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Hanoi–Lào Cai railway

Overview
Owner	Vietnam Railways
Locale	Vietnam
Termini	Hanoi Railway Station Lào Cai Railway Station
Website	http://www.vr.com.vn/en
Service
Type	Heavy rail
History
Opened	1902
Technical
Line length	296 km (184 mi)
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)

Hanoi–Lào Cai Railway (Vietnamese: Đường sắt Hà Nội–Lào Cai) is a 296 km (184 mi) railway line serving northern Vietnam. It is a single-track metre gauge line connecting Hanoi with Lào Cai, on the China-Vietnam border in Lào Cai Province.^[1] It is the Vietnamese section of the metre gauge Kunming–Haiphong railway.

At the border, the Hanoi–Lào Cai railway connects with Kunming–Hekou railway of China.

References

Main line	North–South railway Hanoi–Lào Cai railway Hanoi–Haiphong railway Hanoi–Quán Triều railway Hanoi–Đồng Đăng railway Kép–Hạ Long railway Kép–Lưu Xá railway
Branch line	Bắc Hồng–Văn Điển railway Phố Lu–Pom Hán railway Khe Sim–Cửa Ông railway Diêu Trì – Quy Nhơn railway Vàng Danh–Điền Công railway Lộ Phong–Nam Cầu Trắng railway Bình Thuận–Phan Thiết railway Quan Triều–Núi Hồng railway Phủ Lý–Thịnh Châu railway Yên Trạch–Na Dương railway Mai Pha–Nai Dương railway

Kunming–Bangkok

~~Eastern route~~	Kunming–Yuxi–Hekou § Lào Cai–Hanoi Hanoi–Ho Chi Minh City ~~high-speed line §~~ ~~Ho Chi Minh City–Phnom Penh~~ Phnom Penh–Poipet Poipet–Bangkok
Central route	Kunming–Yuxi § Yuxi–Mohan § Boten–Vientiane § Nong Khai–Nakhon Ratchasima–Bangkok high-speed line §
~~Western route~~	Kunming–Guangtong § Guangtong–Dali § Dali–Ruili § ~~Muse–Lashio~~ Lashio–Mandalay Mandalay–Yangon Yangon–Mawlamyine Mawlamyine–Thanbyuzayat ~~Thanbyuzayat–Nam Tok~~ Nam Tok–Bangkok

Bangkok–Singapore

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