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The Ha Noi-Lao Cai tourist trains run nightly, departing from Ha Noi Train Station B (behind 120 Le Duan Street). The following trains from Ha Noi to Lao Cai (SP1, SP7, LC1, LC3; AM: LC5) and from Lao Cai to Ha Noi (PM: SP2, SP8, LC2, LC4; AM: LC 6) daily. The daytime trainsets offer only hard seats, whereas Travelers enjoy soft-sleepers, air-conditioned, four-berth cabins on the night trains.

 

Sapa Tourist Carriages

 

Victoria Express Carriage
This is the best tourist carriage in term of comfort and luxury. It features superior 4 berth cabins and deluxe 2 berths. They, however, offer only this ticket with the combination of their Victoria Sapa hotel. They are launching a big summer deal with train ticket plus hotel.

Tulico Carriage
Tulico train offers comfortable, air-conditioned soft sleepers. While this is not a luxurious train, it offers good alternative transportation to Sa Pa from Ha Noi. It has soft sleepers, A/C and four-berth cabins. You are provided with one bottle of water, a small snack and a napkin.

Ratraco Carriage
In the LC5 and LC6, there are Victoria Cabins, Tulico Cabins, Friendly Cabins, and Ratraco Cabins. All of these are alternatives for Travellers to Sa Pa from Ha Noi. Ratraco train is one of the best trains to Sa Pa with wooden cabins.

Friendly Carriage
Friendly train, like the Tulico train, is not a separate train, but offers soft sleepers, A/C and clean four-berth cabins in 2 carriages which go with local trains (LC5 and LC6) between Ha Noi and Lao Cai. You are provided with one bottle of water, a small snack and a napkin.

Livitrans Carriage
To serve tourist requirements, the Livitrans train is also part of a regular train with 2 carriages in SP7 and SP8 which offers A/ C, soft-sleepers and clean four-berth cabins.

TSC Carriage
The TSC Express train is wooden carriage, soft sleeper A.C cabin with soft 4 berths and two toilet at either ends. Each berth is equipped with individual reading lights, baggage storage and spacious trunk for suite case and hand luggage. The train provide also water and cold tower.

Fansipan Express Carriage
The brand new Fansipan Express train has just been introduced to operate routing Hanoi - Lao Cai - Hanoi with 4 fully decorated carriages with high standard soft sleepers with airconditioning wooden cabins. Each berth is equipped with reading lights, baggage storage, flower, mineral water and napkin.

King Express Carriage
New generation of tourist carriage runs Hanoi-Laocai-Hanoi, sister carriage with Fansipan Express. King Express train features Deluxe (4 berths).

Et Pumpkin Carriage
There are two kinds to feature on this carriage: the first called 'deluxe' wooden panelled cabins connect with SP1 and SP2 (Hanoi-Laocai-Hanoi) and the second is 'superior' croned wooden cabin. We advise you to take all the real wooden panelled cabins.

Orient Express Carriage
Another new instroduction for tourist train from Hanoi to Lao Cai and Hanoi. Their deluxe cabin is nice and accepted with the similar standard like other tourist carriages - wooden decored, mineral water, fruit are set up on complimentary basis

More on transfer Lao Cai station - Sapa
The Ha Noi - Lao Cai train stops at Lao Cai Station, some  40 kilometres from Sapa and stops at Sapa's main Post Office (Buu Dien). Each way cost about VND30,000-35,000. The tourist bus back to Lao Cai leaves from outside Sapa's church, but it usually will pick you up at your hotel - inquire with the hotel staff for getting a bus ticket back to Lao Cai Station.

25% off on adult's rates for children between 5 year and 12 year old for Fansipan Express Carriage only

Special note: Since there are only two VIP cabins on Tulico and Livitrans so these cabins are often full quickly. You will be normally confirmed under either private 4 berths or private 2 berths with other two foldable and they are not real VIP. Please make sure this when you received confirmation from us to avoid confusion and frustration later.

Tourist train time-table (2011)

	Departure		Destination
	Station	Departure time	Station	Arrival time +1 (the next day)
SP1/ Tulico, Friendly, Ratraco, TSC, Fansipan, King Express, Et Pumpkin, TSC	Hanoi	21.15	Lao Cai	05.20
SP2/ Tulico, Friendly, Ratraco, TSC, Fansipan, King Express, Et Pumpkin, TSC	Lao Cai	20.20	Hanoi	04.35
SP3/TSC/Orient Express	Hanoi	21.50	Lao Cai	06.15
SP4/TSC/Orient Express	Lao Cai	21.00	Hanoi	05.10
SP7/Livitrans	Hanoi	20.40	Lao Cai	05.00
SP8/Livitrans	Lao Cai	19.30	Hanoi	04.30

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Hanoi	Ho Chi Minh City
Hanoi Railway Station Add: 120 Le Duan St., Hanoi	Saigon Railway Station Add: 1 Nguyen Thong St. , Ho Chi Minh City

 

 

INTERNATIONAL TRAIN VIETNAM – CHINA

 

 

Hanoi – Nanning:  Daily train running from Gia Lam Train station to Hanoi departs at 21.00 and arrive Nanning at about 5am. The train will stop twice for Immigration in Vietnam side and China side.

 

Hanoi – Guilin: Train runs on Tuesday and Thursday, departs from 18.30  and arrives the next day at 14.00

 

We suggest you to buy tickets in advance because if you havent  got China visa, it wil take 5 working days to get it done at the China embassy in Hanoi.

 

 

 

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