Businessman wants to buy unused railway for tourism development

by lhltckfrtg on 2012-02-27 09:19:44

Weibo recommendation | Today's Weibo hot topics Reporter Jin Chen and Tang Yi of the Express. Is Wang Changhong's idea possible? Yesterday, I reflected the idea of setting up an observation railway to Mr. Ji Tingliang, Deputy Director of Wuxi Taihu National Resort Zone Management Committee. Ji Tingliang told me that the idea of setting up an observation railway is good, but it is not very feasible. He analyzed that the Mashi area indeed has beautiful natural scenery and the famous Ling Mountain Buddha, but most of these landscapes are static, with little interaction with tourists and not much change in the scenery. According to Wang Changhong's idea, setting up an observation railway in the Mashi area may be welcomed by tourists at first, but in the long term, the Mashi area of Wuxi lacks the ability to support such a tourism mode like island tour by small train.

The management committee said the idea is good, but the feasibility is low.

It was learned that Henan Dancheng County decided to build an observation small train railway from the People's Square to the park in 2010. The railway is 4.5 kilometers long, equipped with one simulated steam locomotive, one simulated coal-water car, and three enclosed antique carriages. The line uses P24 international light rail with a gauge of 762 mm, and the construction cost is 9.2145 million yuan. However, unexpectedly, due to the lack of real scenic spots along the observation railway, and the derailment on the first day of trial operation in December last year, this nearly ten-million-yuan railway has been basically idle for a long time, with few passengers taking this small train. After the media reported, it immediately triggered heated discussions among netizens, and this nearly ten-million-yuan observation railway line was criticized as wasteful, and its current situation is very embarrassing.

In 2010, Dancheng County in eastern Henan Province, which is economically underdeveloped, spent nearly ten million yuan to build an observation narrow-gauge railway, which has been idle for a long time and caused controversy. Yesterday, Wang Changhong, the founder of Wuxi famous "Moving King" - Suda Moving and Transportation Co., Ltd., came to the Express and said that he wanted to buy this idle observation railway and move it to Mashi, a famous scenic spot in Wuxi, to create an observation railway tourist route.

"Since the railway is idle in Dancheng County, it might as well be moved to Wuxi, where it could be useful." After hearing the news, Wang Changhong, an entrepreneur in Wuxi, told the Express reporter that there is currently no observation railway tourist route in Wuxi, so he wants to buy this idle observation railway under his personal investment, then transport the usable parts such as the tracks and locomotives to Wuxi, and create Wuxi's first observation railway tourist route. In order to ensure the safety of this railway tourist route, he will also invite experts in relevant fields to ensure safety. Where will this route be set? Wang Changhong told the reporter that he plans to set up this observation railway in the Mashi area, preliminarily planned to center around the Great Buddha, facing the beautiful Taihu Lake, circling the island. In this way, after tourists come to Mashi, they can sit leisurely on the small train, watching the majestic Great Buddha while enjoying the shimmering scenery of Taihu Lake.

The use of idle observation railways has sparked heated discussions.

The moving king wants to move the observation railway to Mashi.

In addition, since the Mashi area faces Taihu Lake, if you want to set up a small train tour route there, the requirements for environmental assessment and related links are very high, and currently, Mashi is building an international tourist island, and the mid-to-long-term control plan of the tourist island has basically taken shape, but the plan does not include content related to observation trains.

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