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Cog railroad9/20/2023 ![]() The highland town, about 1,500 meters above sea level, is one of Vietnam’s most popular tourist destinations. Photo courtesy of Vietnam Architecture magazine.ĭalat, which used to be called a "Little Paris" in Vietnam by the French, is the capital of the Central Highland province of Lam Dong. Dalat Railway Station in Dalat town, Lam Dong province. From January 2025 to June 2029, the design of the project, site clearance, construction, and the purchase of rolling stock and carriages would be completed. The investor’s proposal is that preparations for the project, completing the feasibility report, and getting government approval are expected to be completed by December 2024. Of this, nearly VND2.2 trillion ($93.52 million) would come from the state budget for site clearance, while the investor would contribute over VND26.8 trillion ($1.14 billion), or 92.54%. In terms of cost and financing, the estimated price tag (not including interest on loans to finance the project) would be VND24.9 trillion ($1.06 billion). In the proposal by Bach Dang JSC, the project would be completed in 2029, with a test run period expected for December of that year. It opened in 1938, becoming Indochina’s most beautiful railway station, and now serves as a tourist destination popular among both Vietnamese and foreign travelers. The other end would be Dalat Station, designed in 1932 by two French architects named Moncet and Reveron. One end of the project would be Thap Cham Station in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan, which is also part of the national North-South railway network. The Ministry of Transport is looking at the firm’s proposal, and an investment decision will be made by the Prime Minister’s office. Photo courtesy of Vietnam Architecture magazine.īach Dang Hotel Complex, Trading, and Service JSC, based in the central coastal city of Danang, has proposed the mammoth restoration project more than four decades after the iconic line was abandoned due to a lack of fuel after 1975. A tourist train at Dalat Station in Lam Dong province, Vietnam's Central Highlands. A cog railway, or rack railway, is a steep-grade railway with a toothed rack rail between the running tracks. The 84-km line is a unique feature of Vietnam’s railroad history because globally, the only remaining operating cog railway is in Switzerland. Cog/rack section: 6.A private Vietnamese company has proposed a public-private partnership (PPP) that would cost nearly VND29 trillion ($1.23 billion) to restore the Thap Cham-Dalat railroad, the only cog railway in Vietnam built before 1975.Journey time: 25 minutes uphill / 30 minutes downhill.Double railcar capacity: 130 seats and 70 standing places, i.e 200 people/journey, 400 people/hour. ![]() ![]() Brannenburg/Inntal valley station: 508 m above sea level.The journey up to the Wendelstein is an unforgettable experience in itself as it passes through lush flowering alpine meadows, shady forests and over jagged cliffs! Technical data on the Wendelstein cog railway: The journey time was reduced from 55 minutes for a single journey to just under 30 minutes with the new double railcars. ![]() Now for over a century, the cog railway in Brannenburg has been providing mountaineers, hikers and skiers with a reliable and convenient method of ascending to the summit of one of the most beautiful panoramic mountains between Lake Chiemsee and Lake Tegernsee. Otto von Steinbeis achieved a pioneering engineering masterpiece with the construction of an electric cog railway on the Wendelstein between 19. Cog railway Germany’s first high-alpine railway ![]()
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