Bắc Ninh station
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Bac Ninh Ga Bắc Ninh | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Bắc Ninh, Bắc Ninh Province Vietnam |
| Coordinates | 21°10′42″N 106°03′22″E / 21.1784°N 106.0562°E |
| Line(s) | Hanoi–Đồng Đăng Railway |
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Bắc Ninh station is a mainline station of the North–South railway, an important centre of the railways of Vietnam. It serves the city of Bắc Ninh, in Bắc Ninh Province.[1]
The Bắc Ninh railway station, first encountered at the age of seven, is a recurring scene in the autobiography of Marcel Van.[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan – Volumes 31/32 – p.18 – Asiatic Society of Japan – 1904 "This latter excursion offered a good chance to see the country, which is quite flat, being the Delta of the Red River, as far as the town of Bac-ninh, which will be an important railway centre within a few years. Here the line along which we travelled further on (the only one in working order so far), divides from the great line, which, following the Red River, is to reach the Chinese frontier at Laokai, whence it is to be carried on to Mengtse in Yunnan,..."
- ^ Gilles Berceville Marcel Van ou l'infinie pauvreté de l'Amour 2009 Page 86 "...était fasciné par ce dont la nouveauté l'intriguait (la découverte par Van de la ville de Bac Ninh, du train et de l'électricité, à l'âge de sept ans). "
- ^ Marcel Van Autobiography p. 158 – 2006 "I intended to return to Bac-Ninh in order to hear Mass, but there was no train going in that direction. ... that particular juncture I saw myself, in a dream, wandering the streets of Bac-Ninh or holding out my hand in the trains to beg for some sous."
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