Bac Ninh to Hanoi runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €21.77, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 9m over 179 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €21.77, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€21.77
- 76%Moves across the booking window
76%When it runs, leaving Bac Ninh
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
3
0%Departure times on this route
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €38.29Fri25
- about €38.29Sat26
- about €29.49Sun27
- about €24.54Mon28
- about €29.49Tue29
- about €32.79Wed30
- about €24.54Thu1
- about €25.09Fri2
- about €25.09Sat3
- about €22.89Sun4
- about €21.78Mon5
- about €21.77Tue6
- about €22.33Wed7
- about €22.89Thu8
- about €21.77Fri9
- about €21.78Sat10
- about €21.77Sun11
- about €21.77Mon12
- about €21.77Tue13
- about €21.77Wed14
- about €23.43Thu15
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Hanoi. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Hanoi for the night the train gets in
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When to book Bac Ninh to Hanoi
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €21.7790 days
- €21.7760 days
- €21.7745 days
- €22.3330 days
- €23.4321 days
- €22.8914 days
- €24.547 days
- €29.493 days
- €38.291 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €21.77.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 76 percent. The dearest point is €38.29, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Bac Ninh to Hanoi and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
179 km
30 km as the crow flies, 497% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
287,658 → 8,053,663
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 179 km against 30 km in a straight line, a detour of 497 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Thái Nguyên, Lạng Sơn, Thị Trấn Đông Triều. The gap between arriving and leaving is 80 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Hanoi is large, and the road in from HAN can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Hanoi
Settled in advance, so the ride into Hanoi costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Hanoi railway station
Most of the points near Hanoi railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Bac Ninh to Hanoi
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Bac Ninh to Hanoi?
The fastest journey from Bac Ninh to Hanoi takes 3h 9m door to door, of which 1h 8m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 38m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Bac Ninh to Hanoi?
The cheapest fare from Bac Ninh to Hanoi is €21.77, as of 24 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €28.94. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Bac Ninh to Hanoi?
The cheapest way from Bac Ninh to Hanoi is by train, at €21.77 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 3h 12m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Bac Ninh to Hanoi?
Fares from Bac Ninh to Hanoi bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €21.77. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 76 percent, measured on 24 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Bac Ninh to Hanoi?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Bac Ninh to Hanoi, at €21.77. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 24 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Bac Ninh to Hanoi?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Bac Ninh to Hanoi, at €21.77 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Bac Ninh to Hanoi?
2 operators sell services from Bac Ninh to Hanoi across 1 mode: Tổng công ty Đường sắt Việt Nam, VNR. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Bac Ninh to Hanoi?
0 percent of the services we sell from Bac Ninh to Hanoi are direct. The rest connect at Thái Nguyên, Lạng Sơn, Thị Trấn Đông Triều, with about 80 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Bac Ninh to Hanoi use?
Services from Bac Ninh to Hanoi by train leave from Bắc Ninh railway station and arrive at Hanoi railway station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Bac Ninh to Hanoi?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Bac Ninh to Hanoi allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Bac Ninh to Hanoi on 24 September 2026: 179 km of route against 30 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €21.77, and 3h 9m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Hanoi a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Hanoi and across Vietnam
Day trips that leave Hanoi in the morning and cover a good part of Vietnam by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Bac Ninh reaches 4 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 30 to 103 km. Hanoi reaches 167 places in 43 countries, from 30 to 12,617 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Bac Ninh
- 4Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators
1
1Arriving in Hanoi
Leaving Hanoi
- 167Places you can leave for
- 43Countries
- 59Operators