As of Thursday morning, 62,373 railway tickets worth VND52.8 billion (USD2.29 million) had been returned, including up to 15,300 tickets on Wednesday alone.
The railway sector has faced mass railway tickets cancellations
Specifically, train SE29 scheduled to leave Hanoi Station on February 8 has been changed to terminate at Vinh, instead of Saigon Station.
Train SE30 slated to depart from Saigon Station on February 10, 19 and 20 will be suspended.
The same decision will also be applied for train SE16 scheduled to leave Saigon Station on February 19 and train SE10 set to depart from Saigon Station on February 27 and 28.
Train SE29 which leaves Hanoi from February 21 and 22 and train SE15 which leaves Vinh City in Nghe An Province on February 20 and 21 will also be suspended.
Passengers whose trains will be suspended will be given tickets for other trains.
According to the railway sector, the returned tickets will be resold.