Tanggula Railway Station

The Tanggula (Dangla) railway station (Chinese: 唐古拉站; pinyin: Tánggǔlā zhàn) is a railway station located in Amdo County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, near the border with the Tanggula Town, Qinghai. The railway station has three tracks, one of them served by platform, and another one served by a very short sub-platform.

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Introduction

This unstaffed station on the Qingzang railway opened for service on July 1, 2006. The station is located 5,068 meters above sea level, surpassing Ticlio (Peru), at 4,829 m, Cóndor station, at 4,786 m, on the Rio Mulatos-Potosí line in Bolivia, and La Galera station at 4,781 m in Peru, and makes it the highest railway station in the world. It is no more than 1 kilometer away from the highest point of rail track at 5,072 meters.

The station is 1.25 km long and covers 77002 square meters. There are 3 rail tracks in the station. The location of the station was specially chosen for the view from the platform.

Schedules

As of 2010, no passenger transport service was available since the region is uninhabited. A through train may stop at the station to wait for another train coming from the opposite direction to pass, but passengers are required to remain on the train.

Highest train stations of the world

N Station Elevation Country Rail ine
1 Tanggula 5,068 m (16,627 ft) China Xining-Golmud-Lhasa
2
 Tanggula North 4,950 m (16,240 ft) China Xining-Golmud-Lhasa
Tanggula South China Xining-Golmud-Lhasa
4 Tuoju 4,890 m (16,043 ft) China Xining-Golmud-Lhasa
5 Zhajiazangbu 4,886 m (16,030 ft) China Xining-Golmud-Lhasa
6 Ticlio 4,829 m (15,843 ft) Peru Lima-Huancayo
7 Buqiangge 4,823 m (15,823 ft) China Xining-Golmud-Lhasa
8 Cóndor 4,786 m (15,702 ft) Bolivia Rio Mulatos-Potosí
9 Galera 4,781 m (15,686 ft) Peru Lima-Huancayo
10 Jiangkedong 4,778 m (15,676 ft) China Xining-Golmud-Lhasa

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See also

Preceding station   China Railways   Following station
towards Xining
 Qingzang Railway
towards Lhasa