Tanggula Railway Station

Tanggula railway station building

Tanggula railway station platform

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.

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

See also

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

Preceding station		China Railways		Following station
Tanggula North towards Xining		Qingzang Railway		Tanggula South towards Lhasa