Daily direct sleeper train from Hanoi to Nanning (China)

A comfortable daily overnight train links Hanoi and Nanning, which started running in January 2009.  This is a standard-gauge Chinese sleeper train that runs all the way from Nanning to Hanoi.  The timetable is as follows, but always double-check times locally as they keep changing the exact times.  The distance between Hanoi and Nanning is 396km.

• Hanoi ► Nanning

Soft & hard air-con sleepers, train MR1 / T8702		Daily
Hanoi (Gia Lam station)	depart	21:40                day 1
Dong Dang (Vietnamese border)	arrive	02:00                day 2
Dong Dang	depart	03:00                day 2
Pingxiang (Chinese border)	arrive	03:41                day 2
Pingxiang	depart	05:41                day 2
Nanning	arrive	09:05                day 2

• Nanning ► Hanoi

Soft & hard air-con sleepers, train T8701 / MR2		Daily
Nanning	depart	18:45                day 1
Pingxiang (Chinese border point)	arrive	21:11                day 1
Pingxiang	depart	22:41                day 1
Dong Dang (Vietnamese border)	arrive	23:22                day 1
Dong Dang	depart	00:22                day 2
Hanoi (Gia Lam station)	arrive	04:45                day 2