FREIGHT TRANSPORT OPERATIONS

Vietnam Railways has made significant progress in transforming concept and mechanism, adapting to the market, enhancing business marketing and raising the level of freight traffic in competition with other means of transport. The railway freight turnover increases over 10% annually (over 20% in 2006). Under the management of VNR, there is a Railway Freight Transport Company which undertakes all freight operation all over the country (with more than 100 freight stations) together with several railway freight transport service companies to provide door to door, store to store and intermodal transport services.

VNR has managed and co-operated to invest in the following fields:
- Storage and yards for loading and unloading railway freight with B.O.T mode (e.g. Lao Cai Mineral Company has invested in building yard in Mau A station…);
- Loading and unloading facilities such as cranes, lifting cars (forklift) which contributing in reducing loading/unloading time;
- Investing in warehouses, yards and loading/unloading facilities at railway stations; as well as transfer means for block trains;

VNR also has improved and developed new services such as block freight trains, container train sets… which makes stable revenue for both directions (e.g. Empty transport wagon reduced from 40% to 20% for North-South line freight trains). In Hai Phong - Lao Cai line there are two pairs of container train sets run daily contributing to the revenue about VND10 billion/year.

There are 14 pairs of block freight trains/week between the North-South line and contributing to the revenue about VND120 billion/year.

Besides, international railway freight transport to China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and other CIS countries is also available.

The working time of stations

Freight stations are opened from 7 a.m to 5 p.m everyday. Freight transport and delivery are carried out all days and nights.

Responsibility

Vietnam Railway Corporation has responsibility of transporting freight from senders to receivers safely, punctually as well as securing the equality and co-operation between railway sector and senders as the freight transport regulations of Vietnam Railway Corporation and other relevant ones.

Vietnam Railway Corporation also transports freight among Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the People Republic of China as well as countries in International Railway Cooperation Association (OSZD).

Vietnam Railway Corporation has many kinds of freight transport such as wagon load, in-part wagon load, container from station to station, from warehouse to warehouse, from warehouse to station and vice versa satisfying the demands of senders. There are 2 ways of transport in each kind:
- Fast transport.
- Regular transport.

Besides, Vietnam Railway Corporation also transports dangerous freight which requires the strict implementation of special conditions. The over-size, over-length, over-weight freight are also transported by Vietnam Railways.

Freight train schedule

- 2 couples of GS1, GS2 trains with 4-day itinerary run everyday on Ha Noi - Ho Chi Minh city route.
* GS1 train runs from Giap Bat station at 8: 30 to Song Than station at 11: 59.
* GS2 train runs from Song Than station at 2: 20 to Giap Bat station at 5: 35.
2 couples of GS2, GS4 regular freight trains with 4-day itinerary run everyday from Song Than to Giap Bat.
* GS2 train runs from Song Than station at 0: 08 to Giap Bat station at 5: 32.
* GS4 train runs from Song Than station at 2: 10 to Giap Bat station at 11: 58. A couple of HBN1 express freight trains with 2.5-day itinerary also run to meet the demand of customers.
* HBN1 train runs from Giap Bat station at 23: 30 to Sai Gon station at 7: 05.
* HBN2 train runs from Sai Gon station at 21: 25 to Giap Bat station at 3: 06.

Besides, there are other regional freight trains, every information is provided at freight stations of Vietnam Railway Corporation.

Contact address:

Railway Freight Transport Company
Address: 130 Le Duan Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi
Tel: 84-4-9426056
Fax: 84-4-9426055

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