The Vietnam high-speed railway is a proposed railway to replace the North–South Railway between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2028 and be completed by 2035.
The high-speed railway will be a double-tracked standard-gauge electric railway with a top speed of 350 km/h.
The line will be 1,541 km in length, reducing the current track length of 1,726 km.
With a top speed of 350 km/h, the travel time between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City take about five hours and 20 minutes. In comparison, the current journey takes between 30 and 40 hours.
Details of the railway technology has not been released yet, but the government is asking for technology transfer from the country that will help build the railway.
I will be posting more details about the railway as they become known, and this site will be post construction updates.
Stations and route
The high-speed railway will include 23 passenger stations, 5 cargo stations, 5 depots for passenger train repair and maintenance, and 4 depots for cargo train maintenance.
The passenger stations are:
Ngọc Hồi (for Hanoi)
Phủ Lý
Nam Định
Ninh Bình
Thanh Hóa
Vinh
Hà Tĩnh
Vũng Áng
Đồng Hới
Đông Hà
Huế
Đà Nẵng
Tam Kỳ
Quảng Ngãi
Bồng Sơn
Diêu Trì (for Quy Nhon)
Tuy Hòa
Diên Khánh (for Nha Trang)
Tháp Chàm
Phan Rí
Mương Mán (for Phan Thiet)
Long Thành
Thủ Thiêm (for Ho Chi Minh City)
Express trains will stop at Hanoi, Vinh, Da Nang, Nha Trang, Ho Chi Minh City.
Some of the station locations aren’t locked in yet, and Dong Nai province has requested another station in addition to Long Thanh.
Construction history
A high-speed railway was proposed as far back as 2005, and it has been put on hold reproposed over the last 20 years. My other site at Future Southeast Asia has a construction history of the Vietnam high-speed railway.
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