The last Đồng Dăng departure of the day from Lạng Sơn in 2001 by Adrian Nicholls
I think it fair to say that train DD4, the 13.30 Đồng Đăng to Hà Nội was somewhat full on departure from Lạng Sơn behind D4H-486. With only three metre gauge trains a day each way on this dual gauge line in the northeast of the country, this working is the last reaching the capital at 19.50. Previous departures south from Đồng Đăng being an express at 06.00 and a stopper at 09.30. The standard gauge track through here is only used by cross border freights from Pingxiang in China to Giam Lâm yard in Hánôi using a small fleet of standard gauge D8Hs and D16Es.
The last Đồng Dăng departure of the day from Lạng Sơn in 2001 by Adrian Nicholls
I think it fair to say that train DD4, the 13.30 Đồng Đăng to Hà Nội was somewhat full on departure from Lạng Sơn behind D4H-486. With only three metre gauge trains a day each way on this dual gauge line in the northeast of the country, this working is the last reaching the capital at 19.50. Previous departures south from Đồng Đăng being an express at 06.00 and a stopper at 09.30. The standard gauge track through here is only used by cross border freights from Pingxiang in China to Giam Lâm yard in Hánôi using a small fleet of standard gauge D8Hs and D16Es.