Bahnhof Tanggula

Tanggula railway station (Vorlage:CJKV) is a railway station in Tibet (Xizang), China. The railway station has three rails and two served by two platforms.

Tanggula railway station building

Tanggula railway station platform

Introduction

This unstaffed station on the Qingzang railway opened for service on July 1, 2006. Qingzang railway. 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 make 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 platform is 1.25 km long and covers 77002 squared meters. There are 3 rail tracks in the station. The location of the station was specially chosen for the view from the platform.

In 2008, Tangula Railtours[1], a joint venture of RailPartners and Qinghai Tibet Rail Corp., will launch a tourist train service from Beijing to Lhasa through the pass using three specially-built luxury trains.

Schedules

As of 2007, no passenger transport service is available. Passenger trains stop at the station but without carriage door open.

4 highest train stations of the world

N Station Elevation Country Rail ine 1 Tanggula 5,068 m / 16,500 ft Vorlage:Flagicon China Xining-Golmud-Lhasa 2 Tuoju 4,890 m Vorlage:Flagicon China Xining-Golmud-Lhasa 3 Zhajiazangbu 4,886 m Vorlage:Flagicon China Xining-Golmud-Lhasa 4 Ticlio 4,829 m / 15,8xx ft Vorlage:Flagicon Peru Lima-Cuzco-Huancayo 5 Buqiangge 4,823 m Vorlage:Flagicon China Xining-Golmud-Lhasa 6 Cóndor 4,786 m / 15,700 ft Vorlage:Flagicon Bolivia Rio Mulatos-Potosí 7 Galera 4,781 m / 15,686 ft Vorlage:Flagicon Peru Lima-Cuzco-Huancayo

See also

• Tanggula Pass
• Qingzang railway
• List of stations on Qingzang railway