Description: Tulico train offers comfortable air-conditioned soft sleepers. This is a good value for money train carriage. It is good and clean cabin, especially the deluxe 2 berth cabin ( for 2 persons only) between Hanoi and Lao Cai. While this is is not a luxurious train it offers good alternative transportation to get to Sapa from Hanoi. It is soft sleeper, A.C and clean 4 berth cabin. The train provide you one bottle of water, small snack and a napkin.
Train fare(in $US)
Seating
Fare ($US)
VIP class - 2 berths (only 1 VIP available)
55
First class with wooden cabin- 4 berths
29
Second class cabin - 4 berths
25
Train schedules
Train
Destination
Departure
Tulico train
Hanoi - Laocai
22: 30 - 06: 30
Tulico train
Laocai - Hanoi
21: 15 - 06: 00
Laocai - Sapa transfer Hanoi - Lao cai train stop at valley Lao cai, just 40 km from Sapa, so to reach Sapa you need to travel more 1 hour and a half by a public bus or private car. The bus stops at Sa Pa's main post office leaving you with a couple of minutes walk into town. From Sapa town it is about 5' or 15' walk to your hotel pending on which hotel you will stay. Ticket prices for a bus connecting to Sapa is $5 per person one way.
Private transfer Laocai - Sapa: 25 USD one way.
Note on the ticket: The rate above are net, one way train ticket per person. All type of the train can be booked and handled to your hotel in Hanoi. The train schedule is subject to change Child fare: under 5 years old: free of charge if sharing berth with parent; from 5 up: adult rate.
