Remove the self-opened path through the railway line from Da Lat station to Trai Mat

On July 24, Lam Dong Provincial People's Committee issued a plan to implement the elimination of self-opened paths across the railway and ensure a safe railway traffic corridor from Da Lat station to Trai Mat.

Tourists visit Da Lat train station

The plan will be implemented in 3 years, from 2023 to 2025. In the immediate future, the Provincial People's Committee assigned the Department of Transport and Da Lat City to carry out propaganda, dissemination and education of laws on railway traffic safety for people living along both sides of the railway line from Da Lat station to Trai Mat.

In 2023, the authorities will review the land area in the railway traffic safety corridor that has been granted land use right certificates to organizations and individuals; develop a land recovery plan... Coordinate with the management agencies of the railway line from Da Lat station to Trai Mat to establish a management dossier for railway land and railway safety corridor land.

At the same time, plans were made to build level crossings at 4 locations and build 4 fences separating the railway and the road to eliminate self-opened paths, ensuring order and safety of railway traffic.

Develop a plan to build level crossings at 4 locations and build 4 fences separating the railway and the road.

In 2024, carry out the marking of land boundaries for railways in the field to hand over to local management, complete the plan and implement compensation and support for land and works within the railway safety corridor.

Enforce the clearance of re-encroachment works, illegal construction works on recovered land or violating railway safety corridors; strictly and thoroughly handle organizations and individuals who illegally encroach and use railway safety corridors.

The railway line from Da Lat station to Trai Mat (Ward 12, Da Lat City) is the remaining section of the cog railway line from Phan Rang - Thap Cham City ( Ninh Thuan ) to Da Lat, built by the French from 1908 to 1932. The entire line has a total length of nearly 84 km, including 16 km of cog railway, 12 stations, and 5 underpasses.

Map of Thap Cham - Da Lat railway route

However, after 1975, almost all the rails and sleepers on this railway line were removed. Currently, only the Trai Mat - Da Lat section, about 7 km long, remains for tourism purposes.

In 2015, the Prime Minister approved adjustments to the master plan for the development of Vietnam's railway transport until 2020, with a vision to 2030; including a policy to restore the Thap Cham - Da Lat cog railway line.

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