eirie
newbie
Posts: 3

#1 Posted: 24/2/2008 - 06:09


Hi travellers!

Can anybody give me information on the train from Beijing to Hanoi? I know that there is a twice weekly connection, I'd just like to find out if it is an interesting journey (landscape-wise or otherwise) and worth doing it.

Thanx!

daawgon
noodle lady
Posts: 43

#2 Posted: 24/2/2008 - 06:50


go to seat61.com

click on Vietnam

CatBa
adventurer
Posts: 349

#3 Posted: 25/2/2008 - 02:12


The best routing to increase your choice of trains AND reduce costs (fares outside a countries border i.e. the VietNam part are calculated is Swiss Francs which means a double currency conversion)is to go BeiJing to NanNing, GuangXi and then catch a bus across the border.

Details have been posted twice earlier but if you drop me an e-mail at and I'll send you a copy.

If you do take the train you sure get to see the 'landscape' at PingXiang Station as customs / immigration procedures can take a couple of hours followed by a slow 4 hour run to Ha Noi on narrow gauge rails.

CatBa
adventurer
Posts: 349

#4 Posted: 25/2/2008 - 02:14


The best routing to increase your choice of trains AND reduce costs (fares outside a countries border i.e. the VietNam part are calculated is Swiss Francs which means a double currency conversion)is to go BeiJing to NanNing, GuangXi and then catch a bus across the border.

Details have been posted twice earlier but if you drop me an e-mail at and I'll send you a copy.

If you do take the train you sure get to see the 'landscape' at PingXiang Station as customs / immigration procedures can take a couple of hours followed by a slow 4 hour run to Ha Noi on narrow gauge rails.