Hanoi’s Train Street 2023 Edition

Hanoi’s train street has been one of the few places I’ve been waiting to visit in Vietnam. The news that it was closed to tourists back in 2022 was gutting for me. The original train street is very much closed with security blocking it at both ends, I’d heard of people bribing the security guards to get in but as it seems now it’s no use, the cafes are gone as well. The new version of Train Street is further up the tracks where the train comes through before bending into the original. This is a higher levelled street and has multiple cafes. The difference being you have to be invited up by a PR person and you are placed in the first cafe with space instead. You still get to have photos on the track but when the train comes, you are held inside the cafe and have to fight for your photos. Still not a bad place to visit but do expect higher priced coffee and worse service than in the centre of Hanoi. #urbanexplorer #tripblazers #vietnam #trainstreet #hanoi