Demand for rail travel around the holiday of April 30 – May 1 increases
Exchange with Marketing World Online, Mr. Thai Van Truyen – General Director of Saigon Railway Transport Joint Stock Company (VTDS) said that in addition to daily operating trains such as trains SE1/2, SE3/4, SE5/6, SE7/ 8, SE11/12 (Saigon – Hanoi), SE21/22 (Saigon – Da Nang), SNT1/2 (Saigon – Nha Trang), SPT1/2 (Saigon – Phan Thiet), the unit will organize Organized to run 34 more trains from Ho Chi Minh City to Phan Thiet, Nha Trang, Quy Nhon, Quang Ngai and vice versa. The purpose is to meet the travel needs of passengers on the occasion of Hung King’s death anniversary and April 30 – May 1,
Specifically, the train schedule is as follows: Ho Chi Minh City – Quang Ngai route: Train SE26 departs Ho Chi Minh City on April 26 and 29; Train SE25 departs Quang Ngai on April 30 and May 1.
The railway industry increased many trains to serve people. Photo: Saigon Railway Station Branch
Route Ho Chi Minh City – Quy Nhon: Train SE30 Ho Chi Minh City to Quy Nhon on April 17, 19, 26 to 29, 2024; Train SE29 Quy Nhon to Ho Chi Minh City on April 18, 27, 28, 30; May 1, 2024.
Ho Chi Minh City – Nha Trang route: Ho Chi Minh City to Nha Trang: Train SNT4 runs on April 17, 19, 26, 27; Trains SNT6 and SNT8 run on April 26 and 27; Nha Trang to Ho Chi Minh City: Train SNT3 runs on April 30, May 1; SNT5 runs on April 18, 30, and May 1; SNT7 train runs on May 1.
Route Ho Chi Minh City – Phan Thiet: Train SPT4 Ho Chi Minh City to Phan Thiet on April 27 and 28; Train SPT3 Phan Thiet to Ho Chi Minh City on April 27 and 30; May 1, 2024.
Notably, recently there have been a number of websites introducing and selling train tickets from the railway industry online. There have been cases where passengers buying tickets through these websites have had to pay more than the price of tickets purchased by the industry. rail; Some customers who buy tickets receive boarding passes with information such as ticket price, promotion, travel date, arrival station, etc., with information scraped and edited, so they are not valid for travel. Therefore, during the upcoming holiday rush, passengers are advised not to buy train tickets through fake websites.
In addition, company leaders said that the unit still applies the policy of regularly reducing ticket prices for social policy beneficiaries such as: Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, war invalids, people with disabilities, the elderly, and children. , students, trade union members, passengers with customer cards…
In addition, during the holidays of April 30 and May 1, the company also offers a 5% round-trip discount for passengers buying individual tickets and a 7% return ticket price discount for groups of 20 or more.
