Nghe An: 120 more passenger transport vehicles after September 2nd holiday

People prepare to board the bus on the Yen Thanh - Da Nang route (photo taken in Yen Thanh district). Photo: Van Truong

According to the reporter's records, on September 2, all passenger buses running on the Vinh - Hanoi, Vinh - Hue, Vinh - Da Nang routes... were sold out. The owner of a Vinh - Hue bus company wrote: "On September 2, all of our buses were full, and we even had to turn away customers who called to book tickets because they were too crowded. All passengers with tickets on the bus today had booked their tickets 3-5 days ago."

Goods are arranged under the sleeper bus. Photo: Van Truong

A bus owner running the Vinh - Hanoi route said: "Today and even on September 3rd, most of the buses running the Vinh - Hanoi route are sold out. Our bus company has 4 trips/day, each bus has 32 seats but all are sold out."

Not only in Vinh City but also in the districts, getting a ticket is not easy. Mr. Phan Van Thong, Thanh Yen Commune, Thanh Chuong District said: "Buying tickets at this time is extremely difficult, so to get tickets at this time, as soon as I returned to my hometown on the evening of August 30, I booked a ticket for September 2."

People catch a bus to Hanoi in Hung Nguyen district. Photo: Quang An.

Mr. Thong added that the bus from Thanh Chuong straight to Hanoi costs 170,000 VND on normal days, but on this holiday it has increased to 200,000 VND. The ticket price is high but everyone has to accept it to get to work on time.

Due to lack of tickets, many people have had to gather on major routes such as National Highway 1A, National Highway 7, National Highway 48, etc. to catch a bus. However, catching a bus along this route carries many risks such as paying high fares and being overcrowded.

Not only bus tickets but also train tickets for Vinh - Hanoi, Vinh - Saigon, Vinh - Hue routes... are all sold out today. On the online ticket purchasing homepage of Vietnam Railways, most of the train cars are full of passengers. For example, on the Vinh - Hanoi route on September 2, there are 12 trains serving passengers including: NA2, SE8, SE6, SE10, SE4... but only 4/12 trains have empty seats including: NA4, QB4, NA8, QB2. However, it is predicted that the remaining empty seats will be filled because the number of customers booking is still increasing.

People buy train tickets at Vinh station. Photo: Quang An

After the holiday, the number of passengers returning to the points to catch trains and buses increased dramatically. This morning, September 2, the Nghe An Department of Transport sent functional forces to coordinate with bus stations and ticket sales points to monitor the activities of bus companies, such as checking ticket prices and ensuring traffic safety.

Mr. Nguyen Viet Hung - Head of Transport Management Department, Nghe An Department of Transport

Through inspection by the authorities in Nghe An, 3-4 bus companies did not increase ticket prices, the rest increased slightly by 5-10%. Since this morning, the largest number of passengers have been on the Vinh - Hanoi and Vinh - Da Nang routes. The Nghe An Department of Transport has issued badges to 120 additional buses for the post-holiday period, ensuring there is no shortage of buses for people to travel.

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