The metre-gauge railway is a brilliant historical and cultural calling card of Yunnan. In recent years, travelling on the metre-gauge railway has become a popular form of entertainment for many citizens and tourists. Between entertainment and consumption, the appearance of the metre-gauge railway has passed through the dust of history and gradually become clear to the public. What are the most popular attractions on the metre-gauge railway after the continuous construction in recent years? What are the most interesting? How is the construction of the metre-gauge block progressing?

Locomotive Night Market: delicious, fun and lively

Kunming North Railway Station is the starting point of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway. It carries the past and present of the Yunnan Railway. The journey through Kunming over a century begins here. Today, the locomotive night market next to Kunming North Railway Station is not only a place to eat, but also a fun and lively social place. With its unique station and railway elements as its theme, it has attracted many tourists and locals.

A few days ago, this reporter followed the crowd into the Locomotive Night Market. The first thing that caught his eye was a very long railway carriage. The carriage had been converted into a place to sell barbecue and milk tea. Tables, chairs and benches were neatly arranged beside the carriage for customers to use. Eating in this environment has a unique flavour.

Li Yanqing, assistant to the chairman of Yunnan Aosidi Industrial Co, Ltd, the management of the Locomotive Night Market, introduced that at present, the road section where the merchants lay the road is located in the eastern section of the metre gauge track of the North Station, which retains some railway facilities; while the western section retains a relatively complete railway scene, which is a good place for sightseeing and taking pictures. At the Locomotive Night Market, visitors can visit the Yunnan Railway Museum to learn about the metre-gauge railway culture, taste the special flavours of the food, and also visit the Jacaranda Park in May to witness the blooming of the season's flowers.

It is worth mentioning that the Yunnan Railway Museum has attracted more than 500,000 citizens to visit in the past two years.

Fanghuali Metre-gauge Cultural and Creative Market integrates gaming, shopping and entertainment.

At the intersection of Renmin East Road, Donghua Community and Tianyuanli, a special meter-gauge market is very popular. The Fanghuali Meter Gauge Cultural and Creative Market near Donghua Community is 618 metres long. Since its construction in 2017, it has presented a complex operation of hotels, restaurants, offices and other business formats. Along the metre-gauge to the north, on the side of Tianyuanli, a new metre-gauge market, about 700 metres long, is under construction and will soon be open to the public.

The Fanghuali Meter Gauge Cultural and Creative Market is a special block built on the meter gauge, integrating specialty food, intangible cultural heritage, cultural and creative products and landscape “check-in”. Walking along the meter gauge, you can see restaurants, “check-in” facilities, cinemas, flower landscapes, etc. It is a great spot for leisurely visits and snapshots. A local resident said it was easy to relax here, and drinking beer and eating barbecue on the track was even more unique.

It is reported that the Fanghuali Metre-long Cultural and Creative Market was built in three stages. The stalls that have been built so far focus on the vibrant atmosphere in the city; the second phase will focus on attracting various artists and aesthetic managers to settle down and continuously enhance the influence, radiation and attractiveness of Fanghuali by holding cultural activities such as concerts and art exhibitions; the third phase will focus on creating a number of competitive cultural brands, forming a number of development experiences that can be replicated and promoted, and adding a new landmark that can highlight the cultural characteristics of Guandu and the development of industrial clusters.

Yan Rui, the person in charge of the market management, introduced that along this section of the metre-gauge north, a new metre-gauge market with a length of about 700 metres has been renovated and built. It is called Meter Gauge MAP and will soon be open to the public. "This section will be mainly catering, but there will also be other formats." Yan Rui said there would be 10 metre-gauge carriages in the metre-gauge section, and Michelin locomotives will be placed outside for people to take photos. There will also be entertainment venues such as skateboard sports parks.

Mayuan Station: A great place for fun and leisure

Mayuan Station was formerly known as Kunming West Station. The retro yellow walls with green windows, timeworn train tracks and nostalgic buildings stand out beautifully against the backdrop of the blue sky and white clouds, attracting many locals and tourists. On social media sites such as the Red Note, many bloggers have posted pictures of themselves here, attracting netizens to like and comment. During the Spring Festival, this place has become the first choice for many people to visit.

The aunt who sells guandu baba said that during the Spring Festival of the Year of the Snake, she could sell hundreds of guandu baba every day, and the perilla flavour is the most popular.

A lady who brought her family here said that the place that impressed her most was the green train. Seeing the green train reminded her of the experience of riding the train when she was a child. Aunt Wang, who came to hang out with her daughter, said that the platform at Mayuan Station was her favourite place. The colour scheme of the platform is very novel, the combination of yellow and green is eye-catching, and it is also very photogenic.

At night it is still bustling. Under the interplay of light and shadow, people took photos, visited the metre-gauge track, and had a drink and a chat in the food shop, which was very pleasant.

According to Xu Xiaoping, the person in charge of Yunnan Cultural Tourism and Transportation Development Co, Ltd, which is responsible for the construction of this section of the railway, the Mayuan station has a memory-tasting market and will hold railway exhibitions from time to time to bring the people an immersive railway cultural experience and colourful cultural performances.

The cultural and tourism resources of the urban area are interlinked.

The 12.4-kilometre line from Kunming North Station to Shizui, a relic of the "Yunnan-Myanmar Railway", is called the "Kunshi Line". At the end of 2016, the "Kunshi Line" was completely suspended due to the construction of Metro Line 4. In June 2022, with the signing of the strategic cooperation agreement for the Yunnan Province Centennial Meter-gauge Tourism Development and Operation Project (hereinafter referred to as the "Centennial Meter-gauge Project"), the Centennial Meter-gauge was reborn. The Centennial Meter-gauge Project focuses on the protection and development of meter-gauge railway resources. It plans to reopen the 12-kilometre railway from Kunming North to Shizui, and first build the meter-gauge Xiyuan Road to Xiaocaiyuan Block and Greenway. The "metre gauge + business format + greenway" approach will create a composite urban linear landscape that integrates humanities, ecology and tourism. In June 2024, the construction plan of the Mayuan to Xiaocaiyuan Meter-gauge Block Project passed the evaluation of the large-scale characteristic market in Wuhua District. The project was officially launched and basically completed and officially put into operation during the National Day celebration.

According to reports, the metre-gauge block from Mayuan to Xiaocaiyuan is about 3 kilometres long and is divided into 5 sections by Xiyuan Road, Dianmian Road, Hongshan East Road, Jianshe Road, Lianhuachi Zheng Street and Minyuan Road, connecting 4 street offices in Wuhua District. A total of 1 urban greenway, 2 characteristic pocket parks and 5 historical and cultural blocks have been built along the route.

Among them, a neighbourhood market and an internet celebrity check-in wall between Dianmian Road and Hongshan East Road; jacaranda will be planted along the entire route, and a rose wall will be set up for tourists to visit and take pictures. A cultural and creative market and a ginkgo forest will be set up between Hongshan East Road and Jianshe Road; a cultural corridor will be established between Jianshe Road and Lianhuachi Zheng Street, and bougainvillea will also be planted.

As a key project for the transformation of the metre-gauge micro-spaces, the two characteristic pocket parks have entered the final phase of construction. Among them, the sunken pocket park has been completed and the event planning has been finalised. It pioneered the concept of "urban soundscape theatre" and planned special scenes such as choral performances and immersive fireside music. Starry sky symphony nights and ballad fireside parties will be held in the future. The main landscape project of Yimumian Pocket Park has been completed, and brand investment promotion is being carried out in an orderly manner. It is planned to introduce experience formats such as boutique coffee workshops and plant aesthetics laboratories, and to launch complex social scenes such as urban wild afternoon tea and ecological art exhibitions in cooperation with settled merchants.

The five historical and cultural blocks fully explore the history and culture of the existing blocks, and on the premise of respecting history, expand the characteristics and style, and create block market spaces such as "Mayuan Memory Tasting Market", "Neighbourhood Market", "Cultural and Creative Market" and "Cultural Corridor".

At present, the block has completed the construction of Mayuan to Jianshe Road. The railway relics, meter-gauge landscape buildings, ginkgo forests, bougainvillea flower walls, jacarandas, Chinese rose walls, Yunnan specialty food and other check-in points in the block are very popular with tourists. In particular, the metre-gauge line passes through areas rich in tourism resources, such as Dianchi-Xishan-Mayuan-National Southwest Associated University Site-Jacaranda Block-Lianhuachi Park-Panlong River-Kunming North Railway Station, which can realize the stringing of cultural and tourism resources in Kunming City.

米轨是云南一张闪亮的历史文化名片。近年来，打卡米轨成为不少市民和游客热衷的游玩方式之一，在娱乐和消费间，也让米轨的面貌穿过历史尘埃，逐渐在公众视野里再次清晰起来。经过近年来的不断打造，现在去打卡米轨，哪些景点较受欢迎？有哪些有趣的玩场？米轨街区建设进展如何？记者进行了走访。

火车头夜市 好吃好玩有活力

昆明火车北站是滇越铁路的起始点，承载着云南铁路的前世今生，穿越百年的昆明之旅从这里开启。如今，昆明火车北站旁的火车头夜市，不仅是一个美食聚集地，更是一个充满乐趣和活力的社交场所。其以独特的火车站和铁路元素为主题，吸引了众多游客和当地人。

日前，记者跟随人流进入火车头夜市，首先映入眼帘的是一节很长的火车车厢。车厢被改造成烧烤和奶茶的售卖地，车厢旁错落有致地放置着桌椅板凳，供顾客使用。在这种环境下就餐，别有一番风味。

火车头夜市的管理方云南奥斯迪实业有限公司董事长助理李燕青介绍，目前，商家铺设路段位于北站米轨的东段，留存部分铁路设施；而西段则保留有较为完整的铁路场景，是游览、拍照的好去处。来到火车头夜市，游客可以参观云南铁路博物馆，了解米轨铁路文化；可以品尝特色风味美食；还可以在5月打卡蓝花楹公园，见证当季繁花盛景。

值得一提的是，云南铁路博物馆近两年来吸引超50万市民前去参观打卡。

芳华里米轨文创集市 集玩购娱于一体

在人民东路和东华小区、田园里交会地带，一条特色米轨集市备受欢迎。靠东华小区一带的芳华里米轨文创集市长618米，自2017年打造以来，呈现出酒店、餐饮、办公等业态复合经营的现状。沿着米轨向北，在田园里一侧，一段长约700米的米轨新集市正在建设，即将面向市民开放。

芳华里米轨文创集市是依托米轨打造的特色街区，集特色美食、非遗文化、文创产品、景观打卡等功能于一体。沿着米轨行走，可见餐饮美食店、打卡装置、电影院、花卉景观等，是休闲打卡的好去处。一位附近的居民说，来这儿很容易放松心情，在轨道上边喝啤酒边吃烧烤更是别有一番风味。

据了解，芳华里米轨文创集市分三个阶段进行打造。目前打造完成的摊位注重城市里的烟火气息；第二阶段将着重吸引各类艺术家、美学主理人入驻，通过举办音乐会、艺术展览等文艺活动，不断提升芳华里的影响力、辐射力和吸引力；第三阶段将重点打造一批具有竞争力的文化品牌，形成一批能够复制推广的发展经验，增加一个能够彰显官渡文化特色和产业集群发展的新地标。

该集市管理方相关负责人闫蕊介绍，沿着这段米轨朝北，一段长约700米的米轨新集市已在装修打造，这里被命名为米轨MAP，即将面向市民开放。“这一段会以餐饮为主，也会有其他业态呈现。”闫蕊说，在米轨上将有10节米轨车厢，以及米其林火车头外摆供市民打卡。此外，还有滑板运动公园等娱乐场所。

麻园站 寻趣休闲好去处

麻园站原名昆明西站。复古的黄墙绿窗、年代悠久的火车轨道和怀旧的建筑，在蓝天白云映衬下，让人眼前一亮，吸引众多市民游客前往。在小红书等社交媒体上，不少博主晒出在此打卡的图片，吸引网友纷纷点赞评论。春节期间，这里更是成为不少人的首选打卡地。

卖官渡粑粑的阿姨介绍，蛇年春节期间，她每天可以卖出上百个官渡粑粑，苏子味最受欢迎。

一位带家人来游玩的女士说，令她印象深刻的地方是绿皮火车，看到绿皮火车，就想起小时候坐火车的经历。和女儿一起来游玩的王阿姨说，麻园站站台是她们最喜欢的地方，站台配色十分新颖，黄绿搭配让人眼前一亮，拍照还很出片。

晚上，这里依旧人头攒动。灯影交织下，人们在米轨边拍照打卡、在美食店里小酌畅聊，十分惬意。

据负责该段米轨打造的云南文旅交通发展有限公司相关负责人徐小平介绍，麻园站设有记忆寻味集市，会不定期举办米轨展览，为市民带来沉浸式的米轨文化体验和丰富多彩的文化演出活动。

市区文旅资源串珠成链

“滇缅铁路”遗存下来的昆明北站至石咀的12.4公里线路，被称为“昆石线”。2016年底因修建地铁4号线，“昆石线”全面停运。2022年6月，随着云南省百年米轨旅游开发运营项目（以下简称“百年米轨项目”）战略合作协议的签署，百年米轨得以重获新生。百年米轨项目围绕保护开发米轨铁路资源，规划拟复通昆明北至石咀12公里铁路，并先期建设米轨西园路至小菜园街区及绿道，通过“米轨+业态+绿道”的方式，打造集人文、生态、旅游于一体的复合型城市线性景观。2024年6月，麻园至小菜园米轨街区项目建设方案通过五华区规模化特色集市评审，项目正式开工并在国庆期间基本建成，正式开街运营。

据介绍，麻园至小菜园米轨街区长约3公里，被西园路、滇缅大道、虹山东路、建设路、莲花池正街及民院路切分为5个区间，串联起五华区4个街道办事处。沿线共建设完工1条城市绿道、2个特色口袋公园、5个历史文化街区。

其中，滇缅大道到虹山东路区间设置邻里集市、网红打卡墙，全线栽种蓝花楹并设置月季花墙供游客打卡拍照；虹山东路到建设路区间设置文创集市、银杏林；建设路到莲花池正街区间设置文化长廊、栽种三角梅。

作为米轨微空间改造重点项目，两大特色口袋公园已进入建设收官阶段。其中，下沉口袋公园全园竣工并完成活动策划，首创“城市声景剧场”概念，规划有合唱活动演出、沉寂式围炉音乐等特色场景，未来将举办星空交响夜、民谣围炉会。异木棉口袋公园主体景观工程全面落成，正有序推进品牌招商，拟引入精品咖啡工坊、植物美学实验室等体验业态，联动入驻商户推出城市野趣下午茶、生态艺术展等复合型社交场景。

5个历史文化街区则充分挖掘既有街区历史文化，在尊重历史的前提下，放大特色风貌，打造“麻园记忆寻味集市”“邻里集市”“文创集市”“文化长廊”等街区集市空间。

目前，街区已完成麻园至建设路的建设。街区内的火车文物、米轨风格景观建筑、银杏林、三角梅花墙、蓝花楹、月季花墙、云南特色美食等打卡点都很受游客喜欢。特别是米轨沿线经过滇池—西山—麻园—西南联大遗址—蓝花楹街区—莲花池公园—盘龙江—昆明北站等旅游资源丰富的区域，可实现昆明市区文旅资源串珠成链。