How to book train tickets online, buy train tickets online online

Demand for travel of people in the New Year also increased. To avoid hustle and bustle at ticket sales points, Vietnam Railway Corporation has implemented an electronic ticketing system.

As a result, passengers can easily book train tickets, pay and print the train card anywhere, without having to go to the station. So how to book train tickets online like you invite to refer to the following article of Download.com.vn offline:

1. How to book train tickets via the Vietnam Railway website

Book train tickets online

Step 1: Access the online train ticket purchase service according to the download link above. At the main interface, you will see the section Information of the itinerary , complete information: Departure, arrival, one way or roundtrip, departure date, return date. Then press Search to search for trip information.

Step 2: Immediately, you will see the blue line of your chosen train including the following information: Cruise line, departure time, arrival time, number of seats, number of seats.

Step 3: Next, select the train car , click on each car to know the number of cars and seats.

Step 4: Each colored box will represent the status of the seats:

• White umbrella: Chair or bed is empty.
• Yellow box: If a seat is traded, if the payment is made without payment, the number of seats will return to the system, with white color.
• Purple box: The journey is longer, if you want to go longer, you will lose a little extra cost.
• Blue box: The selected chair.
• Red box: The place is not yet available.

Step 5: After selecting, the selected ticket will be added to the ticket basket on the right hand side. To delete a ticket, just click the trash icon , and if you want to buy it, click the Buy ticket button .

Step 6: Check all information before payment, the reservation time will be calculated from this moment, you have 5 minutes to complete all operations. When the ticket expires, there will be an exclamation symbol , you must click on the trash icon to remove, if you want to continue paying for the remaining tickets.

Now, you have 5 minutes to fill in the necessary information such as: Full name, ID / Passport number. In case of a child, enter the date of birth, and a student, enter student ID. You need to choose adults, children, students, the elderly to the system calculates the amount of tickets you need to pay.

Step 7: For the information of the person booking the ticket, fill in the information: Full name, ID / Passport number, Email, Email confirmation, mobile number, membership information. Then, fill in the billing information if available, then select the form of payment. Next, check the I have read carefully and agree to abide by all the rules to buy tickets online ... and click Next.

Where the payment Postpay may conduct transactions through banks and post offices. With Online payment , your payment card must open online payment with the bank.

Step 8: When the Payment conditions and refunds interface appear when buying tickets via card , select I agree with the above conditions ... and click Agree . You will have 10 minutes to make a payment at the Payment Gateway.

Step 9: You can use payment via international payment card (Visa / Master / JCB / Emerican Express / UnionPay) or domestic payment card of many banks to pay tickets. Next, fill out the payment information, enter the OTP code sent to your phone to complete this transaction.

Step 10: After successful payment will appear a reservation code , with 6 characters.

Step 11: Click the Get e-ticket button to print the ticket, along with the PDF sent to the previous email. Also want to receive instruction via SMS, please send a message from the phone number you registered above to the prefix 8255, with the syntax VT Booking Code (fee of VND 2,000).

2. How to book train tickets online via Vietnam Railway application on your phone

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Step 1: Download the Vietnam Railways app at the download link above then log in to the application, if you do not have an account, click Register , then compose a message to receive a password and change the password.

Next, please fill in the information such as phone number, full name, ID / Passport number ... Email address and click Update to complete account registration.

Step 2: There are two types of tickets you can choose from: One-way and Round-trip , select the type of ticket you want to book and complete the information below. In the selection of seat types, you can choose different types of seats at a reduced price such as: 4 and 6 compartments, hard, soft seats, and extra seats.

Step 3: Then complete the information such as arrival, departure, arrival and departure dates if Round Trip is selected. Next select the departure time and the train you want to go.

Step 4: Next will be the list of seats prices for each car and the specific seating diagram of each train. Based on the prescription chart you can make your own seat.

Once you have selected the appropriate seat and then click on the trolley icon in the upper right corner, if you do not want to select that seat, click Deselect .

In the Ticket Basket view, you can see your seat information on the train. Please note that the booking time will only be within 10 minutes, during those 10 minutes without full information and completion of the booking, the ticket will be canceled.

Click Passenger Information to fill in the passenger information by seat, the information to be completed includes Full Name, Subject and ID / Passport number or date of birth for the child seat.

Step 5: When you have completed the passenger information, select the Payment method , the application of Vietnam Railways is the only method of payment by making transactions at stations or authorized agents of the Railway Corporation. Vietnam.

For post office payment locations, Vietnam Railways supports more locations. Payment locations by VIB bank.

Finally, please fill in the information for the Booker, which will include information for you to issue an invoice for the Company, including the company name, tax code, company address. Then go back out and check. I have carefully read and agree to abide by all regulations of Vietnam Railway Corporation's online ticket purchase and click Buy.

Finally, a notice of a successful ticket purchase, with your reservation code and payment code. Please bring the payment code to the payment agent or at the Station for payment support.

Note that this ticket is only valid for 24 hours from the time you make a successful booking, if you do not pay after that time, the ticket will be canceled.

So you have successfully booked a train ticket online, be careful not to reveal the ticket information, affecting the process of receiving tickets. With this service you do not need to spend time queuing, waiting at the ticket office anymore, which can be done easily at home wherever you are.

In addition to the Vietnam Railways app, users can also book tickets directly on the electronic wallet application on their smartphone, the two most popular e-wallet applications currently are MOMO and ViettelPay that support buying train tickets online. Instructions for buying train tickets online through the two e-wallet applications you can see in the article Book a train ticket on your phone with e-wallet MOMO and ViettelPay.

ViettelPay for iOS
ViettelPay for Android

MOMO for iOS
MOMO for Android
MOMO for Windowsphone

I wish you successful implementation!