Dalat Raylway Station - Dalat, Vietnam
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Dalat Railway Station is a railway station on the Dalat–Thap Cham Railway line in Vietnam, serving the town of Dalat in Lam Dong Province. It was designed in 1932 by French architects Moncet and Reveron, and opened in 1938.
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Location: Vietnam
Date Posted: 04/03/2012
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Built in 1938, Dalat Railway Station was designed in the Art Deco architectural style by French architects Moncet and Reveron. The three roofs, said to represent the three peaks of Dalat's iconic Lang Biang mountain, are also reminiscent of Normandy's Trouville-Deauville Station.
Under each roof is a multicoloured glass window, and under the central roof is a large clock, which has recently been restored. Inside the station, the elevated roofs create a raised ceiling. At the front of the station is a Porte-cochère, or coach gate, supported by two rows of twelve columns each. The station's unique design earned it recognition as a national historical monument in 2001.
Largely unused since abandonment of the railway during the later years of the Vietnam War, it was returned to a limited level of service in the 1990s with the reopening of a 7 km (4.3 mi) section of track leading to the nearby village of Trai Mat, and operated as a tourist attraction.
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