Hanoi railway station

Hanoi Railway Station
Ga Hà Nội
Hanoi Railway Station in 2013
Location 120 Lê Duẩn
Hoàn Kiếm District, Hanoi
Vietnam
Coordinates 21°01′27.9″N 105°50′27.9″E / 21.024417°N 105.841083°E / 21.024417; 105.841083Coordinates: 21°01′27.9″N 105°50′27.9″E / 21.024417°N 105.841083°E / 21.024417; 105.841083
Owned by Vietnam Railways
Platforms 9 side platforms
Connections Hanoi Bus, Hanoi Metro
Other information
Website http://www.gahanoi.com.vn
History
Opened 1902 (1902)
Traffic
Passengers 3,500,000
Old part of Hanoi Railway Station

Hanoi railway station (Vietnamese: Ga Hà Nội) is one of the main railway stations on the North–South Railway (Reunification Express) in Vietnam. It serves the city of Hanoi. The station is located at 120 Lê Duẩn Street, Cua Nam Ward, Hoan Kiem District of Hanoi and is the starting point of five railway lines leading to almost every Vietnamese province.

Departures from Hà Nội

These are the passenger services departing from Hanoi Main station.

To ĐỒNG ĐĂNG (for Beijing)
Train number:M1 (T6 in China)
Hanoi depart:18:30 Tuesdays & Fridays only

The train to Dong Dang is metre gauge and cannot continue on the Chinese railway network. Passengers destined for China must connect to a Chinese train at Pingxiang. Standard gauge tracks have been laid to Gia Lâm Railway Station, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) across the river from the main Hanoi Railway Station. Through trains to China depart from Gia Lâm rather than the main Hanoi Railway Station[1].

To Hải Phòng
Train number:HP1LP5
Hanoi Depart:06:0015:25
To Lao Cai (For Sapa)
Train Number:LC3SP7SP1SP3LC1
Hanoi Depart:06:1020:3521:1021:5022:00
To Sài Gòn, The Reunification Express
Train number:SE19SE1SE3SE5SE7TN1
Hanoi depart:14:3019:0023:0015:4506:1510:15

The train to Nanning departs from Hanoi Gia Lam 2 more trains to Haiphong departing from Hanoi Gia Lam

History

Hanoi railway station opened in 1902[2]. The building was damaged in the Vietnam War 1972 and in 1976 the central hall was rebuilt in modern style, preserving the historic side wings (only the middle was bombed).

References

  1. ↑ "Railway Network". Vietnam Railways. Archived from the original on 2010-04-18. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  2. ↑ Hanoi Railway Station – Gate A
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