The Beijing–Nanning–Hanoi through train (，) also known as "Liu Sanjie (The Singing Fairy)" () is an international railway service between Gia Lâm railway station (via Dong Dang railway station) in Vietnam and the Beijing West railway station in China, jointly operated by Nanning Railway Bureau of China's national rail service, with service provided by Nanning Passenger Service Department. The train runs to Beijing and Hanoi every three days.
The train runs along the Jingguang railway, followed by the Hengyang–Liuzhou Intercity Railway,5对普速列车借道高铁提速 南国早报 2014年04月10日 the Liuzhou–Nanning Intercity Railway, and the Xianggui railway. It crosses into Vietnam at Đồng Đăng and completes its journey on the dual gauge Hanoi–Đồng Đăng railway. The total journey time is approximately 36 hours, and the train uses 25T class train carriages.
From December 2025, Đồng Đăng railway checkpoint is included in the list of E-visa ports of entry
From February 6, 2020, in accordance with anti-pandemic measures, international service between Nanning and Hanoi (Gia Lam) was suspended. Service was restarted on May 25, 2025, with daily service on T8701/2 between Nanning and Hanoi (Gia Lam). Through service from Beijing also restarted, leaving every Thursday and Sunday and returning every Tuesday and Friday as train MR1.https://m.chinanews.com/wap/detail/zw/cj/2025/05-22/10420448.shtml [International passenger service between China and Vietnam restarts on May 25]. China News.
Train Composition
Beijing West-Nanning section SectionBeijing West↔NanningCoach1-45-891011-19TypeYW25T Hard sleeperRW25T Soft sleeperRW25T Soft sleeperCA25T RestaurantYW25T Hard sleeperOperatorCR Beijing All passengers to Hanoi will be assigned to coach 9 and change to coach 4/L1 of T8701/8702 at Nanning station
Nanning-Hanoi section SectionNanning↔HanoiNanning↔PinxiangCoachNil7,4/L1,3-1A1-A7TypeKD25G Air-conRW25G Soft sleeper Coach 4/L1 is reserved for passengers for Z5/6YZ25G Hard seatOperatorCR Nanning
Locomotive routing Beijing West–Nanning: China Railways HXD3D, Beijing Locomotive Depot, Beijing Railway Bureau Nanning–Dong Dang: China Railways DF4D, Nanning Locomotive Depot, Nanning Railway Bureau Dong Dang–Hanoi (Gia Lâm): Vietnam Railways D14E, D19Er, Vietnam Railways
Schedule
Current schedule
1 hour difference between China and Vietnam
Z5/T8701/MR2StopsMR1/T8702/Z6Train no.DistanceDayArrivalDepartureArrivalDepartureDayDistanceTrain no.Z50Day 1—16:05Beijing West09:59—Day 32891Z628118:3018:36Shijiazhuang07:1707:23261068922:0522:11Zhengzhou03:4203:4822021225Day 202:5002:56Wuchang22:5423:00Day 21666158706:1306:19Changsha19:2719:331304177308:1608:22Hengyang17:2217:281118190909:4309:49Yongzhou↑↑—210811:1611:23Guilin North14:2214:36783227212:4712:53Liuzhou12:4612:55619248414:2714:32Nanning East11:0311:08407Z5/T8701249514:4518:05Nanning10:0610:50396T8702/Z6T8701261720:1520:21Chongzuo07:5608:01274T8702267221:2521:29Ningming06:4906:53219271522:1823:41Pingxiang04:3106:05176↑ （CST UTC+08:00） / （VST UTC+07:00） ↓T8701/MR22734Day 223:2201:55Đồng Đăng00:5502:50Day 2157MR1/T8702MR22847Day 304:3304:36Bắc Giang22:1122:14Day 144MR1289105:30—Gia Lâm —21:200
See also Nanning railway station T189/190 Beijing–Nanning through train
References
External links
T5 / 6 train to take a passenger task by Nanning passenger segment of Nanning Railway Bureau