Night train route
Lào Cai Sleeper
Hanoi → Lao Cai · Vietnam
Overnight metre-gauge sleeper up the Red River valley to Lào Cai, the mountain gateway to the terraced rice slopes of Sapa.
- Distance
- 296 km
- Fastest time
- 8 h
- Average speed
- 37 km/h
- Top speed
- 60 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmHanoi +2
- 5 kmGia Lam +1
- 11 kmYen Vien
- 21 kmDong Anh
- 27 kmBắc Hồng
- 33 kmThạch Lỗi
Show 26 more stations
- 39 kmPhúc Yên
- 48 kmHương Canh
- 54 kmVĩnh Yên
- 63 kmHướng Lại
- 69 kmBạch Hạc
- 73 kmViệt Trì
- 82 kmPhủ Đức
- 91 kmTiên Kiên
- 99 kmPhú Thọ
- 108 kmChí Chủ
- 118 kmVũ Ẻn
- 131 kmẤm Thượng
- 140 kmDoan Thuong
- 148 kmVăn Phú
- 155 kmYên Bái
- 164 kmCổ Phúc
- 176 kmNgòi Hóp
- 185 kmMậu A
- 194 kmMậu Đông
- 200 kmTrái Hút
- 209 kmLâm Giang
- 217 kmLang Khay
- 226 kmLang Thíp
- 235 kmBảo Hà
- 245 kmThái Văn
- 251 kmCầu Nhò
- 259 kmPhố Lu
- 267 kmLạng
- 274 kmThái Niên
- 280 kmLàng Giàng
- 290 kmLao Cai
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 8351998: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 37 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 12 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Vietnam Railways, a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Lào Cai Sleeper?
The Lào Cai Sleeper runs 296 km from Hanoi to Lao Cai.
How long does the Lào Cai Sleeper take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 8 h for the 296 km. That is an average of 37 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 60 km/h.
Who runs the Lào Cai Sleeper?
Vietnam Railways, with SP1/SP3 sleeper.
How old is the Lào Cai Sleeper?
The line has been in service since 1906. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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