HCMC – After over one month of suspension as a result of the social distancing order due to the second wave of Covid-19, the railway sector has resumed train services from and to Danang City to meet the travel demand.
Train services at Danang Station will resume from today, September 7, according to Hanoi Railway Transport JSC.
SE1/2 and SE7/8 north-south trains are allowed to stop at Danang Station to pick up or drop off passengers, VietnamPlus news site reported.
The SE1 train arrives in the city at 1.22 p.m. and leaves at 1.42 p.m., while the SE2 train arrives at Danang Station at 1.37 p.m. and leaves at 2.00 p.m. The SE7 and SE8 trains arrive in the city at 10.27 p.m. and 11.00 p.m., respectively.
Train passengers have been told to strictly follow Covid-19 infection prevention and control measures, including making health declarations before boarding trains, checking their body temperature, regularly washing their hands with hand sanitizer and wearing face masks.
The Ministry of Transport on the evening of September 6 wrote to the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, the Vietnam Railway Authority, the Vietnam Inland Waterway Administration, the Vietnam Maritime Administration and provinces and cities’ Department of Transport announcing the resumption of transport activities from and to Danang City from midnight, today.
Earlier on July 28, Danang City had practiced citywide social distancing in line with the prime minister’s Directive 16 after the central coastal city reported the first three cases of community Covid-19 infection in 99 days, resulting in the suspension of passenger transport services from and to the city.