Book your train tickets with Damitrans Express.

Damitrans Express is a Vietnamese private railway company connecting Hanoi and Lao Cai, as well as Hanoi, Ninh Binh, Dong Hoi, Hue and Da Nang.

Trains operated by Damitrans Express

Damitrans Express operate their own passenger cars that are attached to the trains hauled by Vietnam Railways locomotives, departing and arriving with the same schedule.

Passenger cars are divided in two classes: Sleeper 2-Berth in compartments for 1-2 passengers and Sleeper 4-Berth in compartments for 1-4 passengers. Customers who wish to enjoy some privacy by reserving the whole compartment can select the maximum number of passengers and purchase all the tickets.

Damitrans Express also operates their own compartments in standard passenger cars operated by Vietnam Railways.

Passenger cars are divided in two classes: Sleeper 2-Berth in compartments for 1-2 passengers and Sleeper 4-Berth in compartments for 1-4 passengers. Customers who wish to enjoy some privacy by reserving the whole compartment can select the maximum number of passengers and purchase all the tickets.

For more information about travelling by train, please read our Train Guide in Vietnam.

Routes

Destinations

Damitrans Express serves the following destinations in Vietnam:

Northern Vietnam

Hanoi–Lao Cai railway

The Hanoi–Lao Cai railway line connects Hanoi and Lao Cai, in the Northwestern Mountains of Vietnam. Trains depart from Hanoi Railway Station and return from Lao Cai Railway Station.

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Train routes to Lao Cai

Central Vietnam

North–South railway

The North–South railway line connects Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh. Trains depart from Hanoi Railway Station and arrive at Saigon Railway Station stopping in the major stations along Central Vietnam, such us Ninh Binh, Thanh Hoa, Vinh, Dong Hoi, Hue, Da Nang, Quang Ngai, Dieu Tri, Nha Trang, Phan Rang–Thap Cham, Binh Thuan and other secondary stations.

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Train routes to Hanoi

book your train to Dong Hoi

Train routes to Dong Hoi

book your train to Hue

Train routes to Hue

book your train to Da Nang

Train routes to Da Nang

Change policy

The following change terms apply to the train fares:

Damitrans Express Change time/date
Fare Sleeper 2-Berth (Private cabin) Permitted with fees
Fare Sleeper 2-Berth (Private cabin) Permitted with fees
Fare Sleeper 4-Berth (Shared cabin) Permitted with fees
Fare Sleeper 4-Berth (Shared cabin) Permitted with fees

If you wish to change your booking with Damitrans Express, please Contact Us. This option is available until 96 hours before departure, after that time please contact directly with Damitrans Express. Change fees will apply.

No change for tickets on public holidays.


Cancellation policy

The following cancellation terms apply to the train fares:

Damitrans Express Cancellation before departure
Fare Sleeper 2-Berth (Private cabin) Permitted with fees
Fare Sleeper 2-Berth (Private cabin) Permitted with fees
Fare Sleeper 4-Berth (Shared cabin) Permitted with fees
Fare Sleeper 4-Berth (Shared cabin) Permitted with fees

If you wish to cancel your booking with Damitrans Express, kindly manage your booking and request a cancellation to proceed with the refund. This option is available until 7 days before departure.

Service fees will not be refunded. Cancellation fees will apply.

- 30% of the ticket fare + 50,000 VND per ticket if the ticket has been issued
- 50% of the ticket fare + 50,000 VND per ticket if 7-14 days to departure
- No refund if less than 7 days to departure or departure on public holiday


Reviews

Based on 118 reviews of customers.
Excellent 09 May 2026

Fair enough accommodation for a overnight train. 6"2 and slept comfortably enough. It is what it is Mitchell  

Excellent 26 April 2026

The train was comfortable. We appreciated the snacks on offer. Staff were helpful too Emma  

Excellent 20 April 2026

Great service, tidy carriages Luka  

Satisfactory 12 April 2026

Two electrical hazards; couldn’t find any way to charge our devices. Terri  

Satisfactory 22 March 2026

The seat that was mentioned on the ticket was not available/ already booked. We had to find another ticket through the staff Daniel  

Good 16 March 2026

The team at the railway station, advised to be upstairs at 9:30pm except we were already there thankfully at 9pm and the damitrans team arrived to convert our train voucher to a ticket. Grateful that we followed the email instructions to be there an hour before to queue and get our tickets, so we could the carry our luggage down the stairs onto the platform and also into the train. Stella  

Excellent 11 March 2026

On time, comfortable cabin Guy  

Bad 06 March 2026

Bad experience because the seats were changed in the last minutes. And the officers were very rude when explaining the situation. The mattress is also very hard. Michel  

Bad 12 February 2026

We booked lower cabin and when we arrived our cabin was overbooked. Thankfully we had at least 2 upper cabins. We paid a lot of money and don’t expect to sleep. Two other people snoring so loud and the beds are hard like a brick Shelly  

Good 12 February 2026

快適でした ただ私たちだけ水と食べ物がありましたが同室のお二人分が無かったのはどのような違いなのか分からず少し不安でした  Tokio  

Bad 09 February 2026

For the price we paid the bed was terrible. Thibaut  

Poor 20 January 2026

It is not the fault of Damitrans (their representative was very correct and helpful), but the mattress was the most uncomfortable I have lain on. It was as hard as concrete. I did not sleep at all. Guy  

Good 30 December 2025

Great value transport for Money Emma  

Poor 06 December 2025

For the extra cost, double the regular fare, I expected a hire quality of service. It was actually lower than the regular fare car. Double the price for a small water and a small bag of chips was not worth it Dwayne  

Excellent 27 November 2025

J’ai voyagé dans les cabines à 2, aller/retour entre Hanoi et sapa avec ma sœur, elles étaient très propres, avec de l’eau, des chips et des kits de brosses à dents. Les toilettes et les lavabos dehors juste à côté des cabines. Au début nous ne savions pas comment faire parce qu’on étaient venues très en avance, mais en fait il faut juste lire le billet et se présenter une heure à l’avance à la gare et on est très vite pris en charge et installer en cabine.. nous avons bien dormi le retour mieux que l’aller je dirais. Les toilettes étaient propres même si le soir y avait un peu d’eau par terre. En tout cas nous avons beaucoup apprécié l’expérience Latifa  

Excellent 27 November 2025

J’ai voyagé dans les cabines à 2, aller/retour entre Hanoi et sapa avec ma sœur, elles étaient très propres, avec de l’eau, des chips et des kits de brosses à dents. Les toilettes et les lavabos dehors juste à côté des cabines. Au début nous ne savions pas comment faire parce qu’on étaient venues très en avance, mais en fait il faut juste lire le billet et se présenter une heure à l’avance à la gare et on est très vite pris en charge et installer en cabine.. nous avons bien dormi le retour mieux que l’aller je dirais. Les toilettes étaient propres même si le soir y avait un peu d’eau par terre. En tout cas nous avons beaucoup apprécié l’expérience Latifa  

Poor 09 November 2025

Arrived on time, staff friendly, beds too narrow , short and hard. Toilets not like photographs, basic toilet no sink. Did feel like a VIP experience we did not take the train back and accepted the loss it was so bad. Andrew  

Bad 18 July 2025

Not pleasant. Beds were hard as a rock, rooms were hot, no WiFi. Might be worth it for a much cheaper price but this was not “luxury” as advertised. Emily  

Good 15 June 2025

Molto rumoroso, impossibile dormire ma il tragitto e la cabina sono splendidi per cui consiglio vivamente questo viaggio Ambra  

Good 24 April 2025

couchette un peu trop dure. et check in un peu confus. Yann  

Good 17 April 2025

Lorsque nous sommes arrivés à la gare, il n'y avait personne pour transformer notre voucher. On.nous a dit d'aller directement au train mais le wagon T01 n'existait pas. Des personnes (peut-être d'une compagnie de train, on ne saura jamais car l'échange en anglais etait limité) nous ont emmenés à l'autre bout du train Donc tout est bien qui finit bien, mais le moment d'attente pour savoir si nous pourrions ou non monter dans ce train a été un peu embêtant. Olivier  

Excellent 15 April 2025

No problem. Everything was clear and easy to get the tickets. Train was clean. Only issue is people smoking on the train: when will it be forbidden to smoke? (But I know that's not your fault). Jonathan  

Satisfactory 05 April 2025

Got wrong Tickets at the gate, asked why we would get 3 Tickets when booked only 2. Service sent us to train anyway. Later we had to clear the compartment, got our correct Tickets and were moved 2 coaches further. Somewhat old coaches. Peter  

Good 05 April 2025

The mattress was much too hard, very uncomfortable. All else was good. Andreas  

Excellent 30 March 2025

Clean cabin, clean sheets and toilets, enough space for sleeping (we're 185 cm tall), good snacks Magdalena  

Satisfactory 22 March 2025

It was pretty much as travelling with regular Vietnamese railways but twice as expensive. Knut  

Bad 06 March 2025

Terrible experience : We arrived and a hobbo was already sleeping in our bed, we had to negociate for him to go with the ticket guy. We had several Coarcroatches and Moskitos in the room. The ticket guy put 2 extra people in our room, one of them snored the whole night (not the company fault but still, really unconfortable experience) Overall dirty place and unconfortable for a "Deluxe" ticket paid more than 100$ We'll take the bus for sure next time and will make sure to tell everyone about this Stanislas  

Good 01 February 2025

Voyage agréable Claudine  

Poor 26 December 2024

Simple y rápido: sucio! No tiene nada que ver con las fotos y los servicios prometidos. La persona responsable del mantenimiento del vagón solo durmió. Necesita mejorar de inmediato. Marc  

Good 30 November 2024

Train was ok and clean Arvind  

Poor 01 November 2024

Very poor quality cabin for VIP cost. Extremely hard beds & toilet facilities were very poor. Stephen  

Excellent 23 August 2024

we had a lovely ride, very neat and clean cabin and washroom facilities Gijsbert  

Excellent 19 August 2024

Servicio puntual y los camarotes bien decorados y bastante nuevos. Gloria  

Good 19 August 2024

Servicio puntual. Los camarotes hacían su servicio pero la decoración era muy fría y necesitaba una reforma ya que empezaban a estar viejos. Gloria  

Good 18 August 2024

Bien mais moi s confortable que Sapa trans Stephanie  

Poor 13 August 2024

Nos cambiaron de categoría y vagón sin aviso tuvimos que perder casi una hora para poder saber en qué vagón dormiríamos y casi perdemos el tren Francisco  

Poor 06 August 2024

El ruido dentro dentro del vagón no los permitió dormir confortablemente. Había zonas del tren mucho más silenciosas, pero desafortunadamente nuestro vagón era extremadamente ruidoso por un problema en una rueda.. Francisco  

Bad 01 August 2024

We discovered that our sleeper compartment was in an extremely old train, with no shock absorbers, very unstable, and moving a lot despite traveling at only 30 km/h, which immediately raised our concern and caused a real panic attack. We wanted to get off in tears before departure, but this was refused with complete indifference, under the pretext that the doors were already closed. On the contrary, the staff tried to sell us a transportation option to anticipate our arrival, even during the crisis. Additionally, we witnessed a physical altercation between the only two employees in the carriage, a woman and a man, which added to our distress. We were fortunate that the train encountered a problem requiring an emergency stop, which allowed us to escape by throwing our luggage out of the train. Kristina  

Good 31 July 2024

Bed was as good as can be expected …..similar to other sleeptrain we used with another company. Fresh and clean sheets. Clean cabin. Toilet was OK…. .check in a bit messy….being sent to the wrong carriage at the other end of a very long train. Jurjen  





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