Railway companies in the south will start selling Lunar New Year 2019 tickets, the biggest and longest holiday of Vietnamese people, on October 1 this year.

Railway companies in the south will start selling tickets for Lunar New Year 2019 (falling in early February of 2019) from October 1, 2018.— VNA/VNS Photo

The information was announced on Wednesday by Mr Le Quoc Trung, Deputy Director of Sai Gon Railway Transport Company.

On the occasion of Lunar New Year 2019, which falls in early February of 2019, besides sixteen Thong Nhat passenger trains (trains running from North to South and returning), the railway company will put into operation 6 more trains on the routes: HCM City – Quang Ngai, HCM City – Quy Nhon, HCM City – Nha Trang and HCM City – Phan Thiet.

A number of trains that typically run on less popular routes will temporarily stop during the Tet period and will be mobilised to supplement busy routes, including HCM City – Tam Ky, HCM City – Hue, HCM City – Da Nang, HCM City – Dieu Tri, HCM City – Nha Trang and Nha Trang – Hue.

Currently, the railway sector is working with partner companies to speed up the construction of 30 new modern-style train wagons, aiming to replace old ones. As expected, the company will put into use 15 new-style train wagons during the Lunar New Year.

On the upcoming National Day (September 2), in addition to the daily trains, the railway sector plans to increase trains on two-way routes from HCM City to Phan Thiet,  Nha Trang, Quy Nhon, and Quang Ngai; and from Nha Trang to Hue. The extra trains will only run from August 31 to September 3 and the price of a ticket will reduced by between 10 and 20%, according to the railway company.

(Source: VNS/ DA NANG Today)