Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City by train
Travel from Hanoi (Vietnam) to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) by train (1144km): schedule and information to the train connection. Compare fares and buy your ticket.
Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City @ 2025-01-25
To travel from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City by train, read the following information. You find timetables and ticket prices online via our booking links.
Your travel route could be like that.
1144 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 Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, 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
Ho Chi Minh City - Hanoi / Hanoi - Hạ Long / Hanoi - Lào Cai / Hanoi - Sapa / Hanoi - Huế / Hanoi - Nha Trang / Hanoi - Da Nang / Ho Chi Minh City - Hạ Long / Ho Chi Minh City - Sapa / Ho Chi Minh City - Huế1 Hanoi (Vietnam) - Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
1a Travelling from Hanoi (Vietnam) to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
Travel from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City by overnight train. The journey time is 32 to 37 hours. Train ticket fares start from 25 EUR. There are up to 6 train connections daily.
The trains of Vietnamese railways offer the following service classes:
- 3rd class, hard wooden seats
- 2nd class, soft seats with air-condition
- 2nd class, sleeper with 6 berths per compartment, with air-condition
- 1st class, sleeper with 4 berths per compartment, with air-condition
On some trains luxury train wagons are attached. For example "Violette Express" and others which offer 4-berth and 2-berth compartments.
The train numbers are as follows with departure time in Hanoi, arrival time in Ho Chi Minh City and the total journey time:
- SE1 / 22:20 / 05:45 / 31:25
- SE3 / 19:25 / 04:38 / 33:13
- SE5 / 08:50 / 18:55 / 34:05
- SE7 / 06:00 / 16:30 / 34:30
- SE9 / 14:25 / 03:25 / 37:00
- SE11 / 08:00 / 21:05 / 37:05
We recommend to travel one of the most scenic parts of this rail journey between Huế and Đà Nẵng on day light (SE1, SE3). You get to this section of the travel route 13 hours after departure in Hanoi. Sit on the left in direction of travel to have the best view.
If you travel as tourist, it makes sense to include some stops for example in Huế, Đà Nẵng and Hội An.
Find the exact train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City?
Check times&prices 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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