SE1 departs Hanoi 19:00 day 1, Hue 08:02 next morning (day 2), Danang 10:31, Nha Trang 20:33 day 2, Saigon 04:30 day 3. SE3 departs Hanoi 23:00 day 1, Hue 10:50 day 2, Danang 13:12 day 2, Saigon 05:00 day 3. So both trains take 2 nights, 1 day.
So it takes a day and a half (referring also to the data in the video, you left 7pm (19:00) day 1, and arrived 6am (6:00?) day 3). Reminds me of Amtrak in the US--I once took Amtrak along the US east coast from Boston MA to Daytona Beach FL (and back)--roughly the same distance one-way, I'm guessing, but I think Amtrak was slightly faster (24 hours, or less). On the other hand, Vietnam has better scenery. :)
Trước 2010 thì đi tàu vẫn là lựa chọn tốt nhất từ thời 48 tiếng rút xuống 32 tiếng tàu E2 vẫn còn bao kỷ niêmk mác E2 giờ không còn nhưng với tôi tầu vẫn là lựa chọn
Hoping to take this train trip next week if all goes as planned. Thank you for the inspiration and the preview (and, of course, for all of your helpful information)!
From Hanoi to Danang we were in the Livitrans carriage, train SE1 From Danang to Saigon, in normal Vietnamese Railways soft sleeper, train SE3. Livitrans was a step above the DSVN sleeper, but the latter was absolutely fine. Several windows on the corridor side open in each car.
I believe from Hue to Da Nang a non-airconditioned hard seat would be fine, as you can easily open the window, instead of finding a toilet to open the window to film.
Either the corridor side is toward the land (and you'd have to find a toilet to open the window to see the sea) or the bed side is toward the land and you cannot enjoy the sea view on bed.
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Very nice!!! I WALKED from Hanoi to Saigon 👣 it took me 3 months and 3 weeks by only walking 😂
then you probably have never travelled to another tropical countries. coastal area in Vietnam is only so so compared to Thailand, Indonesia, or even Philippines eventhough Philippines doesnt have long haul train journey yet.
beautifully filmed, Mark. It is so wonderful to be able to open the windows on a train for photographing, unlike the European trains. It's understandable though with their high speeds. Give me back the early days.
I'd stopped off at Hue before some years ago, and this was a limited-time business trip to gather train and visitor info, so we basically travelled Hanoi to Saigon straight through in 2 nights, 1 day. But we switched trains at Danang, as I wanted to check out both the SE1 and SE3.
Ooooooh!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm going to Vietnam in November, first Hanoi then Ho Chi Minh City. Was thinking of doing the train trip BUT its a 36 hr journey (don't know how you did it in 9 minutes...). I'm still considering it but given the limited time I have might end up doing it by plane. But this is truly inspirational!
Mark, many thanks for video & especially your website!!! Sine 2 years you're my top guide during travelling in SE Asia. We chose vietnamimpressive as travel agent for tickets. Hope that all will be ok :-) as you recommended. Great job&bst rgds fm Poland,
No worries. It's an allusion to a famous British Transport Film of (I think) the 1950s, 'London to Brighton in 2 minutes' which showed the driver's eye view of the London-Brighton journey, speeded up so the journey took 2 minutes on film.
Have travelled the Saigon to Nha Trang maybe 4 times, the first was with my faience and I booked the 4 berth in the Blue Carriage on entering the cabin the guard kept back the two unused tickets but I made him give them back. Talking to others they try and sell them as an upgrade. He kept knocking the door as he passed in the night, so in the morning as we alighted I made to give him a 5oo,ooo VND note, he held his hand out and I just put it back in my pocket and made the gesture bang, bang. He looked away sheepishly. I now live half way between Saigon and Vung Tau and have driven that route up as far as Hue. Stopping off at great places enroute.
In Australia, I once took the train between Adelaide and Perth across the Nullarbor Plains by the Indian Pacific, a 3 days and 2 nights train trip (actually did it twice, back and forth). I said I'd never do it again. Hence it makes me very hesitant about this train trip...
Google User lol dude , you really don't know anything about history. I bet your government said they colonized Vietnam for a good reason 😂. If france didn't colonized Vietnam then there was no communist government, America would not be in South vietnam . Then there was no civil war created by your loser ass France and America.
the train have great view of country side , sea view , then moutain view :) my dad are crazy train lover ( likem any other japanese ) so we normal take a train ride from da nang to hcm one time for ever 3-4 year
Hi I have this exact trip in mind. I love train travel best way to see the countryside. Did you go straight through to Saigon or did you have stopovers on the way?
P/s: Nên mua ít mì gói nhé các bạn. Vì đồ ăn trên tàu mắc và dở. Không nên mang nhiều nước vì trên tàu có nhiều nước rồi. Chuẩn bị thêm 1 cuốn chiếu nếu vé của bạn ko phải giường nằm. Mang theo vài cuốn sách đọc cho đỡ buồn. Good luck
though it is a good chance to enjoy the view of landscape, i still think Vietnam should implement the high speed train to meet the economic development requirements, specially the two core cities are so far to each other.......
This is amazing, thank you! We wanted to know if its worth the 30hr trip from Saigon > Hanoi and looking for alternatives. Not sure if we can endure a whole 30 hours of a rickety train.
Funny thing is, you have to live through those 30 hours of you life somewhere. They don't go away. You can spend them at home doing boring stuff. Or in MacDonalds. Or in a car, stuck in traffic. Wandering the streets. In a hotel room. But spending them making an epic journey, a memorable adventure across Vietnam, with a bed to sleep in, room to move around, fab scenery out of the window (and cultural scenery inside the train too!) is no bad way to spend a few hours of your life! ;0)
+Jeff Nguyen Thanks - it's a Panasonic SD90 camcorder, nothing special. This comes with a wide angle lens, not a standard one which is too restrictive.
SE1 departs Hanoi 19:00 day 1, Hue 08:02 next morning (day 2), Danang 10:31, Nha Trang 20:33 day 2, Saigon 04:30 day 3.
SE3 departs Hanoi 23:00 day 1, Hue 10:50 day 2, Danang 13:12 day 2, Saigon 05:00 day 3.
So both trains take 2 nights, 1 day.
So it takes a day and a half (referring also to the data in the video, you left 7pm (19:00) day 1, and arrived 6am (6:00?) day 3). Reminds me of Amtrak in the US--I once took Amtrak along the US east coast from Boston MA to Daytona Beach FL (and back)--roughly the same distance one-way, I'm guessing, but I think Amtrak was slightly faster (24 hours, or less). On the other hand, Vietnam has better scenery. :)
@@not-so-smartaleck8987 How did you get to Daytona? Cab from Deland?
Thank you for sharing this beautiful video. I enjoyed to see how's pretty my country side .
Thanks a lot for the video and info page, Mark. This looks like a very scenic line indeed with lots of coastal views!
Trước 2010 thì đi tàu vẫn là lựa chọn tốt nhất từ thời 48 tiếng rút xuống 32 tiếng tàu E2 vẫn còn bao kỷ niêmk mác E2 giờ không còn nhưng với tôi tầu vẫn là lựa chọn
Hoping to take this train trip next week if all goes as planned. Thank you for the inspiration and the preview (and, of course, for all of your helpful information)!
Loved this one. Great work, terrific country. Thanks!
Lovely country, lovely people, wish I could go back there soon. Great vid.
Felicidades desde Catalunya por éstos preciosos vídeos. Que envidia me da poder disfrutar de tus numerosos y bonitos viajes en tren.Gracias
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From Hanoi to Danang we were in the Livitrans carriage, train SE1 From Danang to Saigon, in normal Vietnamese Railways soft sleeper, train SE3. Livitrans was a step above the DSVN sleeper, but the latter was absolutely fine. Several windows on the corridor side open in each car.
I believe from Hue to Da Nang a non-airconditioned hard seat would be fine, as you can easily open the window, instead of finding a toilet to open the window to film.
Either the corridor side is toward the land (and you'd have to find a toilet to open the window to see the sea) or the bed side is toward the land and you cannot enjoy the sea view on bed.
Very nice!!! I WALKED from Hanoi to Saigon 👣 it took me 3 months and 3 weeks by only walking 😂
Love Hanoi City, beautiful people. I was there in 2023, loved the heat, food, and the people.
Nice one, brought back some good memories thanks!
Wow that's so beautiful.
Love from India 🇮🇳🇻🇳
Another worthwhile vid from you . . . thanks!
You saw a lot of beautiful scenery during the trip, i like the video, a great job.
Excellent condensed video.
Livitrans sleeper is $49 Hanoi-Hue, $59 Hanoi-Danang.
Regular sleepers about $80 Hanoi to Saigon
is that for 4 persons its 80$ or per person?
thanks for the great video Mark! hope to be in one of those trains sooner.
Very beautiful scenery. It would make a very nice vacation.
Thanks for the informative videos.
I love your videos mark!
thanks a lot ..
keep going!
Super video. Reliving my trip there. Amazing country... Will be there again.
I think the coast between Hue and Danang is the most beautiful coast I've seen. Really like your video. Thanks for photographing!!!
then you probably have never travelled to another tropical countries. coastal area in Vietnam is only so so compared to Thailand, Indonesia, or even Philippines eventhough Philippines doesnt have long haul train journey yet.
What is the Food all the world know in Vietnam ?
Wonderful trip... I wish to take the train in same route! Thanks for posting video seat61!
Lovely scenery!!!
beautifully filmed, Mark. It is so wonderful to be able to open the windows on a train for photographing, unlike the European trains. It's understandable though with their high speeds. Give me back the early days.
I'd stopped off at Hue before some years ago, and this was a limited-time business trip to gather train and visitor info, so we basically travelled Hanoi to Saigon straight through in 2 nights, 1 day. But we switched trains at Danang, as I wanted to check out both the SE1 and SE3.
Thanks you so much,have a nice dayyy
Good video thanks. I love Vietnam 🇻🇳
Nice to see these beautiful places in the world
Thanks for sharing! Hello from San Francisco. I was born in Saigon but don't remember any of it. Hope to visit one day.
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Ooooooh!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm going to Vietnam in November, first Hanoi then Ho Chi Minh City. Was thinking of doing the train trip BUT its a 36 hr journey (don't know how you did it in 9 minutes...). I'm still considering it but given the limited time I have might end up doing it by plane. But this is truly inspirational!
Do part of the journey, so you don't need to overnight on the train
Mark, many thanks for video & especially your website!!! Sine 2 years you're my top guide during travelling in SE Asia. We chose vietnamimpressive as travel agent for tickets. Hope that all will be ok :-) as you recommended. Great job&bst rgds fm Poland,
No worries. It's an allusion to a famous British Transport Film of (I think) the 1950s, 'London to Brighton in 2 minutes' which showed the driver's eye view of the London-Brighton journey, speeded up so the journey took 2 minutes on film.
I travelled from Nah Trang to Ho Chi Min (Saigon) on this train in 2009. Fabulous journey
a trip down memory lane. thank you for this.
Thanks for sharing
Wunder schöne Landschaften .Thank you "The Man in Seat 61" viele Grüße aus Deutschland.
Thank you! Your video very useful!
Great video
Stunning views!
04:15 I've seen that on Top Gear! Hope to travel to vietnam once in a lifetime. Thanks for the video
it's wonderful awesome your video
nice video, thanks!
wow...great video!
nice train video :)
Thanks, Mark, Will give it a go in November when heading for Halong Bay .
Nice train ride
Thanks
Superb video
Have a nice day'!!!
I like vietnan,very beautiful country and nice peopoes.
so beautiful places beside the way i 'd like to be there
IIt is such a beautiful countryside . I wish I could be in that train.
Have travelled the Saigon to Nha Trang maybe 4 times, the first was with my faience and I booked the 4 berth in the Blue Carriage on entering the cabin the guard kept back the two unused tickets but I made him give them back. Talking to others they try and sell them as an upgrade. He kept knocking the door as he passed in the night, so in the morning as we alighted I made to give him a 5oo,ooo VND note, he held his hand out and I just put it back in my pocket and made the gesture bang, bang. He looked away sheepishly.
I now live half way between Saigon and Vung Tau and have driven that route up as far as Hue. Stopping off at great places enroute.
Your vidéo is just great....
nice sea shore view😮
damn...i love your video,man...
I n 1969 I was stationed in Danang during Vietnam War so I didn't get a chance to experience the true beauty of the country.
Wow you are great
Mr. Mark Smith, Yesterday , War, destruction , hatred , hunger , Communism . Today , tranquilit , joy , progress, beautiful cities, freedom and peace . Congratulations Vietnam. Greetings from Brazil.
In Australia, I once took the train between Adelaide and Perth across the Nullarbor Plains by the Indian Pacific, a 3 days and 2 nights train trip (actually did it twice, back and forth). I said I'd never do it again. Hence it makes me very hesitant about this train trip...
Quite right Frank, it's 9 minutes 32 seconds, of course.
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What a misleading title! You were on a supersonic train...9 minutes from Hanoi to Saigon? Haha just kidding, what a beautiful country :)!
and what's more, Vietnamese people don't seem to appreciate their train.
That I'm sure they do. A bad environment has nothing to do with the ethos of the people.
Google User 😂
Visit the rural area of one or two East Asian country before making such a claim.
lol said from a French, think about what did your country do to Vietnam's nature back then. It was better before fucking France invasion
Google User lol dude , you really don't know anything about history. I bet your government said they colonized Vietnam for a good reason 😂. If france didn't colonized Vietnam then there was no communist government, America would not be in South vietnam . Then there was no civil war created by your loser ass France and America.
Well done.
I was traveling by train to, SE3, it's take long time, Hard sleeper.. lol.
beautiful country
incredible
Excellent vid. And thanks for NOT speaking during the whole thing. Many do and it is a nuisance!
+samquan123 2 nights, 1 day. But on the video, it takes 9 minutes!
+samquan123 Why? It's only a day. Saves two hotel bills. And what a day - a fab experience!
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the train have great view of country side , sea view , then moutain view :) my dad are crazy train lover ( likem any other japanese ) so we normal take a train ride from da nang to hcm one time for ever 3-4 year
Nice train ride.
Very good
simply fantastic, enjoyed the journey to saigon
i left ha-noi @ 8am? and arrived hcmc @ 630pm the next day, October on 2018. once was enough for me,thanks.......
great vid ! and this is vietnam , New Zealand take note lol!!!
Lovely
Hi I have this exact trip in mind. I love train travel best way to see the countryside.
Did you go straight through to Saigon or did you have stopovers on the way?
Yes, Hanoi to Saigon takes 9 minutes. In the video, of course! ;0)
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I am brasilian,congratulations on sharing Vietnam's things ,
Bonito vagão de passageiros,poltronas confortáveis comida e bebida servida numa pequena mesa do vagão,muito bom,gostei!
Beautiful, Love the trains in Vietnam-What kind of camera did you use, good video
the Hai Van Pass is definitely the steepest gradient the whole in Vietnam Railways system
amazing
Vietnam is very different now 7 years later. Much more developed
P/s: Nên mua ít mì gói nhé các bạn. Vì đồ ăn trên tàu mắc và dở. Không nên mang nhiều nước vì trên tàu có nhiều nước rồi. Chuẩn bị thêm 1 cuốn chiếu nếu vé của bạn ko phải giường nằm. Mang theo vài cuốn sách đọc cho đỡ buồn. Good luck
A perfect mixture of Europe and Asia. :)
Great!
Ha Noi is very beautiful ^^, i've travling by train from Ha Noi to Hue ^^ and Hue - Ha Noi
Be better than a bus at least you got cabin and can lie down .although some buses have beds
though it is a good chance to enjoy the view of landscape, i still think Vietnam should implement the high speed train to meet the economic development requirements, specially the two core cities are so far to each other.......
rui zhang agreed, much better for the economy.
Everyone wanted HSR for Hanoi Saigon line. But where to get the money?
Love to hear the sound
Gostei do vídeo. Adoro trens, pena que no Brasil não existem mais trens de longo percurso.
Great
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This is amazing, thank you! We wanted to know if its worth the 30hr trip from Saigon > Hanoi and looking for alternatives. Not sure if we can endure a whole 30 hours of a rickety train.
Funny thing is, you have to live through those 30 hours of you life somewhere. They don't go away. You can spend them at home doing boring stuff. Or in MacDonalds. Or in a car, stuck in traffic. Wandering the streets. In a hotel room. But spending them making an epic journey, a memorable adventure across Vietnam, with a bed to sleep in, room to move around, fab scenery out of the window (and cultural scenery inside the train too!) is no bad way to spend a few hours of your life! ;0)
+Mark Smith (The Man in Seat 61) I took that exact train journey as well and couldn't agree with you more
you can fly if you dont like long train ride or you can do half way train and half way by plane from hcm to da nang then fly from da nang to ha noi
Great video! How much the ticket from Hanoi to Saigon?
Metfone about 40 - 80 usd. it has a variety of seating: bed or hard seat and soft
Thi Bich Nguyen Thank you!
When will there be a high speed train from Hanoi to HoChiMing city?
good
Great shots of the countryside but very little about the train itself.
Remarkable.
Thanks, inoue jerry, regarding where one can and can't film in Vietnam.Where do most of the passenger rail cars come from?
Good clip. When was the line built ?
love your video... what camera did you use to record? so clear...
+Jeff Nguyen Thanks - it's a Panasonic SD90 camcorder, nothing special. This comes with a wide angle lens, not a standard one which is too restrictive.