Train Travel

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A green and cream passenger train runs along a rocky hillside above the turquoise sea on Vietnam's coastal railway
Vietnam

Getting Around Vietnam: Trains, Sleeper Buses and Short Flights

Vietnam is more than 1,600 kilometers from end to end, and how you cover that distance shapes the whole trip. Here is how the trains, sleeper buses, domestic flights, ride apps and scooters actually work, and what they cost.

A KTX-Sancheon high-speed train waiting at the platform of Daejeon Station in sunshine
South Korea

Getting Around South Korea: KTX, Subways, Buses and the Jeju Hop

Bullet trains that put Busan a morning away from Seoul, subways with English signs and one tap card for nearly everything. Here is how Korea's transport fits together after the 2026 rail merger, plus the trips that work differently, like the DMZ and Jeju.

Railway tracks and platforms at Duoliang Station running along a green hillside above the blue Pacific Ocean on Taiwan's east coast
Taiwan

Getting Around Taiwan: Bullet Trains, Coast Railways and Island Hops

A bullet train down the west coast, a cliff top railway along the Pacific, a logging line into the clouds at Alishan and short hops out to Penghu. Here is how Taiwan's transport fits together, what it costs and what to book ahead.