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The Man in Seat Sixty-One is a British travel website created, written and maintained by Mark Smith, a former rail industry worker. The website focuses almost exclusively on train-based travel, with occasional ferry recommendations. The site has won several awards, including "Best Travel Website" in the Guardian & Observer Travel Awards in 2008 ...
Vietnam Railways system Train leaving Sài Gòn Station A section of metre-gauge line in Hanoi. 141-179 steam locomotive exhibited in Vinh railway station. Hanoi Railway Station Shunting the locomotive to the other end at Trại Mát station on the Đà Lạt - Trại Mát line A local train hauled by a D9E/10E locomotive on a passing siding at Phù Mỹ, between Quy Nhơn and Quảng Ngãi On ...
Rail transport remains relatively underused as a mode of transport in Vietnam. While road transport dominates the transport sector by far—accounting for 65% of freight moved as of 2006—rail transport accounted for only 4% of freight transportation in 2008, and 5% of passenger transportation, leading it to be considered the "least relevant" of all modes of transport in the European Union's ...
Anantara has just launched a new five-hour Vietnam luxury train experience that connects the popular resort destinations of Na Trang and Quy Nhon – its second route in the country.
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'. This line should not be confused with the proposed North–South express railway . Major stations. Hanoi station (Hanoi) Phủ Lý station (Phủ Lý, Hà Nam Province)
Two railways connect Vietnam to the People's Republic of China: the western Yunnan–Vietnam Railway, from Haiphong to Kunming, and the eastern railway from Hanoi to Nanning. The railway into Yunnan is a metre-gauge line, the only such line to operate inside China; it may, however, be converted to standard gauge. Railway service along the ...
Line 1 uses 17 trains supplied by Hitachi. [31] Each train consists of 3 cars, holding up to 930 people in total (147 seated and 789 standing passengers). Each trainset is 61.3 m (201 ft) long, operates at 110 km/h (68 mph) on standard-gauge elevated rail track and 80 km/h (50
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]