'Train Street' in Hanoi- in the end it was no big deal actually

            Surprise, surprise! After asking around and inquiring with so many people about the 'train street' in Hanoi, I finally chanced upon it myself on my ride back into Hanoi from Halong Bay. It was at the other end of town from where I was standing. This is of course  the comparatively clear approach into train street, with a local vendor coming out carrying her wares in true Vietnamese fashion. To experience the real 'train street', you will need to walk deeper inside, where the houses on either side are so close that the train almost brushes past them. Of course, Vietnamese trains are metre gauge, and so comparatively smaller in profile, and services at any rate are few and far between. But although I did not encounter a train on it, in the end it was no big deal actually. I have seen much worse in my native India, around Bombay (Mumbai), where the suburban electric multiple unit trains are wider, heavier and larger. Things have changed a bit in India now, but you do still find places like this in that country as well.  (Hanoi, Vietnam, Oct./ Nov. 2016)
   

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