Introducing my latest travel website, Rail Vietnam. This guide covers every train line in Vietnam, station information, and how to buy tickets.
About Rail Vietnam
I write about train travel in Vietnam here at Nomadic Notes, but I figured it would be better to have a dedicated site to post more detailed information.
A Vietnam rail site is the ideal subject for a niche site. It’s a topic I am very familiar with, and it is a small niche that won’t require too much time once it is set up. I also found a great domain (railvietnam.com) that is easy to brand.
The official website is not the most user-friendly experience, and there are many Vietnamese travel agent websites that try to look like the official website. My site is clear that it is an independent guide.
I will be publishing guides for the passenger lines, and I am open to accepting trip reports from other writers. I may also publish destination guides for every place with a train station if I decide to expand the site.
Future railways
While there is not a great variety of train lines in Vietnam, there are many new lines that are planned for the future. Some of the future lines include:
– The North-South High-Speed Railway (replacing the current North-South Railway)
– Lao Cai-Hanoi-Hai Phong Railway (replacing the current Lao Cai-Hanoi, Hanoi-Hai Phong lines)
– Hanoi-Ha Long Railway (possibly high-speed replacing the defunct line)
– Hanoi-Dong Dang Railway (upgrading current line that runs to Nanning in China)
– Ho Chi Minh City-Can Tho-Ca Mau Railway
– Central Highlands Railway
Some possible new international lines include:
– Vientiane-Vung Ang
– Hai Phong-Ha Long-Mong Cai (connecting to Dongxing in China)
– Ho Chi Minh City-Phnom Penh
I write about future rail development at Future Southeast Asia, which covers construction and development issues. Rail Vietnam will cover the new railways from the perspective of future travellers. The average traveller doesn’t need to know about a steel plant that is being built to manufacture rail tracks, so Rail Vietnam will cover topics such as stations and tickets.
These news lines are years away from being a reality, but you will find out about them on Rail Vietnam when they are ready.
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[Somewhere between Da Nang and Hue.]
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