Special train services offered in Hanoi

The Vietnam Railway Corporation (VNR) has announced that it will offer special train services shuttling between the centre of Hanoi and Gia Lam train factory which is the venue of the Hanoi Creative Design Festival 2023 from November 17-26.
Special train services offered in Hanoi ảnh 1Gia Lam train factory in Hanoi. (Photo: The Courtesy of Hanoi's Department of Culture and Sports)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam RailwayCorporation (VNR) has announced that it will offer special train services shuttling between the centre of Hanoi and Gia Lam train factory which is the venue of the Hanoi Creative Design Festival2023 from November 17-26.

The train connects the two sides of the RedRiver, departing from the Hanoi railway station, running through Long Bien bridge- a symbolic structure built more than 120 years ago, to Gia Lam railway station, from wherepassengers can walk to the nearby former Gia Lam train factory which is convertedinto a community space with booths displaying domestic creative brands andproducts in many fields, from handicrafts to fashion andcommunication-advertisement. The fare is 20,000 VND (0.82 USD).

On the opening day of the festival, the trainwill depart from Long Bien bridge at 7:5 pm and leave Gia Lam railway stationat 10:25 pm back to the city's centre.

During the festival, services will beavailable for passengers to Gia Lam station in the morning and then back to Hanoirailway station in the inner city in the afternoon.

Special train services offered in Hanoi ảnh 2Tu Luc locomotive used to be an icon of  Vietnam's railway industry will be displayed at the  Hanoi Creative Design Festival 2023. (Photo: laodong.vn)

Besides the Gia Lam train factory, otherworks in the city such as Hang Dau water tower and Long Bien bridge will beturned into installation art space and opened for visitors during the festival.

The festival will bejointly organised by the municipal People’s Committee, the ArchitectureMagazine under the Vietnam Association of Architects, and the municipalDepartment of Culture and Sports with the support of the UNESCO Office inHanoi, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat),international organisations, businesses, creators and artists.

Hanoi became an official member of UNESCO’sCreative Cities Network in 2019./.

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