 Locating about 1 km from the city center, Saigon railway station is the last station on the North–South railway, the last point of the railway in Vietnam 

The original station, which opened in 1885, was located across from Bến Thành Market in District 1.The current station, originally a baggage holding and shipping centre, was constructed in the early 1930s by the French colonists, as part of the Hanoi-Saigon Railway.The station is situated around 1 km from the downtown city centre.