Dugu Travels: Train to spring, Jiayang train one-day tour

Number of days: 1 day
Time: March
Average cost: 250 yuan
With whom: and parents
Updated: 2023.03.16

This so-called travelogue, because it is a simple day, should be the relatively simplest of all my travelogues, just make a record and leave a souvenir.

In the past two weeks, there were originally two plans to travel nearby with my parents, one is the Chrysostom River Grand Canyon mentioned in the previous travelogue (China-TravelNote has not been able to post it, no explanation, China-TravelNote has been like this in the past few years, many travelogues can't be posted here), especially thanks to the enthusiastic reply of the travelogue local forum, let me have a three-day and two-night tour plan for the Jinkou River Grand Canyon, Gulu Village (cliff village) and Dawa Mountain, One is to prepare to go to Zhaohua Ancient City and Jianmen Pass again for three days and two nights. And this week's plan is the Chrysostom River Grand Canyon, but a homestay owner contacted over there was very enthusiastic and told me that the current season is not too good, and it is recommended to go in April, and then I told the old people before that they wanted to go out, and they were also looking forward to it, so they simply changed it to a one-day trip to Jiayang train on this day.

In fact, the Jiayang train has now created several flower seasons, you can take pictures, but this period of time is when the rape flowers are in full bloom, the week of the day we go (March 15), it should be regarded as the tail of the rape flowers, you may be able to see some in the next few days, and in a few days, it is estimated that there will be basically nothing left of the rape flowers.

We set off from Chengdu at 9 a.m., but I didn't directly navigate to the destination of the Jiayang train, since I went out, the "stop" highway had to pass by Leshan Wutong Bridge, so I had to eat the famous "Xiba tofu". So when I booked the train ticket in advance on China-TravelNote, I considered this factor, originally assuming 13 o'clock, and then called to consult, if I didn't arrive, I couldn't postpone it, so I simply booked a ticket for 14 o'clock.

When I got off the highway and was about to arrive in Xiba Town, I was still in the car telling the old people that the tofu in Wutong Bridge was very famous before, and I hadn't eaten it for a long time, who knew that it was actually on the way into the town, actually! !

I believe that when friends from Sichuan come over, they should also park and come to two cans like us.

Before coming, I checked on the Internet, everyone recommends three stores in the town: Fangde, Cucumber Scoop and Sanba Hotel, I directly chose Fangde, driving into the town is to pass the "Sanba Hotel" first, not far from the intersection is Fangde and Cucumber Scoop, these two are very interesting, they are actually next to each other, if you drive to Fangde, it is easy to find yourself parked at the door of the cucumber scoop when you park directly...

Let's take a look at the positions of these two... And this also decided, we originally just wanted to have lunch here, but we didn't expect that after the train was over, we came over to have dinner at the cucumber scoop next door, which is amazing!

My wife and I took three elderly people and a group of five people for lunch at Fangde Xiba Tofu, although Xiba Tofu is known as more than 100 kinds of tofu dishes, we can only order a few items, and we have to take care of the taste of the elderly. The wife ordered crab roe tofu pudding, lantern tofu, three fresh tofu, silver carp tofu and shredded beef, and then looked at the nest head on the table next to her, and added another one, a total of 230 yuan.

The

route from Xiba to Jiayang Train Yuejin Station, I will talk a little more to my friends, and the navigation display is the two main choices, as shown in the figure below

Everyone must look at the key points, the difference of 5 minutes in time, the difference in distance is doubled! 23 kilometers are township roads, not even township roads, many unnamed roads, and 48 kilometers are mainly highways. Because after eating at about 12:40, we thought that the closer way to the destination was not 13:30 on the highway, and the ticket was set at 14 o'clock, so the time was very easy, so we chose the first plan. I didn't take pictures on the road, just to remind everyone, walking through the countryside, the scenery is okay, the road is really narrow, the fork in the road carefully look at the navigation otherwise you will drive wrong, fortunately, although the navigation prompt is difficult to get the wrong car (not so exaggerated, there are several intersections that are basically impossible to get the wrong car) In fact, there are very few cars, we only got 3 or 4 cars wrong along the way, in short, if you have friends to go here, choose for yourself. We didn't eat Xiba tofu for dinner on the way back, originally I thought about taking the high-speed route, but I didn't expect that the final navigation was still the old road of the guide, and as a result, there was a little accident on the township road, which is not detailed (anyway, I asked the 4S store today and found out that I gave too much, dripping blood!). These are all provided for your reference.

The train is actually from Shixi Town to Bagou Town, but the train in Shixi Town is in the morning and in the evening, and the fare is very cheap for locals, and tourists generally go to Yuejin Station.

I will talk a little more here, the entire Jiayang train here, actually belongs to the Jiayang Xiaolu Lake Scenic Area, the entire scenic spot includes the train, as well as Bagou Town, Huangcun Mine, Xiaolu Lake, Jurassic Park and other several scenic spots, because we take the elderly, especially my mother-in-law's legs and feet are not good, so many places we don't go, if the friends come with children, to experience other attractions, the one-day tour time may be more tight, of course, if Chengdu It's okay to come directly and not like we were delayed for 2 hours at Xiba Tofu. There are also hotels and homestays in Bagou Town, which is more convenient.

Tickets must be booked online (China-TravelNote or other platforms) in advance, although we came on Wednesday, not on the weekend, but the car is still full of people, the rapeseed flower season, don't underestimate the enthusiasm of the uncles and aunts! We came to exchange tickets at 13:30, and it was already the last few seats of the last train (5 in total).

The small train is half narrower than the ordinary train, the seats are all wooden, the carriages are very crowded, in fact, it is not comfortable to sit, I have to take pictures, I am standing the whole time.

Each carriage is equipped with a docent, and it is very careful along the way, including the past and present life of the entire Jiayang Coal Mine, which is still very interesting, if you bring your children, you must listen carefully and feel how much Sichuan has contributed to the victory of the entire Anti-Japanese War as the rear during the Anti-Japanese War!

After getting on the train, the train departs on time, and my wife is still saying that there is a little feeling that we are taking a small train in Sri Lanka , of course, if there are friends who have taken the small train in Sri Lanka , you can know that this is just the feeling of the three words "small train", the small train in Sri Lanka is in the tea plantation, and the scenery by the sea is indeed very beautiful.

This season, the whole trip is one hour and twenty minutes.

The

train has to stop for a while at the "Bee Rock" station, and we also have to change the front of the train when the return train is wrong, And here we departed from the fifth car to the first car!

I want to talk a little more about this stop, if the main purpose of the friends is to take pictures, I will mention it to you later, then do not take the train, drive to the "Bee Rock", walk from here, and several follow-up check-in photo spots, all related to this place.

My mother came to take the train a long time ago, and she said that the ticket was 3 yuan at that time... And now we come to the one-way ticket for 80 yuan, round-trip 160 yuan, you can imagine how far the 160 yuan high-speed rail can take. However, after we came, we understood, but they were taking the kind of travel that locals ride, and now this kind of open to tourists, although expensive, has added some items.

For example, the second parking point, which is also the first place for passengers to get off the bus to take photos and check in, is the place where the most Internet celebrity photos are taken. After we get off the train, we will specially arrange a steam train to drive over and spray steam to take pictures for everyone, so the people in the five carriages flock down to grab a good position on a small slope!

Therefore, everyone must return to my suggestion above, do not take a car, just take pictures. In this performance project, the whole process of the train driving over is about 30 seconds (there is a video display later), so on the one hand, you didn't choose the position well, and the shooting was not good, and on the other hand, it was also my biggest experience this time. So, if you just want to come and take pictures, you can only drive to Bee Rock to park and walk over as I started to say, and if you want to shoot a satisfactory blockbuster, you have to use a drone or something, maybe you don't have to wait for a train, you should wait several times, this is also up to you.

This is the train to spring in rape flowers

I will share a video with you, I am responsible for taking pictures and my wife taking videos, originally I processed the video, removed the original sound and added music, But I feel that the lack of the roar of the train itself is boring, so I put the original video, there is a human voice in the second half, please ignore

This station is called "Caizi Dam", it is a C-shaped big turn, the docent told us that we don't stop, in summer, the C-ring is full of lotus flowers, and we will stop to take pictures. In fact, this place, after looking at the photos, I realized that it still looks good from a drone perspective.

This is a picture I later found at the terminal Bagou Station, so I know what it was like here at its most beautiful time, but this place seems to be accessible by car.

Basically, from here, the train line is always with the tourist road to Bagou Town

Not

long after here, we stopped again, but didn't get off, because the previous was a climbing section, and we kept going up the mountain, so the train used an internal combustion locomotive. Here the front of the locomotive was changed again, and it became the steam locomotive that everyone was looking forward to.

As mentioned above, because the first time we changed the front of the car in the fifth carriage was the first section, I just recorded a video of changing the front of the car to share with you.

Stop again, it is also the second time we get off, it seems to be called "Liangshuituo Observation Deck", this time after we all got off, the small truck we took returned and then drove back in to show everyone, here the train will spray water on the side, in fact, if there is sunlight, there will be a rainbow on one side, it is also very beautiful, I will first find two pictures on the Internet to illustrate.

Then, when we stopped, there was still sunshine, and when our little train started performing, the sun hid, and when we finished performing last time, the sun came out. Do you think it's embarrassing?

So, it's still the same sentence, if you want to take pictures, you can only drive over and wait...

So, the following includes the video, which is our real scene.

Let me share with the friends who need to take pictures, there are two platforms for taking pictures on the spot, and after looking at the picture with a rainbow I posted above, you should find that the high platform is the best.

Get

on the bus again from here and soon reach the end point, Bagou Town.

This town is not big, but it has a lot of memory of the times, so it is still very popular with the elderly.

In addition, after getting off the train, you can choose to take a bell car into the mine to visit, I started to say, we took the old man and didn't consider this itinerary at all, if the friends brought their children, the Huangcun Mine is still worth going down to experience!

Age!

There is a coal mine museum here, which is open to the public for free

This auditorium hotel is a business hotel, so if you want to stay here for one night, you can choose here, you can go to China-TravelNote or other platforms to search for information. I also saw a sign for a B&B in town, and I didn't really care because we didn't stay.

Although many shops are closed, here is a place where you can never run out of food even if you live in town.

There is

also an ancient street along the river on the side of the town, although there are basically no stores open, but it is also old, and there are one or two small restaurants at the end of the street, which is very feeling. So, next time you come here, you can arrange to stay here for one night.

From here, it is the parking lot of Bagou Town, where the bus returns to the Yuejin Station where we departed for 7 yuan per person. Here are a few tips:

1. Online round-trip tickets are all morning shifts, and it is basically too late to drive from Chengdu , and it is not very meaningful to spend 80 yuan per person to sit back;

2. This bus is relatively small, and the driving time is not very fixed, because it is the so-called "bus", so it is not one person can stand, and the dispatch has to wait for people, so at first we wanted to find a seat for the elderly to prepare to wait for the next trip, and we were told that the next trip may take a long time, and then the driver was more kind, let us move a plastic bench and put it on the car for my mother-in-law to sit on, and the rest of us, including my parents, were standing, and then waited for 4 or 5 people to stand before the train departed, and the meeting jumped into the station for about 20 minutes. This is very important for the return trip! There was a car at the scene to solicit customers, because we were a group of 5 people, and a car couldn't sit down, and I didn't know the situation specifically.

Back at Leap Forward Station, 16:50 p.m., this time is a bit awkward for us. In fact, I thought that Bagou Town would play for a while, including if the situation permitted, the old people could also go to the mine to see, but I didn't expect them to finish quickly, which led us to decide to return to Xiba again to continue eating tofu, after all, there are so many varieties! The only episode here is what I started to say, I originally wanted to take the highway, but I didn't take the country road road, but the navigation began to show the highway, and when I went out to Bagou Town, I actually switched to the coming road, and we didn't bother to change the route again, or the path was returned, and then, on the way, it was "sad".

When I came back to the parking lot to pick up the car, I happened to encounter a small train passing by, and the road was closed

Dinner is the "cucumber scoop", choose dried tofu (the familiar tofu click), mapo tofu, fish-flavored bear paw tofu, hydrangea tofu and fish head tofu soup, the taste is equally good, The price is much cheaper than noon, 170 yuan.

These two stores, our feeling, the taste is very good, obviously Fangde's menu looks rich in dishes and a lot , I don't know if there is another "38 Hotel" friends can compare together, of course, if we go next time, we will try the "38 Hotel".

Don't look at only 5 dishes, I can't finish it at all, especially the mapo tofu is two-thirds left, so that I don't have any other dishes for lunch today, It's a bowl of rice to eat the packed mapo tofu!

After eating, we set off at 18:30 and returned to Chengdu where our parents lived, at 20:30, we returned home at 21 o'clock, a day, playing and eating, perfect! Well, except, today I saw the repair cost of the car and wanted to cry.