Brings back so many memories. I've worked in Ninh Binh and surrounding areas. Even been to a secret explosives plant that was disguised as a food production facility surrounded by rice fields. The drab grey of the day and general overcast feel is so common there along with the endless half built dwellings. Food was amazing and very cheap, the local home brew Rice whiskey was incredibly fun and dangerous. Everyone seemed to have their own special brew hidden away.
0:00 : Ga Hà Nội 10:37 : Ga Giáp Bát 16:06 : Ga Văn Điển 24:13 : Ga Thường Tín 31:44 : Ga Chợ Tía 38:50 : Ga Phú Xuyên 48:30 : Ga Đồng Văn 58:37 : Ga Phủ Lý 1:17:56 : Ga Bình Lục 1:24:32 : Dừng cột hiệu Ga Cầu Họ 1:28:07 : Thông qua Ga Cầu Họ (D19E - 921 kéo tàu SE20 dừng tránh) 1:36:44 : Ga Đặng Xá (D13E - 725 kéo tàu hàng dừng tránh) 1:42:13 : Ga Nam Định 1:56:15 : Ga Trình Xuyên 2:03:05 : Ga Núi Gôi (D19E- 9xx kéo tàu hàng kép D12E-625 dừng tránh) 2:09:17 : Ga Cát Đằng 2:10:14 : Dừng cột hiệu ra Ga Cát Đằng 2:20:44 : Cầu Ninh Bình 2:22:28 : Bên phải đoàn tàu là Ga Ninh Bình cũ (nay là 1 khách sạn) 2:22:57 : Ga Ninh Bình
concidences? The word assassin is often believed to derive from the word hashshashin (Arabic: حشّاشين, ħashshāshīyīn, also hashishin, hashashiyyin, or assassins), and shares its etymological roots with hashish (/hæˈʃiːʃ/ or /ˈhæʃiːʃ/; from Arabic: حشيش ḥashīsh). It referred to a group of Nizari Shia Muslims who worked against various political targets(they invented political murder) Founded by Hassan-i Sabbah, the Assassins were active in the fortress of Alamut in Persia from the 8th to the 14th centuries, and later expanded by capturing forts in Syria. The group killed members of the Abbasid, Seljuq, Fatimid, and Christian Crusader elite for political and religious @t is commonly believed that Assassins were under the influence of hashish during their killings or during their indoctrination the history will repeat it self!
What always interests me is wherever you go, people don't care about how their country, their own neighborhood looks. They throw trash wherever they stand or out of the window. I guess with poverty, there is little pride of place and heritage. Life is cheap. Everything is temporary and worthless.
Whoooaaaaa , literally nothing is different about this journey, the buildings and vehicles were so simillar to that of our India . Amazing shot keep it up
Pretty sure the only requirement that the railroad operators make the train engineers do is test the horn every 3 seconds. If they dont blow the horn 2,634 times per trip they get fired...
Given how unsafe the train tracks are in comparison to other countries' railway systems (having train tracks right next to the streets and shops with no safety barrier in some places!), I'm not surprised that the train driver is sounding the horn. Most countries have whistle boards where they have to blow the horn. But then again, most countries have safer railway lines than this...
This kind of reminds me of bus rides in my wife's home country of the Philippines. That bus didn't slow down much, even when navigating narrow roads with people and dogs roaming around on either side, just feet away. The bus driver sounded the horn very frequently, but usually didn't slow down at all. I was sure we were going to hit someone. People were even playing cards on the side of the road, and simply leaned forward as if to avoid getting hit as we passed! Amazingly (at least to me), we never hit anyone. I'm wondering how frequent accidents are with these trains in Vietnam...probably not very frequent, despite what we in the West may perceive as being extremely unsafe.
But it is extremely unsafe, and people are very easy to hit if they walk on the tracks since oncoming trains are insanely silent if you are infront of them instead of properly off the tracks to the side, even with the horn going you might assume the train is at a distance on different tracks
Tai nạn rất ít ở Việt Nam còn thấp hơn ở Châu âu chính vì châu âu quy định quá nhiều khiến con người quên đi cảnh giác dễ xảy ra tai nạn chứ ở Việt Nam tai nạn ít lắm chủ yếu là người ta tự tử là chính chứ ko mấy khi xẩy ra tai nạn
It's so good to cyber travel through other lands without having to get on a long plane flight. I am so glad that war is over for this resilient people who defeated the world's most powerful military at that time. I now own quality clothes made in Viet Nam. I wish the Vietnamese continued success.
Fun fact: According to a Vietnamese friend of mine, if you look closely from 9:11 to 11:00, you can actually see parts of the original tracks to the right. Those tracks were still active until they decided to move the railway a few meters closer to the road some 20-30 years ago. Why do the old tracks end so abruptly you might ask. Well, I think they are still in place, you just have to dig them up lol. Could the old rail be the one to the right at 2:50? I'm not sure.
I thought that the tracks were doubled (one each direction) and that they'd just removed one of the tracks, with it becoming buried over time. Now that makes sense. Even so, I'd rather have the tracks further away from buildings!
there are a few other videos about this because of how tight it is to buildings, and I do believe that section from 9 to 11 there was once buildings where the track is now, and they tore it all down to move the track and make the line safer. The many many road gates along the tracks along with the guards that man them are also a relatively modern addition, where there used to be nothing whatsoever stopping traffic from going across the tracks. Vietnam is not exactly a wealthy country, so it is unlikely they can improve the safety much more. Would require tearing down a lot of buildings or moving the whole line under ground or on bridges, and that costs an incredible amount of money even for wealthy countries
Ok so hang on.... Are the busy crossings manned by dudes with orange caution wands to stop traffic? It seems crazy but most of the gates seem to have that dude.
Hello, incredible video, well done! I'm in France and surprised that trains pass among people like that. The danger of hitting someone is constant, there are always people hanging around at the side of the track. Here the trains only whistle at the entrance to the tunnels because there is no one on the tracks! Impressive, I watched the video until the end because it's so incredible.
Thanks alot there is more videos like this in my channel. Some even more romantic, some pass the bridge called Long Bien, it's same designer of Eiffel Tower 🗼.
Just wondering if that incredible landscape of Hang Mua would have been visible from the train if it wasn't so foggy. This is probably the part of the trans-Vietnam route that most travellers skip by visiting Cat Ba between Ninh Binh and Hanoi (or opposite direction). Thanks for uploading this. Feel terribly sorry for being unable to travel this year...
Is it strange that I always felt like the trains when I was back in Vietnam ran faster than the TGV because of the loud noise plus the shaking plus the surrounding scenes? 😂
@@xeniax2531 вообще не говори, такое чувство что железка и берега водоемов это у них помойка местная, такая грязь ппц, неужели им самим не стремно жить в грязи?
Very interesting to watch this video. I did not think that in Vietnam there is such, and maybe more than one railway. I live in Russia, in Moscow, and our railways run in a strictly designated place, where the number of tracks can reach about five or six, which, unfortunately, sometimes makes them boring and monotonous. Of course, we have magnificent railways passing through endless forests, but for cities like Hanoi, Russia, Australia and Europe, this is not typical! Once again, thank you very much for the wonderful video, I felt the whole aesthetics of Vietnam!
Russia will be paying for the Ukraine hroror For 100T years! We held the German populace guilty in 1945. ALL the Russian populace will be held to the same standards. SORRY if this breaks your YT "rules" about politics.... HUMANITY WILL PREVAIL! Ban me on cowardly YT if you will.... No pasaron! J.C. Age 73
We were on vaca in VN in '07. Really enjoyed your country. Like everywhere it has it's problems. But a lot of good points too. Another person said 120 death per years from the train. For population of 97 million that's pretty good. I'd be willing to bet the road deaths in the cities are higher than that in a big way. Love VN food too, especially the hand pulled noodles.
When I was stationed near Saigon in 1968, there were thousands of motorbikes, cyclos, peddle-cabs and bicycles. Cars weren't affordable to most of the population.
1. Unfortunately, this is very common in developing Southeast Asian countries. Council trash collection & disposal hasn't kept up with growth. It doesn't help that many folks are not as civic conscious & don't think twice about chucking their litter or garbage on the side of the road, into the jungle, or railtracks. When I lived in Malaysia, one my colleagues would simply toss his empty cigarette box into the drain. Not surprisingly Vietnam is one of the top 5 source nations of plastic pollution in the oceans. 2. Motorcycles are very popular there as they're an affordable mode of personal transport.
Bruce haha watch trains from Philippines.. you will be SHOOK by houses and filth around railways lol..vietnamn trains are way better and cleaner I tell you
Great train trip, i watched the whole ride Cool to see how people are used to the train that rushes through their towns. If I were a driver, honking the horn would drive me crazy i think :). Too bad that so much waste is dumped along the railway
The Vietnamese rail system was constructed by the French using 1 metre rail spacing although between Ha Nói and China there is a wider set of rails in addition to the 1 metre standard. Old maps of VN show many branch lines reaching out towards Laos that carried minerals, etc., out of the hills. Most were abandoned after reunification. The tunnels remain but many are flooded and have dangerous snakes in them. There is only a single track between Ha Nói and HCM, but there are numerous sections with bypass rall tracks. Traffic is bi-directional and comprises local, express and freight trains. To accommodate this mix of traffic the Duong Sat (Steel Road) Company executes an amazing "dance of trains" where the bypasses demonstrate a remarkable use to hold trains whilst other trains pass them in either direction.
CLARIFICATION T HA NÓI - LANGSON two rail line system actually uses one that is shared with with both the narrow 1 metre VNese standard line which lies inside the wider international rail standard. This enables Chinese rolling stock travel to Ha Nói.
Parabéns pela ferrovia. Embora em alguns trechos muito perigoso para pedestres, a ferrovia esta em bom estado. Brasil...não tem igual para transporte regular de passageiros. Lamentável.
I like how this looks and feels like the one (PNR) we have in the Philippines. If I didn't know any better, I'd have assumed it's the one we have back home. The only differences I noticed is that the Vietnamese track looks cleaner than ours (lol) and the buildings beside them are reasonably distanced whereas in ours, the buildings are too close for comfort.
0:00 Ga Hà Nội 10:37 Ga Giáp Bát 16:06 Ga Văn Điển 24:13 Ga Thường Tín 31:44 Ga Chợ Tía 38:50 Ga Phú Xuyên 48:30 Ga Đồng Văn 58:37 Ga Phủ Lý 1:17:56 Ga Bình Lục 1:24:32 Dừng Cột Hiệu Ga Cầu Họ 1:28:07 (d19e 921 Kéo Tàu SE20 Dừng Tránh 1:36:44 Ga Đặng Xá ( d13e 725 Kéo Tàu Hàng Dừng 1:42:13 Ga Nam Định 1:56:15 Ga Trình Xuyên 2:03:05 Ga Núi Ngôi (d19e 9xx Kéo Tàu Hàng Kép d12e 625 Dừng Tránh 2:09:17 Ga Cát Đằng 2:10:14 Dừng Cột Hiệu ra Ga Cát Đằng 2:20:44 Cầu Ninh Bình 2:22:28 Bên Phải Đoàn Tàu Là Ga Ninh Bình Cũ ( Nay Là Một Khách Sạn ) 2:22:57 Ga Ninh Bình
Видео конечно завораживает! Начал смотреть и не смог оторваться))) Одного не понял: неужели у них там (особенно в начале в самом Ханое) совсем беда со свободной землёй, что так близко к жд строить жилые дома? Ведь практически рукой до домов можно дотянуться! А ребенок маленький выбежит на пути прям под поезд! Ужас!!!
Two things in particular strike me after having watched this video. The number of railway personnel visible on crossings (they seem to hold a baton, or furled flag?) and the pleasing lack of graffiti!
Is this really this fast (feels like 100-120 km/h at some points) or is it just the fisheye lens of the camera? The switches look like wide angle (high speed, 80-120 km/h) everywhere instead of the standard 30-40 km/h switches which looks like a bit overkill for a railway line like this so I'd say it's probably the fisheye.
5:40 Look at the track! That's something totally incredible! The Vietnamese must be really heroic people! Взгляните на путь! Это что-то невероятное! Вьетнамцы, точно, героическая нация!
I live in Florida in Port St Lucie in very nice neighborhood. Thinking..if you are not as lucky and live in the worst neighborhood in Florida..it is still like 5 star comparing to what you can see here. So the results of the environment describe exactly the character of the country. Anyway...it was cool to get on the train from my chair...;o)
@@ДмитрийТрифонов-у3ш Нет,ни с Луны,я сам работал на железной дороге,из них 10 лет машинистом тепловоза в пассажирском движении,но такой грязи вдоль путей тем более в городах я никогда не видел!
@@ЖораТанкист-х1п В конце 90-х начале 2000-х невероятный срач видел каждую весну в Москве на ярославском направлении вдоль ЖД. Индия с Бангладешем позавидовали бы.
Lâu quá không đi tàu nên gần như quên hết cảnh vật xung quanh tuyến Bắc-Nam rồi.T tò mò muốn hỏi ai biết trong tuyến từ Nha Trang về HCM , t trước đi ban đêm nhìn ra ngoài thấy có một khu công nghiệp hay nhà máy gì đó sáng rực lắm ai biết thông tin thì t cám ơn .
