Bangkok to Lào Cai by train
Travel from Bangkok (Thailand) to Lào Cai (Vietnam) by train (1039km): schedule and information to the train connection. Compare fares and buy your ticket.
Bangkok - Lào Cai @ 2025-01-26
To travel by train from Bangkok in Thailand to Lào Cai in Vietnam, you either have to cross Cambodia. Or you take a flight. Please read the following information and blog posts.
Your travel route could be like that.
1039 km
How to use the following information: we show you the best routes and where to buy tickets. On longer routes you may need more than one ticket. Book your tickets step by step as explained. If you have questions about the route from Bangkok to Lào Cai, please ask in our forum. Of course, sometimes there are as well other travel routes possible.
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train connections : popular connections travelled by other users
Lào Cai - Bangkok / Bangkok - Hanoi / Bangkok - Hạ Long / Bangkok - Sapa / Bangkok - Hội An / Bangkok - Huế / Pattaya - Ho Chi Minh City / Pattaya - Hanoi / Phuket - Ho Chi Minh City / Phuket - Hanoi1 Bangkok (Thailand) - Siem Reap (Cambodia) - Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) - Lào Cai (Vietnam)
The route consist of more than one step. You have to buy several train tickets.
1a Travelling from Bangkok (Thailand) to Siem Reap (Cambodia)
To travel from Thailand to Cambodia, you have to take a bus. There is no passenger train connection between these two countries.
There are daily direct bus connections from Bangkok (Thailand) to Siem Reap (Cambodia) with a journey time of about 9 hours. Buy your bus ticket from 700 THB (20 EUR).
Find the exact bus schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking websites.
Where to buy a ticket from Bangkok to Siem Reap?
Check times&prices Buy your ticket at the bus station or at the website of the bus company.
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train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Siem Reap - Bangkok / Bangkok - Phnom Penh
1b Travelling from Siem Reap (Cambodia) to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
To travel from Cambodia to Vietnam, you have to take a bus. There is no passenger train connection between these two countries.
There are daily direct bus connections from Siem Reap (Cambodia) to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) with a journey time of 9 hours and a ticket fare from 25 EUR. And from Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City with a journey time of 5 hours and a ticket fare from 15 EUR.
Find the exact bus schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking websites.
Where to buy a ticket from Siem Reap to Ho Chi Minh City?
Buy your ticket at the bus station or at the website of the bus company.
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train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Ho Chi Minh City - Siem Reap / Phnom Penh - Ho Chi Minh City / Phnom Penh - Ho Chi Minh City / Siem Reap - Hanoi / Siem Reap - Hanoi
1c Travelling from Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) to Lào Cai (Vietnam)
Train travel in Vietnam is easy and comfortable. The main route is from North to the South of Vietnam, Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City. From Hanoi you have a nice route to the mountains, in direction of SaPa. Beside you have a connection from Hanoi to China. Please buy your train ticket online via the following booking links or at a station which is usually no problem.
Where to buy a ticket from Ho Chi Minh City to Lào Cai?
Buy the train ticket at a railway station. Note: in some countries you have to pay a service fee at the ticket counter. The ticket can be purchased at a station in the country of departure, also sometimes in other countries.
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train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
Train (VIET)
train company:
VIET Đường Sắt Việt Nam
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Lào Cai - Ho Chi Minh City / Ho Chi Minh City - Hanoi / Ho Chi Minh City - Hạ Long / Ho Chi Minh City - Huế / Ho Chi Minh City - Da Nang / Ho Chi Minh City - Sapa / Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City / Hanoi - Sapa / Hanoi - Hạ Long / Hanoi - Huế / Hanoi - Da Nang
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