Sapa Trains,Trains to Sapa

The best way for tourists to travel to Sapa - one of themost attractive destinations in Vietnam - is to travel by train,thanks to itsadvantage of both time and money. Departing from Hanoi station during nighttime,the train arrives at Lao Cai station,a city adjacent to Chinese border,in early morning and vice versa.

To meet the needs of tourists,service providers haveupgraded the train with full amenities such as air-conditioner,clean w/c,andcomfortable berths with different names for each type of trains. There are totalof fourteen trains from Hanoi to Lao Cai,namely  Fansipan Express Train  (recommended ),Tulico Express Train,Hara Express Train,Royal Express Train,Pumkin Express Train, Orient Express Train,Green Express Train,Ratraco Express Train,TSC Express Train, Friendly Express Train,Sapaly Express Train (recommended ),Victoria Express Train (recommended ),King Express Train, andLivitrans Express Train (recommended )

Generally,it can be divided into four types of cabins:6-berths cabin,4-berth cabins,2- berths cabins and soft seat. The VIP 2 berthscabin costs $80 in Livitrans or Sapaly and the Deluxe 2 berths cabin $ 72 inFansipan Express,the 4-berth wood panel cabin are the best choice for touristsfor their cleanliness,spaciousness and convenience. The price per person in a4-berth room ranges from $32 to $36. A return ticket can also be bought rightfrom Hanoi. Notably,children less than five years old will not be charged anyticket fee and will share beds with their parents. Fansipan Express specialoffer 25% off on adult's rates for children between 5 year and 12 year old.

Sapa TrainSchedule and Trains Sapa Timetable

If you wantto head for the hills at Sapa,the best way to get there is to take the trainfrom Hanoi to Lao Cai. Sapa has no railway station,but it's about 38 km (24miles) from Lao Cai railway station and easily reached from there by bus,jeepor taxi in about 50 minutes. There are both daytime and overnight sleepertrains between Hanoi &Lao Cai,and on the sleeper trains you can choose betweenthe normal Vietnamese railways sleepers or a whole series of privately-runsleeping-cars of a higher standard aimed at tourists.
 

SP1,SP2,SP3,SP4:  All run daily,recommended trains with very few stops. Air-conditioned soft sleepers,air-conhard sleepers,hard sleepers,air-con soft seats,soft seats,hard seats,

SP1/SP2 also convey awhole series of privately-run sleeping-cars for tourists,includingFansipan Express Train  (recommended ),Tulico Express Train,Hara Express Train,Royal Express Train,Pumkin Express Train,Orient Expess Train, RatracoExpress Train,TSCExpress Train and Friendly Express Train,
 

SP3/SP4 also conveysseveral private sleeping-cars including the Orient Express Train, Green Express Train,Hara Express Train, Sapaly Express Train ( recommended ),Victoria Express Train (recommended )
 

SP7,SP8:  Daily. Recommended train. Also conveys privately-run 'Livitrans' sleeping-cars fortourists,King Express Train,Livitrans Express Train (recommended )

LC3,LC4:  Daily. Onecarriage of air-conditioned soft seats,many carriages of wooden-seatednon-air-con hard seats. Tea,coffee &snacks are available on board. would beappreciated if you use this train.

LC1,LC2: Daily. Air-conditioned soft sleepers,air-conditioned hard sleepers,hard sleepers,soft seats,hard seats.

Hanoi - Lao Cai Route