The value and future prospects of the cultural and historical sites on the Mountain Line urgently require further understanding and consensus, "says Chen Yuh-jean, executive director of the NTU Building and Planning Research Foundation, who has been researching and surveying the Mountain Line for over a year now. Similar problems have plagued many World Heritage sites around the world.
「即使全世界的人都愛你，你自己卻不珍惜，那也是絕對進不了世界遺產的，」國立台北藝術大學建築古蹟研究所所長林會承表示。而舊山線鐵路的勝興車站自從成為知名觀光景點之後，商機湧現，車站附近一下子出現了十六家餐廳。