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Lao Cai-Hanoi-Hai Phong Railway

February 20, 2025 By James Clark Leave a Comment

The Lao Cai-Hanoi-Hai Phong Railway is a proposed upgrade of the current railway along the same route. The original line is a metre-gauge railway that was built by France to connect Kunming in China to the port in Haiphong. The new line would be a standard-gauge railway that will be connected to the standard-gauge railway […]

Filed Under: Railways Tagged With: haiphong, hanoi, lao cai, vietnam

Vietnam High-Speed Railway: North-South express railway project

October 8, 2024 By James Clark Leave a Comment

The Vietnam high-speed railway is a proposed new railway between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The North-South express railway will be 1,541 km in length, double-tracked standard-gauge electric railway with a top speed of 350 km/h. This will replace the current metre-gauge North–South passenger railway. The current Hanoi – Ho Chi Minh City railway […]

Filed Under: Railways Tagged With: hanoi, high speed rail, ho chi minh city, vietnam

Great Ring of Hanoi: concept for a large linear ring park around Hanoi

August 6, 2024 By Francesco Procacci Leave a Comment

[Great Ring of Hanoi (view full size).] The Great Ring of Hanoi is a visionary project and proposal for the creation of a large linear ring park for the Vietnamese capital city, of such dimensions as to be visible even from space (like the great wall of China). It is a project that takes inspiration […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Urban Parks Tagged With: hanoi, vietnam

Ngoc Hoi Railway Station: The Hanoi station for the North-South high-speed railway

March 11, 2024 By James Clark Leave a Comment

Ngoc Hoi Railway Station is the proposed Hanoi station for the North-South high-speed railway of Vietnam. The station complex will be a transport hub for the high-speed railway, national railways, and the Hanoi Metro. The Ngoc Hoi site is approximately 10 km south of Hanoi Railway Station on a site covering about 171ha. The land […]

Filed Under: Railways Tagged With: hanoi, railway station, vietnam

Line 2 Hanoi Metro: Connecting the airport to the old city

November 13, 2023 By James Clark Leave a Comment

Line 2 (Hoan Kiem Line) of the Hanoi Metro is a proposed rapid transit railway that will connect Noi Bai International Airport to the old city area in Hoan Kiem District. Line 2 will be 42 km in length with 32 stations and 2 depots. The line will be build in 4 phases: Phase 1: […]

Filed Under: Urban Rail Transit Tagged With: hanoi, hanoi metro, vietnam

Hanoi – Ha Long Railway

April 10, 2023 By James Clark 2 Comments

The Yen Vien-Ha Long-Cai Lan railway project is a cancelled upgrade and new construction of the Hanoi – Ha Long Railway. There is currently a railway from Hanoi (Yen Vien Station) to Ha Long via Kep. The train service on this line takes over 7 hours to cover 168 km. The line from Hanoi to […]

Filed Under: Railways Tagged With: ha long city, hanoi, vietnam

Future Hanoi: Construction and transport projects in Vietnam’s capital

October 4, 2022 By James Clark Leave a Comment

A list of the major construction and transport projects that are planned or under construction in Hanoi. Hanoi is the political and cultural centre of Vietnam, famous for its ancient city quarter. The capital city of Vietnam is over 1000 years old, making it the oldest capital city in Southeast Asia. It’s also a city […]

Filed Under: Future Cities Tagged With: hanoi, vietnam

Hanoi Metro 2022 construction update

July 4, 2022 By James Clark Leave a Comment

This is the second Hanoi Metro Report at Future Southeast Asia (the first one being in 2020). These construction updates are an annual snapshot of construction progress and notable news over the last year. I missed the 2021 update due to the pandemic, so I was happy to be able to return to Hanoi and […]

Filed Under: Urban Rail Transit Tagged With: 2022 construction updates, hanoi, hanoi metro, vietnam

Hanoi Line 2A review: riding the first metro railway in Vietnam

July 4, 2022 By James Clark Leave a Comment

Line 2A of the Hanoi Metro opened on November 6th 2021, making it the first urban rail transit line in Vietnam. I have been watching this line slowly (very slowly) get built while I have been based in Vietnam. I visited Hanoi in 2020 thinking that my metro report would include a review of the […]

Filed Under: Urban Rail Transit Tagged With: hanoi, hanoi metro, vietnam

Proposed speeds of the Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City Express Railway

May 16, 2022 By James Clark 3 Comments

Should the future Vietnam North-South Express Railway be a high-speed or semi-high-speed railway? Vietnam is planning to commence construction of the North-South express railway in 2028-2029. Even with years of feasibility studies and consultancy reports, no decision has been made on how fast the new railway should be. The fastest proposal has called for a […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Railways Tagged With: hanoi, high speed rail, ho chi minh city, vietnam

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