Hanoi–Đồng Đăng railway

Hanoi–Đồng Đăng railway
Hanoi–Đồng Đăng railway (dual gauge)
Overview
Owner	Vietnam Railways
Locale	Vietnam
Termini	Hanoi station Đồng Đăng station
Website	http://www.vr.com.vn/en
Service
Type	Heavy rail
History
Opened	1902
Technical
Line length	162 km (101 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Route map km Station To Văn Điển 0 Hanoi 2 Long Biên Red River (Long Biên Bridge) Beginning of dual-gauge 1000 mm & 1435 mm section 5 Gia Lâm Hanoi–Haiphong railway Đuống River (Đuống Bridge) 11 Yên Viên Hanoi–Lào Cai railway to Đông Anh Hanoi Bắc Ninh 17 Từ Sơn 24 Lim 29 Bắc Ninh 32 Thị Cầu Cầu River (Thị Cầu Bridge) 39 Sen Hồ Thương River 49 Bắc Giang 59 Phố Tráng 1000 mm gauge turnout point Kép–Cái Lân railway to Hạ Long 69 Kép Kép–Lưu Xá railway to Lưu Xá Bắc Ninh Lạng Sơn 75 Voi Xô 81 Phố Vị 89 Bắc Lệ 99 Sông Hóa 106 Chi Lăng 113 Đồng Mỏ 125 Bắc Thủy 135 Bản Thí 143 Yên Trạch Yên Trạch–Na Dương railway to Na Dương 149 Lạng Sơn 162 Đồng Đăng Vietnam China To Nanning (PRC)

Hanoi–Đồng Đăng railway (Vietnamese: Đường sắt Hà Nội–Đồng Đăng) is a railway line in the country of Vietnam. It is a single-track standard-gauge and metre-gauge (dual-gauge) line connecting the capital Hanoi to Đồng Đăng, on the China-Vietnam border in Lạng Sơn Province. It has a total length of 162 km (101 mi).

At the border, the Hanoi–Đồng Đăng railway connects with the Hunan–Guangxi railway in China. The station on the Chinese side of the Friendship Pass is Pingxiang.

Along with the North–South railway, the Hanoi–Đồng Đăng railway line is part of a rail system across the Eurasian continent.

History

Hanoi-Nanning train sign

The railway was built under the French colonial rule. The first section from Lạng Sơn to Bắc Giang was built between 1890 and 1894, originally adopting a 600 mm narrow gauge. Under the rule of governor Paul Doumer the railway was converted to metre gauge and extended to Hanoi (in 1900), and to Đồng Đăng (in 1902). In 1954 the line was renovated with help from China, and connected to the Chinese Hunan–Guangxi railway. During the Vietnam War, the PLA Railway Corps repaired the railway from wartime damage and converted it to the present dual gauge.

On 1 January 2009 through passenger service between Nanning (China) and Gia Lâm (Hanoi) started.