A section of the Vietnam’s north-south railway (Photo: Lonely Planet) The railway stretches for more than 1,726 kilometres betweenthe country’s two biggest cities of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City over the courseof two days.
“Some railways rattle through historic cities; others swooshbeside spectacular coastlines. A few have an epic history, and one or two areremarkable for the colorful characters onboard. The Reunification Express linefulfills all these criteria,” said Lonely Planet.
The site also stressed that travelers cannot find a moreatmospheric way to travel between Vietnam’s twin metropolises.
“And there’s no better way of exploring all the glories inbetween,” it concluded.
The journey allows passengers to sit and enjoy romanticscenery and rural landscapes along coastal towns in the central region,including the former imperial capital of Hue, the Da Nang City Port which wasinitially built in the French colonial period, and the ancient town of Hoi An.
Other train journeys in the list are the California Zephyrof the US, Lake Titicaca Railway of Peru, Lhasa Express of China, CaledonianSleeper of the UK, Bergensbanen of Norway, TranzAlpine of New Zealand, andTazara Railway of Tanzania and Zambia./.
VNA
