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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.
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
^ Opening year of the highest-point stretch; the opening year of the railway's first stretch was 1887.
^ Highest-point stretch closed in 1992; railway fully closed in 2008.
References
^
"World's highest railway station enters key construction period" . Canada Tibet Committee . July 28, 2005. Retrieved December 6, 2012 .
^ Bennett, Suzy (October 2003).
"A train journey through the Peruvian Andes" . Wanderlust . Retrieved December 6, 2012 .
^
"Our Train - The Highest in the World" . Incas del Peru . Retrieved December 6, 2012 .
^ Manitou & Pike's Peak Cog Railway.
"Along The Route" . Pikes Peak Cog Railway . Retrieved December 6, 2012 .
^ Jungfraubahnen.
"Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe" . Jungfrau Ski Region . Retrieved December 6, 2012 .
^
Ride the Zugspitzbahn rack railway up Germany's highest mountain
^
"Tramway du Mont-Blanc (TMB) - Train à crémaillère - Ouvertures / Horaires / Tarifs" .
^
Insight Guides Great Railway Journeys of Europe , Spain's highest station. ["Núria is the highest station in Spain"]
^
"Top 10 highest train stations in Sri Lanka" . Train Journey to the Green Zone in Sri Lanka . Retrieved December 6, 2012 .
^
"Pattipola Railway Station of Sri Lanka" . SariSara Sri Lanka . Retrieved December 6, 2012 .
^
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"]
^
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."]
^
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."]
^
"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 .
^ Korea Tourism Organization.
"Chujeon Station" . Visit Korea . Retrieved December 6, 2012 .
^
"Najwyższa linia kolejowa w Polsce - Szklarska Poręba" . www.szklarskaporeba.pl . Retrieved 2021-05-24 .
^ 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 .
^ Retrieved from the
Google Earth geoinformation system. The highest point on the line is north of
Postojna railway station , at the
Postojna Gate
^
"Rail network" . slo-zeleznice.si .
Slovenian Railways . Retrieved 30 April 2021 . Station located at the highest point above sea level: Postojna station at 582m
^
"Banverkets årsredovisning 2009" (PDF) (in Swedish).
Banverket . 2009. Retrieved 2021-08-10 .
^ Retrieved from the
Swisstopo topographic map (only line in Liechtenstein)
^ Retrieved from the
Google Earth geoinformation system