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List of highest railways by country

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This is a list of the highest railways by country. It includes the name of the railway, its highest point and highest elevation and its opening year.

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List

Country Railway line Highest point Highest elevation Opened
 China Xining-Golmud-Lhasa Tanggula 5,068 m (16,627 ft)[1] 2006
 Peru Lima-Huancayo Ticlio 4,829 m (15,843 ft)[2][3] 1893
 Bolivia Rio Mulatos-Potosí Cóndor 4,786 m (15,702 ft)  
 USA Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Pikes Peak Summit 4,301 m (14,111 ft)[4] 1891
 Argentina Salta–Antofagasta Viaducto La Polvorilla 4,220 m (13,845 ft) 1948
 Ecuador Quito-Guayaquil Urbina 3,609 m (11,841 ft) 1908
 China Lanzhou–Xinjiang High-Speed Railway Qilianshan No.2 Tunnel 3,608 m (11,837 ft) 2014
  Switzerland Jungfrau Railway Jungfraujoch 3,454 m (11,332 ft)[5] 1912
 Kenya Uganda Railway Baringo County 2,785 m (9,137 ft) 1930
 Germany Bavarian Zugspitze Railway[6] Schneefernerhaus 2,650 m (8,694 ft) 1930
 Taiwan Alishan Forest Railway Chushan 2,451 m (8,041 ft) 1986
 Eritrea Massawa–Asmara Railway Asmara 2,394 m (7,854 ft) 1911
 France Tramway du Mont-Blanc[7] Nid d'aigle de Bionnassay 2,380 m (7,808 ft) 1909
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway Addis Ababa 2,293 m (7,523 ft) 2018
 India Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Ghum 2,257 m (7,405 ft) 1880
 Spain Vall de Núria[8] Vall de Núria Rack Railway 1,968 m (6,457 ft) 1931
 Australia Skitube Bullock Terminal 1,905 m (6,250 ft) 1987
 Sri Lanka Main Line (Sri Lanka) Pattipola 1,892 m (6,207 ft)[9][10] 1894
 Austria Schneeberg Railway[11] Hochschneeberg 1,792 m (5,879 ft) 1897
 Georgia Borjomi-Bakuriani Bakuriani 1,650 m (5,413 ft) 1902
 Italy Brenner Line[12] Brenner 1,371 m (4,498 ft) 1867
 Slovakia Tatra Electric Railway Štrbské Pleso 1,350 m (4,429 ft) 1896
 Japan Koumi Line Nobeyama 1,346 m (4,416 ft) 1935
 Canada Canadian Pacific Railway Mountain Subdivision Rogers Pass 1,330 m (4,364 ft) 1889
 Russia Baikal-Amur Mainline Mururin Pass [ru] 1,323 m (4,341 ft) 1984
 Bulgaria Septemvri-Dobrinishte narrow gauge line[13] Avramovo 1,267 m (4,157 ft) 1939
 Norway Bergen Line Finse 1,222 m (4,009 ft)[14] 1908
 United Kingdom Snowdon Mountain Railway Snowdon Summit 1,065 m (3,494 ft) 1896
 Czech Republic Strakonice-Volary line Kubova Huť 997 m (3,271 ft) 1893
 South Korea Taebaek Line Chujeon 901 m (2,956 ft)[15] 1973
 Poland Izera railway Szklarska Poręba (Jakuszyce) 886 m (2,907 ft)[16] 1902
 Portugal Linha do Tua Rossas railway station 849 m (2,785 ft)[17] 1906[note 1][note 2]
 Indonesia Padalarang-Kasugihan Nagreg 848 m (2,782 ft) 1890
 New Zealand North Island Main Trunk Waiouru 832 m (2,730 ft) 1908
 Slovenia Ljubljana–Trieste[18][19] Postojna Gate 610 m (2,001 ft) 1856
 Sweden Mittbanan[20] Near Storlien 601 m (1,972 ft)
 Liechtenstein Feldkirch–Buchs[21] Near Schaanwald 452 m (1,483 ft) 1872
 Ireland Mallow–Tralee line[22] Near Rathmore 150 m (492 ft) 1853

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Opening year of the highest-point stretch; the opening year of the railway's first stretch was 1887.
  2. ^ Highest-point stretch closed in 1992; railway fully closed in 2008.

References

  1. ^ "World's highest railway station enters key construction period". Canada Tibet Committee. July 28, 2005. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  2. ^ Bennett, Suzy (October 2003). "A train journey through the Peruvian Andes". Wanderlust. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  3. ^ "Our Train - The Highest in the World". Incas del Peru. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  4. ^ Manitou & Pike's Peak Cog Railway. "Along The Route". Pikes Peak Cog Railway. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  5. ^ Jungfraubahnen. "Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe". Jungfrau Ski Region. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  6. ^ Ride the Zugspitzbahn rack railway up Germany's highest mountain
  7. ^ "Tramway du Mont-Blanc (TMB) - Train à crémaillère - Ouvertures / Horaires / Tarifs".
  8. ^ Insight Guides Great Railway Journeys of Europe, Spain's highest station. ["Núria is the highest station in Spain"]
  9. ^ "Top 10 highest train stations in Sri Lanka". Train Journey to the Green Zone in Sri Lanka. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  10. ^ "Pattipola Railway Station of Sri Lanka". SariSara Sri Lanka. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  11. ^ Station Puchberg am Schneeberg, lower-austria.info. ["Fans of nostalgia can be transported in around 40 minutes by the Schneebergbahn to Austria's highest railway station"]
  12. ^ SULMONA, AQ, ABRUZZO, magazine.dooid.it. ["At the Rivisondoli-Pescocostanzo station, the line reaches 1268 m above sea level making it the highest station on the Italian FS network after the Brenner Pass."]
  13. ^ The Most Beautiful Train Journeys in Bulgaria, theculturetrip.com. ["It runs through three mountains and stops at the highest railway station in the Balkan Peninsula, Avramovo Station."]
  14. ^ "Finse Railway Station Webcam – The Highest Station in Norway". Camscape. October 13, 2012. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  15. ^ Korea Tourism Organization. "Chujeon Station". Visit Korea. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  16. ^ "Najwyższa linia kolejowa w Polsce - Szklarska Poręba". www.szklarskaporeba.pl. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  17. ^ Esteves, João Sena; Ramos, Luís; Nóbrega, João Miguel; Souto, António Pedro; Sepúlveda, Manuel João (2012). "Gaining Insight into Tua Railway Line through Interactive Experiments" (PDF). Railroads in Historical Contexts. 2. Universidade do Minho: 360. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  18. ^ Retrieved from the Google Earth geoinformation system. The highest point on the line is north of Postojna railway station, at the Postojna Gate
  19. ^ "Rail network". slo-zeleznice.si. Slovenian Railways. Retrieved 30 April 2021. Station located at the highest point above sea level: Postojna station at 582m
  20. ^ "Banverkets årsredovisning 2009" (PDF) (in Swedish). Banverket. 2009. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  21. ^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic map (only line in Liechtenstein)
  22. ^ Retrieved from the Google Earth geoinformation system
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