Rio Mulatos-Potosí line

Rio Mulatos-Potosí railway
Overview
Locale Bolivia Bolivia
Termini Rio Mulatos
Potosí
Operation
Opened ?
Technical
Line length 440 km (273 mi)
Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 38 in)
Highest elevation 4,786 m (15,702 ft)

The Rio Mulatos-Potosí line is a railway line in Bolivia, containing Cóndor station, the world's ninth highest railway station (4,786 m or 15,702 ft). It was the world's second (after Ticlio, in Peru) until the completion of the Tanggula railway station on the Qinghai–Tibet Railway (5,072 m or 16,640 ft) in the Tanggula Mountains, Tibet.


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