Hanoi to Vinh train

Trains from Hanoi to Vinh start at €33.89 and take 2h 35m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Hanoi to Vinh starts at €33.89 and takes 2h 35m door to door, run by 1 operator over 262 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 35mDoor to door
  • 1h 51mMoving
  • €33.89From
  • 8.6 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€32.24
  1. VNR VN204111:252h 2m13:27Hanoi railway stationVinh Railway Station

Door to door 2h 46mCO2 8.6 kgChanges 0Refundable

Fastest€38.29
  1. VNR VN755706:181h 51m08:09Hanoi railway stationVinh Railway Station

Door to door 2h 35mCO2 8.6 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
VNR€32.242h 34m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • VNR

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Vinh is not something we sell.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Vinh

Sort by distance from Vinh Railway Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Hanoi to Vinh

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €41.5990 days
  2. €23.9960 days
  3. €24.5445 days
  4. €28.9430 days
  5. €37.7421 days
  6. €50.2914 days
  7. €50.297 days
  8. €55.013 days
  9. €66.811 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €23.99.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 178 percent. The most expensive point is €66.81, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €40.49Sun
  2. €33.77Mon
  3. €35.54Tue
  4. €42.03Wed
  5. €49.70Thu
  6. €41.44Fri
  7. €50.29Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Hanoi

Rail
  • Hanoi railway station
  • Giáp Bát Station
  • Sài Đồng station

Vinh

Rail
  • Vinh Railway Station
  • Yên Xuân railway station
  • Nghi Long railway station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
63% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 38% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 262 km against 262 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Haiphong, Thanh Hóa, Nam Định. The gap between arriving and leaving is 76 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Hanoi at 06:18 and the last at 17:27, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train2h 35m1h 51m44m€33.898.6 kg6
Flight3h 56m46m3h 10m€33.7766.4 kg2

Questions about Hanoi to Vinh

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 the Train from Hanoi to Vinh take?

The Train from Hanoi to Vinh takes 2h 35m door to door, of which 1h 51m is spent moving. The route runs 262 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Hanoi to Vinh cost?

The Train from Hanoi to Vinh starts at €33.89 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €39.67. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Hanoi to Vinh?

1 operators run the Train from Hanoi to Vinh: VNR. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Hanoi to Vinh use?

The Train from Hanoi to Vinh leaves from Hanoi railway station and arrives at Vinh Railway Station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Train the best way from Hanoi to Vinh?

Traveling from Hanoi to Vinh by Flight costs €33.77 and takes 3h 56m door to door, against 2h 35m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Train from Hanoi to Vinh?

Fares for the Train from Hanoi to Vinh bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €23.99. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 178 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Hanoi to Vinh produce?

The Train from Hanoi to Vinh produces about 8.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 262 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Hanoi to Vinh?

Operators on the Train from Hanoi to Vinh publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 35m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Hanoi to Vinh on September 12, 2026: 262 km of route against 262 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €33.89, and 2h 35m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Related journeys

The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Vinh is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Things to do in Vinh

Day trips that leave Vinh in the morning and cover a good part of Vietnam by evening.

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