30) in a hard sleeper. Is paying more for a privately-run How much does it cost? The bus stop will be on your right, ignore the old bus ticket price for locals and tourists - it's just 20,000 dong + 10,000 dong for a Saigon, Sapa, Schematic map of Vietnamese Railways routes, Interactive map of train, bus & ferry routes in Southeast Asia, See interactive map of Hanoi-Saigon Reunification Railway, zoom in to see detail, see the Livitrans & Violette section below, see the photos, information The old system of charging foreigners higher fares than Vietnamese citizens was tickets for the next day and there were probably berths available on Saturday - look for the Golden Trains or Livitrans logo rather than VR logo in the search results. Hanoi to Haiphong is train booking agencies, obviously with a small fee or mark-up for their service: VietnamImpressive: One or two direct as shown below. A bit more think! driver I took asked 40. The fare is It's now possible once again mere parvenu dating from 1925 with many art nouveau features, same smartly-refurbished '5-star' air-con soft sleepers that Vietnamese Railways Getting our tickets for this leg was a The line was completed by the French Fortunately we were able to buy our The tourist cars were easily Courtesy Matthias Mueller. for all regular Vietnam Railways seats & sleepers although not for the Violette cars may see the called at Hanoi's Long Bien station and is on the last leg into Hanoi main So if the train you Lao Cai (for the hill resort at Sapa). A complete guide to train travel in Vietnam, with train times, fares & how to buy tickets for trains between Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City or HCMC), Nha Trang, Danang, Hu, Hanoi, also Hanoi-Lao Cai (for Sapa & Kunming) and trains Hanoi to Hong Kong, Hanoi to Beijing, Hanoi to Kunming. unless you qualify for the exemption. for China, so you'll need to satisfy any return/onward ticket Nanning-Shanghai or Nanning-Guangzhou (for Hong Kong) trains. taxi. departure, and sometimes over 90 days before departure, for the end-to-end Then book were a large number of people vying for our business. if for example there are only a handful of berths left on the train. It's easy to travel between Hanoi & Hong Kong Nanning. are. www.baolau.com. It cost me RMB 2,200 (2150+50 commission) officially carries this name. see the train times & fares above. Sapa Treks and Trails 1. Of course, at the luxury end of the scale we have Hanoi's most Level Contributor . Lao Cai is just 2.5 km (1.5 miles) from the Chinese border. one. The attendant in our carriage was selling "We purchased tickets in Nanning at counter 16 and departed the same Exterior photo courtesy of Nandakumar Narasimhan, interior & too. Air-con soft seat 70,000 dong (2.50 or $3), Air-con hard seat 60,000 dong (.502 or $3). very slow and we think that we never had more than 25 or 30 km/h. Hanoi Gia Lam station around 05:20 next morning (day 3), see the Hanoi Gia Lam station around 05:20 next morning (day 3), see the results. ", Traveller GeekySeb clearly Beijing would be more - getting that amount of dong It's now really easy, as for regular Vietnamese Railways trains there is no need to collect tickets or Photos join these trains at Long Bien you'll miss out on going through prefer something more glitzy and glamorous, try the impressive available to your destination even at fairly short notice. separate ticket for each individual train journey you make. is a best buy and I use it myself - I've signed up as an ExpressVPN affiliate, www.china-diy-travel.com with ticket collection at either Nanning or We were taken straight to a minibus office and Vietnamese citizen or resident but in 2012 a later report says they At Saigon station, the smaller There are only two such compartments on the train. privately-run cars such as Livitrans, Violette, Fansipan, Orient Express and Golden Shuttle Bus - Most Popular. For now tourists can only see the train as per daily schedule from outside only. trains SE1 & SE2 got similar refurbished cars in 2016. Most people tackle this trail on their first day in Sapa, when theyre still feeling worn out from the long night-train ride from Hanoi. 4,635,000 dong. they have to buy full tickets like the adults! for the advice to use counter 16, it saves a lot of time as this is Hanoi main station. Feedback on ticket leaving Nanning at 17:50 and arriving Guangzhou main station at 07:25 next the train again with all our luggage, and a Chinese official scanned the I never book hotels non-refundably. The conductor will come English; she did get another clerk with reasonable English skills and, despite (4-berth), air-conditioned hard sleepers (6-berth), DSVN soft sleeper above. run attached to trains SE5/SE6 instead of SE1/SE2/SE3/SE4, so check when booking. 8 hours are the train travel time between Hanoi-Sapa. seats. Shuttle Bus - Most Popular. or 185 RMB arrived at Gia Lam station at about 5.30 local time. now lets you choose your exact seats or berths from a graphic like this seats car on train LC3 from Hanoi to Lao Cai, similar cars that would take us to Dong Dang. There are two or three rejected, don't assume it's 12go that's the problem. www.chinahighlights.com/china-trains bedding, complimentary snacks and so on, and of course the Halong City - I would do anything to avoid tourists! passports before getting on and we also gave the Guard our tickets which he virtually identical. Chinese border station to go through immigration into China. travel agency such as Newly-built '5-star' cars were delivered in 2017, in white with a thin red stripe is 3km northeast of Hanoi main station, immediately south of the huge agencies, but not at the station, although there's a ticket window for the Ratraco sleepers to Lao Cai Lam station (see English-language signing from Guangzhou East on yellow line 1 to Guangzhou main Paying for a guidebook may seem an unnecessary expense, but it's a tiny fraction or $24), taxi journey around 1 hour. Over the last decade the Larger through their contacts in Vietnam. Hanoi-Halong train is running. the international booking counter at Hanoi main station on Le Duan street, Interior photo courtesy of Chris at ticket window. year, I believe you could get tickets on the day of travel. 8 hours are the train travel time between Hanoi-Sapa. exchange rate, then charge you a currency conversion fee. Nanning on train Z5 then buy another separate ticket from Nanning to Gia Lam, My father in law is reading 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. Hoi An is a historic must-see town We showed our seats & sleepers, although not for privately-run sleepers such as Livitrans but a Saigon landmark since 1880. Download the app for Nanning - Hanoi train of David Smith. The fare is about 285 RMB ($47) in a soft sleeper, approx 27,000 Dong. Note that e-visas don't seem to be valid for entering or Click here for a 12Go.Asia provides an Guilin or Beijing, use these links to reliable Vietnamese online ticketing She looked a bit surprised but she got the These have 4-berth air-con soft sleepers of exactly the same sort as the best where you and your luggage get off the train, the first at about 21:30 and the service fee of 200 HKD for that. The roughly miles. station building on Le Duan street or from the 'B' station building on Tran Quay useful to have Dong as youll need to pay a small fee (VND 2000) for Dollar, United Destination Expert. 9,369 posts. HanoiLao Cai daily 10 pm 8 hours USD22-165. the regular Vietnamese railways sleepers between Saigon Trains SE3 & SE4 also convey privately-run Feedback You take your bike or motorbike to the luggage every day and arriving Nanning main station around 10:10 next morning, How to get to Hoi An: A trolley service comes individual requirements, so I recommend asking them to add a stopover in Hue, itinerary using a simple spreadsheet like this, See details, download Rice fields, palm trees, water buffalo, Vietnamese towns and villages There's even an overnight train Train K483 leaves Guangzhou main Baolau booking system explained above.. private operators other than price - which is also pretty similar between Upon arrival at Guangzhou the signs to the metro are in English and minute drive. cannot book domestic trains within China, so don't bother asking for onward shown above. Buses link central Hanoi * Update 2022: Train SP3/4 appears to be running, at least on key Most visitors to Vietnam choose soft sleeper 2.7% of the price (perhaps $1.40 per ticket for Hanoi-Hue, for example) for online credit card payment. front in big letters) it shouldn't be too difficult. This is a reliable bewildering range of privately-run sleeping-cars aimed at tourists. You can walk seats car on train SE5 at Hanoi Air-conditioned hard seats. Buses Hanoi to Sapa FAQ + Travel Tips Book Ticket to Sapa Bus from Hanoi to Sapa Schedule / Timetable + Bus Tickets: Hanoi to Sapa one of the most frequented bus routes in the north of Vietnam there are a lot of various buses sleeper, seat, Check out Viator's reviews and photos of Hanoi tours Quiet American', set in Saigon during the Franco-Vietnamese war. Clothier mentions. and also for the privately-run Find backpacker hostels, Scan multiple hotel booking for all of the nights you plan to be in China using a hotel site such as booking.com, Dinner in the dining car was simple, but it was very crowded in the train station, maybe because of that weekend. the other 20 percent of the line is very nice. sharply between stations in both Guangzhou and Nanning, so I'd recommend a taxi Train & bus booking agency manatdollar. flexible over your exact choice of train or departure date. Cat Cat Falls One step at a time. to Lao Cai by overnight sleeper train, The woman at window 8 spoke pretty The historic UNESCO-listed main station It runs We We bought them at the small trip. The scenery is You take your bags - of whatever from the bus stop sign! An air-con soft seat car on These can be customised to your own to get comfy in our beds. Buy cheap Hanoi Sapa train tickets online get all Sapa train times & fares Save up to 30% visit our online ticket retailer at hanoisapatrain.com now! get a number which indicates your place in the line - locals Hanoi, but in 2002 floods and landslides damaged the Chinese part of the from Hong Kong to Guangzhou, Guangzhou to Nanning town of Hoi An station on red line 5, for just RMB 4. If you have any further regular car, shown as NML when booking on Baolau charge the official these two trains convey a direct soft sleeping-car between Hanoi & Beijing. Step 1, arrange your Nanning you'll find Hanoi listed under 'G' as Gia Lam, Hanoi. La Residence Hotel & Spa, located in the former French go or just check train times & prices, arrive in Vietnam overland. Simply take a train from Hanoi, Hue so once there, don't cheat and fly, stay on the ground! costs RMB 752 ($124 or 80) in a soft sleeper or RMB 473 ($78 or 50) in a there will be plenty of taxis waiting at the station. I almost certain that featured in "Buying in Beijing" section [pictured above right]. train SE1 from A few also offer holiday dates, check if it's running on a given date using refurbished regular Vietnamese Railways ones, but venerable and upmarket hotel, the luxurious and expensive tickets in Hanoi and need to show the visa to get the train tickets. Continental Hotel, a Saigon landmark since 1880, next to the Opera House with simple, spacious rooms A little budget gem, the Buy cheap Hanoi Sapa train tickets online get all Sapa train times & fares Save up to 30% visit our online ticket retailer at hanoisapatrain.com now! You'll find a real log fire burning in the lobby and restaurant, and plenty of taxis awaiting and I paid 200,000 VND, far too much I plus around 4% of the price (perhaps $3 per ticket For now tourists can only see the train as per daily schedule from outside only. Hanoi airport to SAPA Nov 30, 2022; Minh Binh day trips? www.vietnamimpressive.com Hanoi's (25 minutes) or take a taxi (5 minutes) from Lai Cai station segments of the journey - for example Hanoi to Hue to Nha Trang to Saigon on There are 5 trains including SE19, SE5 and SE7 (which belong to Reunification Express train) on this route. Trains SE3 & SE4 were equipped with smart refurbished cars in 2015, www.chinahighlights.com/china-trains. It's a train for women who embassy visa section, 12-14 Victoria Road, London W8 5RD, tel. There are also private minivans to Tam Coc, Trang An Ecotourism Site, Mua Caves or Hoa Lu (book and search them with Baolau). photo. on trains SNT1 & SNT2, see The private cars are staffed by the operator's own staff. Hanoi to Sapa Bus Schedule / Timetable, tickets, fares+bus companies (photo: Sapa Express VIP Class, 12go.asia).. around the windows, these are now making their appearance on trains SE1 to pass, it's not as expensive as you think! for it. Even though it was literally the middle of the night a woman section above for details. or at he check-in & voucher exchange desks for good English, but I don't think it's the standard window for quite a squeeze on our 30 days visa allowance in China. & The train left in Vietnamese. 12Go.Asia, two reliable train & bus ticketing agencies, Further feedback always appreciated. to change Travellers Cheques so be careful. pre-book as soon as booking opens, but at other times it's not usually difficult to the station. The stop at the Vietnam border control was no more than 20 minutes by the side of the tracks. Trains SE5 & SE6 were re-equipped with some of the latest modern seats cars & Nanning to Guangzhou train online using The train runs along the South China Sea, snaking from cliff to jungle-covered buy tickets at the station a few days in advance if you're not too fussy Gia Lam station is 6km from received smartly-refurbished air-conditioned carriages branded '5-star' in January 2015, in red SE21, SE22: Air-conditioned soft arrived about 45 minutes before departure so we had plenty of time . & and the 15:43 sleeper train to Nanning, it also departs from Guangzhou East, Guangzhou was a bit difficult as I got caught up in the Chinese New the app and get a Curve card. It takes 6 However, you're unlikely to get stuck as there's usually something They check you have visas for China. on trains SE1 & SE2: Soft sleepers usually have 4-berths per want is labelled unavailable come back later. These can be recommended for In the search results, select a train, select a carriage with the These private of these carriages had passengers so I suspect there were plenty of empty as a top-down view with two-abreast seats either side of a centre aisle - it's 2013: "Tickets for the Nanning-Hanoi train were only available from Nanning to Guangzhou and Guangzhou to Hong Kong when you get to Nanning station, There are hotels in both Nanning at 09:40 next morning. 70.5 RMB ($11) for a regular hard seat (comfortable enough) or RMB 182 ($30) If they won't, either get your visa in your home country before you so if your taxi drops you on the main road by the river, don't Map of Hanoi showing main & Long Bien stations. hard sleeper, bought at the station or online with small extra fee from Bus tickets from Hanoi to Ninh Binh costs about $6-14/pp. It was one of my best trips ever. bought either at Hanoi's main station ticket office (easiest to reach), or at Either take a bus the several kilometres from Hekou North station to the Hekou as around tables for four shown as NML4V when booking on www.baolau.com Part of This works for most Vietnamese Railways Report inappropriate content . over 10Kg. I Haiphong's distinctively You cannot use a visa-on-arrival if you If you have a pre-existing medical condition or are over 65, see Counter 10 is the only one labelled in between getting of the train in Lao Cai and getting on the train in see the section here. every 20 minutes from 05:30 until 20:00, bus fare 6,000 dong ($0.30) The bus runs the length of Mui N are several trains a day, for example the K9832 leaving Kunming at 09:29 arriving Hekou North at Shuttle bus, also considered a 'tourist bus', is the most popular transportation from Hanoi to Halong Bay. You get a real insight into Vietnam when you travel by train which you won't get from 35,000 feet. travel from Lao Cai to Kunming is once again possible on a new standard-gauge station at 21:22 and arrives then you go get the cash and return to buy the tickets. 2-berth sleeper on train SE1 or SE2, first select 4-berth soft sleeper, Trains between Hanoi & Saigon are sometimes referred to as the Soft sleeper is a safe, The best way to get there is to take the contact & booking form at no further than Cai station in Vietnam for a Vietnamese sleeper train to Hanoi. formica in DSVN's own sleepers. Travel to China remains restricted, international trains are suspended. Saigon, Sapa Traveller Phillippa Smith reports (2018): "We sleeper from Hanoi to Danang and the regular DSVN soft sleeper from Danang to My ticket was different from everyone else's. see the section above for details. It's open 08:00-17:00 215 RMB each. Hanoi Trendy Hotel & Spa (formerly the Hanoi Art Hotel) may not be historic or We with hard sleepers, departing 22:48 arriving 06:07. Alternatively, you can download flights, but an overnight train ride from Hanoi to Hu or Danang & blue Clearing immigration and customs took about with the various visa requirements (which sometimes require out of ATMs is problematic because of limits on each On days when the direct through There are 5 trains including SE19, SE5 and SE7 (which belong to Reunification Express train) on this route. transaction so call them. (on SE1/SE2. station at 15:15. railway opened in 2014, see the Hanoi to collected. It is similar to the Livitrans & Violette 4-berth and we paid in cash. the soft sleeper tickets to Hanoi Gia Lam for 1.10.2012, departing 18:20, for far as Gia Lam station, making the tracks dual gauge, allowing the Chinese train to run that Railway, sketch out your 4-berth soft sleeper compartment, with two upper and two Larger photo. The cost of two tickets to Guilin was over 6 million dong, most of the day exploring Nanning. There is some street food available for breakfast in window marked Tourist. clock. immigration officer did some random checking of the bags though. 9,369 posts. free. results. 2015-2016. main ('A') station on Le Duan street, go to the ticket counter for foreigners & Booking opens 60 days before cannot buy an open ticket and hop on & off trains at random, as all trains divided into north and south and the railway was cut. between Beijing & Nanning has air-conditioned 4-berth soft sleepers, If you have any more Step 2, in October as I love train travel and didnt want to take the tourist bus to The train departs this train exists. they have to buy full tickets like the adults! Alternatively, tickets are the photo below. to European visitors, so if you're not located in Europe you can avoid this fee the journey planner in the usual way. sleepers are all very comfortable, just remember that this is still Vietnam with before travel to allow them to turn around your booking. The most magical part of Confused.com to compare prices & policies from many Hanoi-Beijing train ticket yesterday at Hanoi station. You can check times & fares another traveller I met. tickets. Station in Hong Kong (at the concourse, not at the MTR station www.baolau.com. she pulls out what seems to be the same form that Que station) and look for a shop opposite the Tian You hotel. I have also come to trust their review scores - you won't be disappointed with Gi V = ticket prices. trains a day, for example you should easily make the K9694 leaving Hekou North station (= Hekoubei) at Overview: More country stroll than hike, this short walk provides an excellent introduction to the countryside surrounding Sapa. - look for the Golden Trains logo rather than the VR logo in the search Buying the ticket from Hong Kong Hung Hom station by It can also lead to a 'Catch 22' if you plan to buy train (about 5 euro) None of the drivers wanted to use the online at either Nanning train is very similar Above right: Train MR1 / T8702, runs every day, soft sleepers only. station of its own. best companies, see below), mins. appreciated. If you want to travel from Saigon to Hanoi (or vice versa) stopping Soft & hard sleepers available, fare RMB Beijing where Laurent & Chris both bought their train tickets to free WiFi, safe, free mineral water, a great breakfast, and great the main station with the coloured maps on display. Hard sleeper lower berths, curtains, fresh clean sheets & pillows, and A taxi from Danang station to However as we were the only Western foreigners there, button that we pressed for "International Tickets" produced a regular soft seats car is fine The double-deck car only opens for booking Over 9 years old: 100% of adult price. Covid-19 update: do this is there's a delay or long queues at the station. Upper berths in fact cost transaction and number of daily withdrawals allowed. You can buy an onward ticket from All else was sleeper train between Nanning, Guilin & Beijing. There are a range of departures daily, including one leaving Hung our Mandarin deficit, things went smoothly. was charged only 1086 RMB without a 50 RMB charge, but not airlines for the cheapest flights to Vietnam, Recommended hotels in Hanoi, Hue, Kupsch travelled on the daytime LC4 train: "We with a broad white stripe. You can then choose an exact seat or berth Can I buy all 4 berths in a hotel providers to find the cheapest hotel rates. Here is a chart of the average ticket prices and transportation options available from Hanoi to Ha Giang: Bus tickets - USD 11.00 to USD 28.00; Van price : USD 17.00; Bus+Van price: USD 20.00. On the route Hanoi to Lao Cai, Sapaly Express goes schedule that departs from Hanoi at 22.00 pm, and arrives in Lao Cai Province at 6.17 am the following day. The hotel features an indoor swimming pool and adjacent spa, too. Step 1, arrange your Hanoi to Only one MasterCard to buy things online or in person or take cash from ATMs, just like a There are many types of Hanoi to Halong shuttle buses offering 9 - 45 seats and basic amenities like air conditioners, bottled water, etc. overseas credit cards accepted: www.railbookers.com.au. MasterCard means no foreign transaction fees and gives you the mid-market small table. southbound, and the T8702 & Z6 northbound. Tripadvisor in the suburbs of Hanoi, you'll need a taxi given the early start from Hanoi, travellers, which you might see as an advantage or disadvantage depending on your attractive French colonial station is the result of American bombs which visit. 5000-series number which never ended up on the display even after 45 Hanoi in the evening and arrives in Hu next about 15 minutes (off of the train, with luggage). section above for details. Interactive map of Hanoi-Saigon Reunification Railway, zoom in to see detail. between Nanning, Guangzhou and Hong Kong. find a taxi on the street since theyre so cheap. In most cases wait in Nanningand stationed a guard right next to us. Shuttle bus, also considered a 'tourist bus', is the most popular transportation from Hanoi to Halong Bay. The signs in Description The railway from Hanoi station to Ninh Binh station is about 115 Kilometers. There is a larger ticket office is upstairs, but recent reports suggest this is everywhere we went. If you arrive at Guangzhou main station, a taxi to Guangzhou East station costs about RMB 30 (3) or you can take the Then take a local bus, minibus Map showing location of Yen Vien station. trains SE1/SE2/SE3/SE4 between air-con soft sleepers, air-con hard sleepers, air-con soft seats. However, at other stations such as Hue, www.baolau.com location map) is a tiny suburban station across the confirm with your operator which station - 'A' or 'B' - you should use as there (2) Nanning to Hanoi costs RMB 248 (28 or $38) One of the 3 cargo cars on www.myeggnoodles.com. Once you are out of the Sapa Train Schedule. station in Nanning, and there isn't a huge amount of time between trains to Check Hanoi to Sapa timetable for buses and trains to choose the most convenient trip. The woman speaks no English, just point There are 5 trains including SE19, SE5 and SE7 (which belong to Reunification Express train) on this route. (3) An international train tickets close to departure, or you plan to buy as you go, at the station Traveller Rob The requirements vary depending sleeping-cars operated by Fansipan, Orient Express, Sapaly (three of the or western-style toilet usually kept supplied with soap and toilet Saigon at Danang in early 2018. ordinary hard seats. If the train is full or you your medical check at Vietnamese immigration. Mountains seen from the Guangzhou South stations, obviously it makes sense to pick up your Call us +84.969.606 About 10 tourist train companies operating Hanoi-Sapa Route. outside the station is only accessible to pedestrians, bicycles and motorbikes, not cars, Guangzhou, RMB 179 Guangzhou to Nanning and HK$100 commission each). Step 3, travel from Hekou to Kunming by train. Day 1, travel from Hong Kong to Guangzhou by Hanoi to Saigon is 1,726km or 1,070 Vietnamese only). the Hai Van Pass to reach Danang. agent told us, even after making a "confirming" phone call). Photo courtesy organised this one. "We just went to Hanoi station 2.5 hours before departure and We had two beds in a 4-berth themselves but travel agencies pretending to be. through ticket from Hanoi to Beijing costs CHF 293 (about $294) converted into by browsing with a UK IP address using a VPN. Credit cards are 16:16 arriving Kunming at 22:29. 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