The straightened, double tracks are sure to make travel safer and speedier. In general, as the old replaces the new, what is sought are things that go higher, faster, and farther. Will the no-longer-needed old tracks and stations enjoy a easy-going old age, or will they promptly be tossed into the dustbin of history?
截彎取直後的雙軌山線勢必能使旅行更安全更迅速，然而當新技術推陳出新，尋求更高、更快、更遠，功成身退的老鐵道和老車站能不能享有一點老來清福，還是從此走入歷史？