A WeChat article "The century-old building of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway in Kunming preparing to apply for the World Heritage Site has been demolished" has attracted attention. The author of the article believes that the water tower in the station has played an important research and reference value for studying the historical changes.

The reply of China Railway Kunming Bureau Group Co., Ltd. said that the railway reflected by netizens is a meter-gauge railway, which is an important part of the Yunnan-Yue railway.