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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).[1]

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Hanoi–Đồng Đăng railway
Hanoi–Đồng Đăng railway (dual gauge)
Overview
OwnerVietnam Railways
LocaleVietnam
Termini
Websitehttp://www.vr.com.vn/en
Service
TypeHeavy rail
History
Opened1902
Technical
Line length162 km (101 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
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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)
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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).[2][3][4] In 1954 the line was renovated with help from China, and connected to the Chinese Hunan–Guangxi railway.[5] During the Vietnam War, the PLA Railway Corps repaired the railway from wartime damage and converted it to the present dual gauge.[6][7]

On 1 January 2009 through passenger service between Nanning (China) and Gia Lâm (Hanoi) started.[8]

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