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  Prove
a good option for travelers to go to
Sapa in between Hanoi-Laocai station
and more comfortably than the bus. Up to now, Train to Sapa offers more newer private train and full equipped with modern air-conditioned carbine and berth for comfortable
overnight trips.
Classes:
There are several high classes of tourist train offered in most trains to Sapa as Tulico, Ratraco, King express, Tsc, Fansipan (Fanxipan), Royal train, Friendly with hard-berth, soft-berth. Hard-berth
has three tiers of beds (it means six beds per compartment). Soft-berth has two tiers of beds (four beds per
compartment) and divided into 2 styles as first class and Deluxe
carbine, the price for each bunks in each carbine are the same. These compartments have a door. Some trains may have super-berth compartments which have two beds per room with a door as Vip class.
Other Routes:
The main routes are the north-south train from Hanoi to
Ho Chi Minh
City, trains from Hanoi to the northwest and northeast, and beyond to China.
Time table for each train:
Sapa Express trains go between Hanoi and Laocai station and stop at various railway stations along the route, These trains take 8-10 hours to finish their itinerary. The three major kinds of trains form Hanoi: SP1, SP3, SP7,LC1. All trains are departure by night at around 19:40 to 21:50 and arrival
Laocai next morning. The trains leave Laocai also same time every everning and arrival Hanoi also next morning. Those train such as SP2, SP4, SP8, LC2 from Lao Cai to Hanoi. |
