Any tips in booking a seat on the train from Hanoi to Hue

[ravip]

I really would appreciate some tips on booking 3 seats on the train  from Hanoi to Hue .

Is it necessary to book far in advance?

Soft seat vs hard seat (berth)?

 

Thank you in advance.

[BangkokHank]

You can buy the tickets on this website: https://12go.asia/en

 

Enter your route and dates, and it will tell you what options are available on that date, if any.

 

I used this website a few months ago to book train tickets in Uzbekistan, and it worked just fine.

 

As for the trains in Vietnam, you can find information on this website:

 

https://www.seat61.com/Vietnam.htm

 

Actually it was from this website that I learned about the above one for booking/buying tickets. I wish I had known about it earlier. It would have saved me a lot of hassle buying my train tickets in Sri Lanka last year.

 

Good luck.

[GypsyT]

When I wanted to travel from Thap Cham to Nha Trang I had to go to the station and show my passport! My Vietnamese friend wasn't allowed to buy the ticket for me.

On the ticket was printed: "Foreigner" but got the same low price.

The trip was nice and cheap 🙂