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The North–South railway (Vietnamese: Đường sắt Bắc–Nam, French: Chemin de fer Nord-Sud) is the principal railway line serving the country of Vietnam. It is a single-track metre gauge line connecting the capital Hanoi in the north to Ho Chi Minh City in the south, for a total length of 1,726 km (1,072 mi).
The North–South express railway (Vietnamese: Đường sắt cao tốc Bắc-Nam) is a planned high speed railway in Vietnam. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The line would begin in Thanh Trì and end in Thủ Đức , connecting the two most urbanised areas in the country: Hanoi in the North, and Ho Chi Minh City in the South. [ 4 ]
North–South railway: 1936 [11] 1,726 km (1,072 mi) [3] 191 [6] 30 hrs [12] Metre gauge [3] Railroad tracks on the North–South railway near Mỹ Sơn, in central Vietnam. The Hanoi–Ho Chi Minh City line is the primary railway line serving Vietnam. Trains travelling this line are sometimes referred to as the 'Reunification Express'.
In Vietnam, the North–South Expressway is a planned expressway system consisting of two routes: North–South Expressway East, running along the coast of Vietnam with a total length of 2,063 kilometres (1,282 mi) North–South Expressway West, running along western border of Vietnam with a total length of 1,205 kilometres (749 mi)
The transport corridor on the north–south axis from Lạng Sơn to Cà Mau plays a very important role: connecting the political capital of Hanoi with the economic center of Ho Chi Minh City, passing through 32 provinces and cities accounting for 62.1% of the population, contributing 65.7% of the gross domestic product, affecting 74% of seaports (classes I, II), 75% of economic regions of ...
There are currently no railway connections between Vietnam and Cambodia or Laos. As part of plans established by ASEAN, however, two new railways are under development: Saigon–Lộc Ninh Railway connecting Ho Chi Minh City to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and one connecting the North–South Railway to Thakhek in Laos.
The railway system in Vietnam is owned and operated by the state-owned Vietnam Railways (Vietnamese: Đường sắt Việt Nam).The principal route, the single track North-South Railway running between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, accounts for 1,726 kilometres (1,072 mi) of the network's total length of 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi).
This is a route-map template for the North–South Railway (Vietnam), a railway in Vietnam.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.