Passengers will get great deals by booking advance tickets with Viet Nam’s Southern trains from February 13, the Southern Sai Gon Railway Transport JSC (Saratrans) announced on Monday.

Accordingly, you will access latest savings and discounts on advance train tickets for trains on Viet Nam’s Southern train line from 0:00am on February 13 to April 26.

You can save 5% on rail fares when buying an advance ticket 5-9 days ahead of travel, get a 10% discount for advance tickets 10-19 days ahead, a 20% discount for tickets 20-39 days ahead, and 30% off with tickets 40 days or more in advance. However, discounts will be not applied to the 4-Bed Cabin tickets for SE3 train.

The minimum train passenger fare (including VAT and passenger insurance fee) will be VND 30,000 which will be applicable to all types of seats on all southern trains.

Between February 13 and April 26, the railway sector will also apply the discount program to advance tickets for individual passengers who travel on SE3/4 and SE7/8 trains on the Saigon – Ha Noi route for distances of 900km or over, and on SE21/22 trains on the Saigon - Da Nang route, on SE25/26 trains on the Saigon - Quang Ngai route for distances of 600km or over.

Reporting by GIA MINH – Translating by H.L