Must-attractions in Dalat – Dalat Railway Station
Dalat Railway Station is a railway station on the Da Lat–Thap Cham Railway line in Vietnam, serving the town of Da Lat in Lâm Đồng Province. It was a narrow-gauge railway built by Frenchmen. After the war, it was abandoned. In 1990, it was put into use for running the 7-kilometre tourism route from the Station to the nearby Trai Mat village. Dominated by orange-red tone, the Station has three sharp roofs and stained glass, highlighting the ancient exotic.
Regarded as one of the finest piece of colonial engineering and architecture in Vietnam, the station was designed in Art Deco style which is perfectly in harmony with local characteristics and culture. Its three high pointed roofs resemble the three peaks of Lang Biang Mountain or as some people say, the communal house of ethnic minorities in Central Highland of Vietnam (called Nha Rong). Each roof contains multi-color glass window and the central roof has a huge clock which has been restored recently.
