Phnom Penh to Hanoi by train
Travel from Phnom Penh (Cambodia) to Hanoi (Vietnam) by train (1058km): schedule and information to the train connection. Compare fares and buy your ticket.
Phnom Penh - Hanoi @ 2025-01-25
To travel by train from Phnom Penh in Cambodia to Hanoi in Vietnam, please read the following information and blog posts.
Your travel route could be like that.
1058 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 Phnom Penh to Hanoi, please ask in our forum. Of course, sometimes there are as well other travel routes possible.
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Hanoi - Phnom Penh / Phnom Penh - Ho Chi Minh City / Siem Reap - Hanoi / Siem Reap - Hanoi1 Phnom Penh (Cambodia) - Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) - Hanoi (Vietnam)
The route consist of more than one step. You have to buy several train tickets.
1a Travelling from Phnom Penh (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 Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City?
Check times&prices Buy your ticket at the bus station or at the website of the bus company.
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Ho Chi Minh City - Phnom Penh / Siem Reap - Hanoi / Siem Reap - Hanoi
1b Travelling from Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) to Hanoi (Vietnam)
Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi 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 Ho Chi Minh City, arrival time in Hanoi and the total journey time:
- SE2 / 21:55 / 08:35 / 34:40
- SE4 / 19:25 / 05:58 / 34:25
- SE6 / 15:20 / 04:35 / 37:15
- SE8 / 06:00 / 19:13 / 37:13
We recommend to travel one of the most scenic parts of this rail journey between the cities of Đà Nẵng and Huế on day light (SE2, SE4). You get to this section of the travel route 17 hours after departure in Ho Chi Minh City. Sit on the right in direction of travel to have the best view.
If you travel as tourist, we recommend you to include some stops for example in Hội An, Đà Nẵng and Huế.
Find the exact train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi?
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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