User:Dragfyre/Sandbox/list of stations on the North–South Railway, Vietnam

This is a list of railway stations on the North–South Railway, Vietnam. The North–South Railway is the main railway line in Vietnam, connecting Hanoi in the north to Ho Chi Minh City in the south. For the most part, this 1726 km long metre gauge line follows the coastline of Vietnam, beginning in Hanoi, passing through the provinces of Ha Nam, Nam Đinh, Ninh Binh, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An (Vinh), Ha Tinh, Quang Binh (Dong Hoi), Quang Tri (Dong Ha), Thua Thien-Hue (Huế), Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa (Nha Trang), Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan (Phan Thiet), Dong Nai and Binh Dương, before coming to an end in Ho Chi Minh City. As of 2007, 85% of the network's passenger volume and 60% of its cargo volume was transported along this line.

History
Construction of the North–South Railway began in 1899, and lasted over thirty years, with individual sections completed serially: from 1899 to 1905, the Hanoi–Vinh section was laid down, followed by the Nha Trang–Saigon section from 1905 to 1913 (the Saigon–Tan Linh section was opened in 1908, followed by the Tan Linh–Nha Trang section in 1913 ), then the Vinh-Hue section from 1913 to 1927, and finally, the remaining Hue–Nha Trang section from 1930 to 1936. Tracks linking Hue south to Tourane and north to Dong Ha were established earlier, in 1906 and 1908, respectively. On 2 October 1936, the entire 1726 km Hanoi–Saigon link was formally put into full operation.

List of stations
This list includes all stations with timetabled services. As of 2005, there were 278 stations on the Vietnamese railway network, of which 191 were located along the North-South Railway line. Service by SE-class (express) trains is indicated in the "SE stops" column; service by TN-class (local) trains is indicated in the "TN stops" column. For example, a station served by trains SE5 and SE6 would have the icons and  indicated in the "SE stops" column. Since SE5 is a southbound train, it would be listed in the Southbound column, and SE6, being a northbound train, would be listed in the Southbound column.

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 * Vietnam Railways: Timetable. See the schedule for trains SE1, SE3, SE5, SE7, TN1, TN3 from Hanoi to Saigon (Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5)