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The Hanoitimes - Work on Station S9 has advanced the most among the four underground stations. Nhon - Hanoi station Railway, Hanoi’s second metro line after the Cat Linh-Ha Dong, has four underground stations: S9, 10, 11 and 12. The main level of Station S9 has just been concreted to connect up to the streets or down to the platforms via elevators, Kinhtedothi.vn reported. S9 is the first of four underground stations to be built on the route and located in the Kim Ma - Nguyen Chi Thanh junction. “The concreted surface is the transfer floor and it has the two functions of picking up and seeing off passengers. Ticket counters and installing automatic ticketing devices will be installed here,” said Le Trung Hieu, deputy head of the Hanoi Metropolitan Railway Board (MRB). Work on Station S9 has advanced the most among the four underground stations. The construction is often carried out at night, thus it makes no negative impact on traffic flow on the route as well as the urban … [Read more...] about Underground station S9 of Hanoi’s second metro line concreted

Huong (Perfume) Pagoda Festival, one of the country’s biggest spring celebrations, always commences on the sixth day of the first lunar month, which fell on Feb. 17 this year. However, due to current Covid-19 complications, authorities in Hanoi’s My Duc District where the pagoda is located have canceled this month-long festival. Yen Stream where boats typically dock to carry pilgrims to the pagoda is left completely deserted. Ticket counters from where pilgrims catch a cable car ride to Huong Tich Cave, the heart of Huong Son Complex, have been locked up. At 9 a.m, Thien Tru Pagoda, part of the Huong Pagoda complex, was closed down. In the same period during previous years, this area hosted many opening festival activities. Along the stone-paved road of more than three kilometers leading to Huong Tich Cave 318 shops are covered by canvas as all business activities are suspended. Tran Xuan Thuy, 53, a resident of … [Read more...] about Hanoi’s iconic Huong Pagoda empty at peak time over Covid-19 fears

The preferential program will be applied for all trains of the North-South route from February 9 to February 28. Accordingly, train ticket is priced from VND880,000 (US$38.4) on the route from Hanoi to Saigon; ticket from Da Nang to Sai Gon is from VND644,000 (US$28); ticket from Dieu Tri to Sai Gon has an amount from VND480,000 (US$21); train ticket from Vinh to Sai Gon costs from VND822,000 (nearly US$36) which will be valid after Tet. On this occasion, the railway sector is still keeping the tickets within one year and creates favorable conditions for passengers having demand of returning and changing tickets.  Amidst the current complicated Covid-19 pandemic, the Vietnam Railways Corporation has maintained anti-pandemic measures to ensure safety for its customers, sprayed disinfectant on all train carriages, conducted distancing among all passengers at the waiting lounges and entrance ways, etc. At the terminals, the railway sector has strengthened the cleaning and … [Read more...] about Railway sector continues to discount more 30 percent of Tet holiday tickets

The Sai Gon Railway Transport Joint Stock Company is offering a 50 percent discount on 4,600 tickets between June 22 and July 8. (Photo: www.baogiaothong.vn) HCM City (VNA) - The Sai Gon Railway Transport Joint Stock Company is offering a total of 4,600 tickets at a discount of 50 percent between June 22 and July 8 to attract summer vacationers. Do Quang Van, director of the company’s branch in HCM City, said the discount is available on trains SE3/SE4, SE7/SE8, SE21/SE22, SQN1/SQN2, SNT1/SNT2, and SPT1/SPT2, which go from HCM City respectively to Hanoi, Da Nang, Quy Nhon, Nha Trang and Phan Thiet.  But to avail the discount, passengers have to buy their tickets at least three days before departure. The company will begin selling them on June 19. Passengers can buy tickets at the city railway station, ticket offices elsewhere and other official outlets. The websites they are available on are www.dsvn.vn, vetau.com.vn and giare.vetau.vn. Earlier, the … [Read more...] about Sai Gon Railway offers 4,600 tickets with 50 percent discount

The Vietnamese railway sector has launched attractive discounts after large numbers of train tickets were returned due to the new Covid-19 outbreak. According to Vietnam Railways Corporation, tickets for all trains on the north-south route are discounted by 30% on February 9-28. Specifically, after being cut, a ticket from Hanoi to HCM City costs just VND880,000 (USD38.26). The price is VND644,000 from Danang City to HCM City and VND822,000 from Vinh City to HCM City. Large numbers of train tickets were returned due to the new Covid-19 outbreak Around half of passengers have cancelled their railway tickets booked for Tet due to fears over the spread of Covid-19. Vietnam Railways Corporation has also intensified Covid-19 prevention measures to ensure safety such as sterilisation of trains and at stations and the distancing between passengers. Temperature checks have also been conducted. Separate areas have been arranged on trains for quarantined people with Covid-19 symptoms in … [Read more...] about Railway sector offers big discounts following mass ticket cancellations