Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.
The street is so narrow that all residents must ensure their bikes and precious personal belongings, as well as their roaming children, are all safely inside the house before the train passes.
It’s one of the first places the train leaving Hanoi train station and heading South to Hue, Hoi An, Danang, Nha Trang and Saigon passes through, so if you’re on that train be sure to look out for it. Just don’t stick your head out the window if you want to arrive with your head still intact.
Hanoi Train street, as I like to call it, is located between Le Duan Street and Kham Thien street in Hanoi’s old quarter.
If you’re looking to visit, it’s really important that you get your timing right. Around 3 p.m. and 7 p.m every day, a train hurtles through a series of narrow streets.
You should have your camera ready to go if your intention is to get some cool photos and videos.
Watching them sit in the middle of the tracks with their neighbors, playing checkers and drinking tea.
The train street in Hanoi is one of the most favorite place for foreign visitors to photograph and risk the life in all of Vietnam.
Speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.
The street’s residents press tight to the walls or duck into nearby doorways with a startling nonchalance and go right back to walking across or sitting on the tracks as soon as the train has passed.
Know Before You Go
The train street is located between Le Duan and Kham Tien street in Hanoi’s Old Quarter. The exact lane the train passes along is called Ngo 224 Le Duan.
