Railway network configuration deeply changes to the regional tourism resource development in rapid development on China railway construction. The paper reviewed domestic and international research progress on theories and practices By analyzing the Tourism Resources Development Influenced on the railway traffic, pointed out the weak side of current study in this field and prospected main research directions in the future. Studies showed that the Foreigners focus on the tourism environmental impact assessment of rail transportation, the development of the tourist-dedicated train, the tourists behavior, the tourism education on railway,the regional industrial agglomeration ,etc. In China, itmainly studied that the regional economic theory, the railway travel research topic, the technical methods of innovation, social and economic effectiveness and development strategy.