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The best way to go to Sapa from Hanoi is to take the trains. Most of the
tourists who visit Sapa travel from Hanoi to Lao Cai (a
town at the border with Yunnan province of China,
separated by the Red River and the other side is the
town of Hekou of China) by overnight trains. Night trains
is the best option 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. Please
click to see brief
information and pictures of all
tourist trains from Hanoi to Lao
Cai train station.
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 more by shuttle buses or private car. The buses stops at Sapa's
main post office, leaving you with some minutes
walk into 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 Vietnam Dong
(VND) 30,000/person/way (about US$2/way).
The tourist bus back to Lao Cai leaves from outside
Sapa's church, but usually it can pick you up at your
hotel. You can ask the staff at your hotels for
getting a bus ticket back to Lao Cai Railway Station.
Hanoi - Lao Cai - Hanoi
Train Tickets Fare
|
Train name |
Accommodation |
Fare
US$/ticket/way |
|
Livitrans Express Train |
VIP cabin
Business Class, 4-berth cabin
Economy Class, 6-berth cabin
Soft seat |
82
30
26
20 |
|
Tulico Train |
VIP cabin
First Class, wooden cabin, 4 berths
Tulico soft-sleeper, 4 berths |
60
31
27 |
|
Fanxipan Express Train |
First Class, wooden cabin, 4 berths
|
35 |
|
Pumpkin Train |
First Class, wooden cabin, 4 berths
Economy, AC soft sleeper, 4 berths
|
29
27 |
|
TSC Train |
Business Class, wooden cabin, 4 berths
Economy Class, AC soft sleeper, 6 berths
|
36
28 |
|
Ratraco Train |
Ratraco AC soft sleeper, 4 berths |
34 |
|
Royal Train |
First Class, wooden cabin, 4 berths
Royal AC soft sleeper, 4 berths
Economy Class, AC soft sleeper, 6 berths |
36
33
26 |
Note:
- We recommend that you choose the 4-berth cabin in the
chart above for
cleaner cabins and sleepers. Normal passengers train can
easily buy at
Hanoi
train station.
- 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 (you cannot
be guaranteed a soft sleeper if you buy in short
notice).
- Child fare: under 5 years is free of charge if sharing
bed with parent; 5 years/up: adult rate.
How to Book
Simply inform us at the same time you send your request
for accommodation, or email us at
mail@tuanlinhtravel.com
Hanoi - Lao Cai - Hanoi
Trains Schedule
Hanoi - Lao Cai Route
|
Station |
SP1 |
SP3 |
SP5 |
LC1 |
LC3 |
LC5 |
|
Hanoi |
21:15 |
21:55 |
8:20 |
22:05 |
6:10 |
20:40 |
|
Viet Tri |
|
|
|
0:12 |
8:16 |
|
|
Yen Bai |
1:53 |
1:40 |
12:40 |
2:30 |
10:40 |
0:22 |
|
Bao Ha |
3:16 |
|
15:14 |
5:08 |
13:32 |
2:47 |
|
Pho Lu |
5:03 |
4:44 |
15:59 |
5:53 |
14:19 |
3:29 |
|
Lao Cai |
6:15 |
6:00 |
17:05 |
7:10 |
15:40 |
4:35 |
Lao Cai - Hanoi Route
|
Station |
SP2 |
SP4 |
SP6 |
LC2 |
LC4 |
LC6 |
|
Lao Cai |
20:15 |
21:00 |
8:40 |
18:45 |
9:45 |
19:30 |
|
Pho Lu |
21:22 |
22:07 |
9:47 |
20:04 |
11:34 |
20:34 |
|
Bao Ha |
22:21 |
|
10:35 |
20:49 |
12:20 |
21:17 |
|
Yen Bai |
0:17 |
1:10 |
13:45 |
23:10 |
14:59 |
23:31 |
|
Viet Tri |
|
|
16:13 |
1:46 |
17:42 |
|
|
Hanoi |
4:30 |
5:05 |
19:10 |
4:00 |
19:55 |
4:10 |
See more at
Vietnam transportation information
See updated information at
Vietnam Railway
Corporation's Website
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