Ha Noi - Sapa - Lao Cai Express Train Information

Tulico train offer comfortable, air-conditioned soft sleepers. While this is not a luxurious train, it offers good alternative transportation to Sapa from Hanoi. It has soft sleepers, A/C and clean four-berth cabins. You will be provided with one bottle of water, a small snack and a napkin. Tulico Train's Pictures :
Tulico train's carriage	Tulico train's cabin	Tulico train's VIP room	Tulico train's wooden cabin

• Ratraco Train :

In the LC5 and LC6, there are Victoria Cabins, Tulico Cabins, Pumpkin Cabins, and Ratraco Cabins. All of these are alternatives for tourists to Sapa from Hanoi. Ratraco train is one of the best trains to Sapa with wooden cabins.

Ratraco train's carriage	Ratraco train's carriage

Ratraco train's corridor	Ratraco train's cabin	Ratraco train's washing room

• Pumpkin Train :

Pumpkin train, like the Tulico train, is not a separate train, but offers soft sleepers, A/C and clean four-berth cabins in 2 carriages which go with local trains (LC5 and LC6) between Hanoi and Laocai. Pumpkin train is one of the best choice for tourists to Sapa.

Pumpkin train's carriage	Pumpkin train's cabin	Ratraco train's washing room
Pumpkin train's corridor	Pumpkin train's carriage	Tourists' satisfaction

• Royal Train :

To serve tourist requirements, the Royal Train is also part of a regular train with 2 carriages in SP1 and SP2 which offers A/C, soft-sleepers and clean four-berth cabins.

Royal train's carriage	Royal train's cabin	Royal train's berth
Royal train's corridor	Royal train's snack and water	Royal train's toilet

• Laocai – Sapa Transfer :

The Hanoi - Laocai train stops at Valley Laocai, just 40 km from Sapa; in order to reach Sapa, you will need to travel an hour and a half more through a connecting bus or private car. The bus stops at Sapa's main Post Office, leaving you with some minutes walk into town. It can also stop at your hotel, depending upon the location of the hotel. Ticket prices for connecting buses Laocai - Sapa are 30000VND or US$2/way.

The tourist bus back to Laocai leaves from outside Sapa's church, but usually it can pick you up at your hotel. You can inquire with the staff at your hotels for getting a bus ticket back to Laocai Railway Station.

Sapa Train Schedule: Ha Noi - Sapa - Ha Noi

Ha Noi - Lao Cai Route:

Station	SP7	SP1	SP3	LC1	LC3
Ha Noi	20:35	21:10	21:55	22:05	06:10
Yen Bai	00:20	01:01	01:53	02:30	10:40
Bao Ha	02:56	-	04:17	05:08	13:32
Pho Lu	03:42	04:11	05:03	05:53	14:19
Lao Cai	05:05	05:03	06:30	07:10	15:40

Lao Cai - Ha Noi Route

Station	SP8	SP2	SP4	LC2	LC4
Lao Cai	19:30	20:15	20:45	18:45	09:45
Pho Lu	20:40	21:22	22:07	20:04	11:34
Bao Ha	21:45	-	22:53	20:49	12:20
Yen Bai	00:10	00:17	01:10	23:10	14:59
Ha Noi	04:30	05:00	06:00	04:00	19:55

Note:
SP1 & 2: Fansipan Express, Tulico Express, Hara Train, Royal Express, Pumkin Express Train.
SP7 & 8: King Express, Livitrans Express Train.
SP3 & 4: Orient Express, Green Train, Victoria Express Train, Sapaly Express Train

Victoria Train Schedule :

Date	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Ha Noi - Lao Cai (21:55 - 06:30)	Dinning carriage	No Dinning carriage	Dinning carriage	No Dinning carriage	Dinning carriage	No Train	No Dinning carriage
Lao Cai - Ha Noi (20:45 - 06:00)	No Dinning carriage	Dinning carriage	No Dinning carriage	Dinning carriage	No Dinning carriage	No Train	Dinning carriage
Type of sleeper	Round trip			One way
	With DC	Without DC	1way with DC & 1way without DC	With DC	Without DC
Superior	175	155	165	130	115
Deluxe	285	255	270	215	195

• Note on The Ticket :

- We recommend that you choose the soft sleeper and the Pumpkin, Ratraco, Royal, Tulico trains for cleaner cabins and berths. Normal train can easily buy at train station in Hanoi train.

- We only can purchase the return tickets from Hanoi for the Victoria Express, Pumpkin, Tulico, Ratraco, Royal train. For other normal trains, you need to purchase the return ticket yourself, when you are in Laocai or Sapa , or request the hotel to buy it for you (you cannot be guaranteed a soft sleeper if you buy on short notice).

- Child fare: under 5 years: free of charge if sharing bed with parent; 5 years/up: adult rate.

• How to Book :

As a Travel Agency, we can obtain Victoria Express, Pumpkin, Tulico, Ratraco, Royal train tickets at contract prices, so our fares are cheaper than buying them any where else.