高雄港车站 at 高雄市鼓山区 was built originally for commercial freight purpose and after the line was stopped, it is now servicing as a museum. A couple of old trains are still in the station, the office still looks as if the clerk has only went on annual leave, and even the station master's uniform are still there for tourists to try. Instead of busy goods transactions and transportation, it is now a quiet place for Taiwanese to rest and relax, and fly some kites if they'd like to. This is a piece of history that Kaohsiung intends to keep and educate their people how things used to work around the station. We have a railway station that is no longer in operation as well. But I know Singapore will not want to keep that old railway station at that prime location, especially when it makes more economical sense to give way to yet another condominium or hotel. And even if we do surprisingly keep it as a museum, I'll expect to pay through my nose to visit it, not free like the 打狗鐵道故事館.
No comments:
Post a Comment