The best way to go to Sapa from Hanoi is to take night trains, because it saves time and two nights of accommodations. The train runs along the Red River. All trains leave at night from Hanoi and arrive at Lao Cai train station in the early morning. Trains also leave at night from Lao Cai and arrive in the morning in Hanoi.
To meet tourist demand, some service providers upgrade carriages and put them different names. These carriages are clean, comfortable, fully meet tourist standard with air-conditioners and soft berths.
Lao Cai – Sapa Transfer:
The Hanoi - Lao Cai train stops at valley of Lao Cai, just 40 km from Sapa; to reach Sapa, you need to travel an hour by shuttle buses or private car. The buses stop at Sapa's main post office, leaving you almost right in town center. It can also drop you at your hotel, depending upon the location of the hotel. Ticket price for connecting buses Lao Cai station - Sapa is VND 60,000/ person/ way.
The tourist bus back to Lao Cai leaves from outside Sapa's church, but usually it can pick you up at your hotel. You can ask the receptionist at your hotel for getting a bus ticket back to Lao Cai station.
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Train name
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Cabin Type
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Fare
VND/ticket/way |
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Livitrans Express Train
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VIP cabin
VIP II cabin
Business Class, 4-berth cabin
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1,870,000
1,650,000
840,000
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Tulico Train
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VIP cabin
First Class, wooden cabin, 4 berths
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1,520,000
795,000
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Fanxipan Express Train
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First Class, wooden cabin, 4 berths
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840,000
|
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Pumpkin Train
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First Class, wooden cabin, 4 berths
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770,000
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SC Train
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Business Class, wooden cabin, 4 berths
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815,000
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Ratraco Train
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Ratraco AC soft sleeper, 4 berths
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815,000
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Royal Train
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First Class, wooden cabin, 4 berths
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815,000
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King Express Train
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Deluxe King Express 4-berth
Wooden cabin, 4-berth
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840,000
770,000
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Hara Train
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VIP cabin
Business Class, wooden cabin, 4-berth
AC 4-berth cabin
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1,805,000
840,000
770,000
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- We recommend that you choose the above cabins for cleaner cabins and sleepers.
- We can only provide return tickets booking from Hanoi for the mentioned tourist trains. For normal trains, you need to buy the return ticket yourself when you are in Lao Cai or Sapa, or request the hotel to buy it for you.
- Child fare: under 5 years is free of charge if sharing bed with parent; 5 years/up: adult rate.
This page shows main destinations only, for other destinations, kindly contact us!
I month before and after Tet Holiday (Lunar New Year) 20% more price is added for Saigon-Hanoi and Hanoi-Saigon direction respectively
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Train Information
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Price with A/C (VND)
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From
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To
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Train Name
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Dep. Time
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Arr. Time
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Soft Seat
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Soft Berth
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Hanoi
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Saigon
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SE1 (33h10)
SE3 (29h30) SE5 (31h35) SE7 (35h00) |
19:00
23:00 15:45 06:15 |
04:10
05:00 04:40 15:05 |
1,430,000
1,390,000 1,320,000 1,210,000 |
1,870,000
1,740,000 1,650,000 1,540,000 |
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Hanoi
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Nha Trang
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SE1
SE3 SE5 SE7 |
19:00
23:00 15:45 06:15 |
20:06
22:03 19:40 07:37 |
990,000
1,060,000 990,000 880,000 |
1,390,000
1,430,000 1,390,000 1,300,000 |
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Hanoi
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Da Nang
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SE1
SE3 SE5 SE7
Livitrans
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19:00
23:00 15:45 06:15
19:00
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10:35
13:12 08:56 21:40 10:35 |
860,000
815,000 795,000 750,000 N/A |
990,000
970,000 950,000 880,000 1,430,000 |
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Hanoi
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Hue
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SE1
SE3 SE5 SE7
Livitrans
Tulico
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19:00
23:00 15:45 06:15
19:00
19:00
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08:01
10:45 06:07 19:07 08:01
08:01
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770,000
730,000 770,000 660,000 N/A
N/A
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950,000
880,000 840,000 880,000 1,235,000
1,210,000
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Saigon
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Hanoi
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SE2 (33h10)
SE4 (29h30)
SE6 (31h40) SE8 (34h20) |
19:00
23:00
15:45
06:30
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04:10
05:00
04:45
15:28
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1,430,000
1,390,000
1,320,000
1,210,000
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1,870,000
1,740,000
1,650,000
1,540,000
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Saigon
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Nha Trang
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SE2
SE4
SE6 STN2 |
19:00
23:00
15:45
20:05
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02:33
05:33 23:50 05:00 |
600,000
575,000
620,000
N/A
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730,000
705,000
660,000
925,000
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Saigon
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Phan Thiet
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SPT1
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06:30
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11:00
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510,000
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N/A
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