Today (September 30), passengers can text to buy train tickets for the Lunar New Year 2019.
Today (September 30), passengers can send a text message to receive a ticket number to buy Tet Ky Hoi 2019 train tickets so they don't have to queue at the station.
From 8am tomorrow (October 1), the railway industry will simultaneously sell train tickets for the Lunar New Year 2019 for passengers returning home to celebrate Tet. Ticket prices are calculated based on Tet holiday from January 23, 2019 to February 22, 2019 (ie from December 18, Mau Tuat year to January 18, Ky Hoi year).
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| Passengers can text to receive their queue number from today (September 30) to avoid queuing. |
This year's railway ticket prices are adjusted to increase by an average of 10% compared to the same period in 2018 for even-numbered trains before Tet and odd-numbered trains after Tet; and decrease by an average of 20% compared to the same period in 2018 for odd-numbered trains before Tet and even-numbered trains after Tet.
Saigon Railway Transport Joint Stock Company said that this year the station will sell Tet train tickets through many channels with flexible payment methods to bring convenience to passengers.
Specifically, passengers can directly buy tickets at stations, ticket sales points and ticket agents, buy online through the websites: www.dsvn.vn; vetau.com.vn; via the MoMo mobile phone top-up e-wallet application; through the ticket sales hotline 1900 1520.
For online ticket purchases, passengers can pay online or through collection methods such as: Payoo e-wallet, MoMo e-wallet, VNPost and banks associated with Vietnam National Payment Corporation (Napas).
The leader of Saigon Railway Transport Joint Stock Company informed that the information technology infrastructure has been improved this year, making it easier for people to register to buy tickets online. On the website www.vetau.com.vn, passengers can also use the feature to choose trips according to different departure and arrival times. Specifically, morning from 0:00 to 12:00; afternoon from 12:00 to 18:00 and evening from after 18:00 to 0:00.
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| Passengers can buy train tickets through websites or directly at the station. |
If passengers do not need to choose a specific time frame, the system will provide all time frames and list all train brands available during the day from morning to evening. The website also shows the number of available seats and ticket prices for all types of seats, helping buyers to easily compare ticket prices to choose the right seat.
At Saigon station, this year the station will arrange 17 ticket counters from 7am to 10pm (3 more Tet ticket counters than last year).
To avoid having to wait to buy tickets at the station, passengers should register their queue number in advance via text message with the syntax GASG NAME XXXX and send it to 8377, where XXXX is the last 4 digits of their ID card.
Text messages are received between 8am and 6pm daily, starting from 8am on September 30. The station will receive 1,500 numbers each day until all 7,500 numbers are issued (from October 1 to 5). Each number can only be used to buy a maximum of 4 tickets./.
