Ladies in tbus office were nice, but for some reason they made me come to their office at 5,where I waited 45 minutes, then taxi drove me to the bus station where I waited another 45 minutes until bus finally left at 7 :15.
Better than expected. Ride was clean and toilet was bearable. The experience was enjoyable for the kids, and allowed quality time to be spent in conversations.
Good cabin, friendly staff, nice service. Not brand new, some scratches aso are already there. Bedlinen has been changed, wifi as well as air condition worked good enough.nice fellow travellers, I liked it.
Just one thing, you should write, that this is not a separate train but a coach within a train. Otherwise, people have no idea about it.
I have ridden many trains in Europe, Canada and Japan (including several sleeper trains in Europe) over many years. The VIP New Livitrans Express is not like those trains. We bought a VIP ticket which should have put us in a private compartment for 2 but we shared with 2 others and a third person a few stops later (note: the bedding was not changed between travellers). VIP simply meant a cover on our pillow and a bag of snacks worth about 150,000VND ($8 CAD). The compartment was hot due to anemic AC and the beds were hard and permanent - they were not seats that flipped over to become beds. Washroom was much more cramped than modern trains. Very disappointing and comparitavely expensive trip (tickets purchases from 12go) from Hanoi to Da Nang that arrived an hour late - which just prolonged the agony.
Very efficient way to book the train. No problem at the station with e-tickets. Boarding was problem free.
ฮานอย ถึง ดานัง, รถไฟ 2nd Class AC Seat (Reunification Express), Vietnam Railway, 10 พ.ค. 2025
DC
David C
The train cabin was not the cabin in your 12GO promo picture. There was no wifi for 95% of this 17 hour trip. The A/C was ok at best. The food package looked like a sandwich but it was a bread roll, banana and a small bag of cheese crackers.
