Increase 26 trains and reduce railway ticket prices on September 2nd

To meet the increased travel demand of people on the occasion of September 2, 2017, Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) organized to run 26 more passenger trains on the routes on August 31, 2017, September 1 - September 4, 2017.

Specifically, VNR will organize 12 more passenger trains from Saigon to Phan Thiet, Nha Trang, Quy Nhon and vice versa. The Saigon - Phan Thiet route and vice versa will organize 4 more trains SPT3/SPT4 and SPT5/SPT6. The Saigon - Nha Trang route and vice versa will organize 6 more trains SNT3/SNT4, SNT5/SNT6, SNT7/SNT8. The Saigon - Quy Nhon route and vice versa will organize 2 more trains SQN5/SQN6.

VNR also organized 14 more passenger trains on the Hanoi - Thanh Hoa - Vinh, Hanoi - Dong Hoi and Hanoi - Lao Cai routes.

Thus, for some key routes such as Hanoi - Thanh Hoa - Vinh, VNR organizes a total of 16 trains with 12,000 seats; Hanoi - Dong Hoi route runs 2 trains with 1,000 seats; Hanoi - Hai Phong route runs 31 trains with 38,750 seats; Hanoi - Lao Cai route runs 32 trains with 12,000 seats.

In addition, VNR continues to reduce ticket prices for groups of passengers. Specifically, passengers traveling with 10-50 people will receive a 4% discount; passengers traveling with 50-100 people will receive a 6% discount; passengers traveling with 101 people or more will receive an 8% discount on current ticket prices.

Passengers can visit the website: www.dsvn.vn; www.vetau.com.vn to book tickets or contact the stations, ticket sales points, and train ticket agents for more details.

According to Tien Hieu/baotintuc