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Oct 5, 2004 12:18
  • BRAMANG
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Dear Friends,
I live in Singapore and I've plan go to Kunming from Hanoi.Please tell me if there is a night train from Hanoi to Kunming. If its so, what is the train schedule and train fare. Thanks.
Oct 5, 2004 13:00
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I am afraid to say NO.
Oct 5, 2004 20:54
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  • RMAYEKAR
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There is no train. You will probably have to go by bus or car and stop at customs for all the paperwork. (That's the way I had to do it) Going into China from Vietnam is less strict than going into Vietnam from China so you should have minimal problems.
Oct 8, 2004 11:39
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  • BILLIE
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There is one train between Kunming and Hanoi, two each week.

Departure (Beijing time): 2:25
Arrival: 10:30 next day

If the train is unavailable, you can take the open bus.

Hanoi to Vietnam port old street: about 10 hours, and $6-8. And do remember to take the bus of the travel company not the one of the local!

And then take bus from Chin'a Hekou Train Station if through the Pass. To Kunming, about RMB100 and around 12 hours for the berth.
From the Chinese Port to the Station of Hekou, it would only take 3 minutes, and easily to find if ask help from others.
Oct 9, 2004 23:46
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  • RMAYEKAR
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Sorry about giving some false info... I really didn't think there was any train with service from Hanoi to Kunming! Thank goodness Billie is here to set us all straight!
Oct 18, 2004 07:35
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  • DEZZA
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Hello, Billie,

Can you confirm that this train from Hanoi to Kunming is actually working? We've heard from a couple of places now that the service has been suspended.

Thanks

Dezz

Oct 18, 2004 10:46
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  • BILLIE
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Yes, the train schedule is unfixed and changeable, maybe according to the climate. And I also heard that the train is canceled provisionally. So you'd better ask the Kunming Railway Station about the train. And I also posted the open bus info:D
Oct 19, 2004 19:29
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  • DEZZA
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Thanks for your help Billie,

We wondered how 'flexible' the service might be.


Dezz.
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