Bisezhai, A Major Station On Yunnan-Vietnam
Railway
11
kilometers from downtown Mengzi, Bisezhai used to be an extra-large
station
on Yunnan-Vietnam Railway. Being the juncture of the meter-gauge Yunnan-Vietnam
Railway and the inch-gauge Gejiu-Bisezhai-Shiping Railway, the station was also
the hub for cargo transshipment. In the heyday of the two railways, businessmen
from France, UK, USA, Germany and Greece swarmed into Bisezhai to set up companies,
firms, bars and coffee shops, whilst governments of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
and the Republic of China (1912-1949) had established post offices and taxation
authorities there. Bisezhai has well preserved the major architectures of that time,
such as the rows of French-style buildings, the waiting hall of the station, the big
French railway clock and the Geluz Bar, etc.
on Yunnan-Vietnam Railway. Being the juncture of the meter-gauge Yunnan-Vietnam
Railway and the inch-gauge Gejiu-Bisezhai-Shiping Railway, the station was also
the hub for cargo transshipment. In the heyday of the two railways, businessmen
from France, UK, USA, Germany and Greece swarmed into Bisezhai to set up companies,
firms, bars and coffee shops, whilst governments of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
and the Republic of China (1912-1949) had established post offices and taxation
authorities there. Bisezhai has well preserved the major architectures of that time,
such as the rows of French-style buildings, the waiting hall of the station, the big
French railway clock and the Geluz Bar, etc.
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