Sketch corner: Da Lat train station

It is the highest station in Vietnam (located at an altitude of 1,500 m above sea level), the oldest and most beautiful in Indochina, and has the oldest steam locomotive in Vietnam...

Sketch by architect Nguyen Dinh Viet

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Sketch by Architect Phung The Huy

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Located at 1 Quang Trung, Da Lat station (66.5 m long, 11.4 m wide, 11 m high) was designed by two French architects Moncet and Reveron. The project was put into operation from 1938 to 1972 on the 84 km long Da Lat - Thap Cham railway line. This line has a section that has to cross Song Pha pass (1,000 m high, 12% slope), to ensure safety, 16 km must use cog rails (*).

The building combines French architectural style (domes, stained glass windows...) and Vietnamese indigenous architecture (three main peaked roofs stylized from the Central Highlands communal house, or Langbiang mountains with a tiled roof system at the base of the peak sloping out like the mountainside). In front there is also a clock face recording the time when Dr. Yersin discovered the Langbiang plateau (3:30 p.m. on June 21, 1893).

Sketch by artist Ho Hung

Sketch by Khanh Van - Student of Nguyen Tat Thanh University

Sketch by Architect Bui Hoang Bao

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Sketch by Architect Nguyen Hoang Lam

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Currently, the station only operates for tourism and visiting Linh Phuoc Pagoda (Da Lat - Trai Mat station route is 7 km long).

Sketch by Architect Hoang Huu Dat

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Sketch by Architect Tran Nhat Minh

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Sketch by Architect Nguyen Khanh Vu

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Sketch by student of University of Architecture Ngo Quoc Thuan

Sketch by artist Pham Minh Chuong

(*): Each locomotive is equipped with a one-way gear system (so that when the engine stops, the train will not slide downhill). When climbing the pass, this gear will "fit tightly" with the cogwheel row between the two rails. This unique cogwheel rail previously only existed in Da Lat and Switzerland, unfortunately now it no longer exists in Da Lat. In April 2023, the world's leading train manufacturing group Stadler (Switzerland) wanted to participate in the project to restore the Da Lat - Thap Cham cogwheel railway.

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