Accordingly, the transnational passenger train from Hanoi to Beijing will run two trips a week. The train departs from Gia Lam railway station of Hanoi on Tuesday and Friday and arrives in Beijing West on Thursday and Sunday.

Meanwhile, the train departs from Beijing West on Thursday and Sunday and then arrives to Gia Lam station on Tuesday and Saturday.

The Hanoi-Beijing train will stop to let passengers on and off at Dong Dang, Bac Giang, and Gia Lam stations of Vietnam and Pingxiang, Chongzuo, Nanning, and Zhengzhou of China.

Passengers can buy a ticket to a third country by rail when they arrive in Beijing. VIR

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