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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
 India Bilaspur-Manali-Leh Changla 5,036 m (16,522 ft)[1] 2025 Construction initiated due to Indo-China War Like Conflict from 2014.
 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
 Ecuador Quito-Guayaquil Urbina 3,609 m (11,841 ft) 1908
  Switzerland Jungfraubahn Jungfraujoch 3,454 m (11,332 ft)[5] 1912
 Germany Bavarian Zugspitze Railway Schneefernerhaus 2,650 m (8,694 ft) 1930
 Taiwan Alishan Forest Railway Chushan 2,451 m (8,041 ft) 1986
 France Tramway du Mont-Blanc[6] Nid d'aigle de Bionnassay 2,380 m (7,808 ft) 1909
 India Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Ghum 2,257 m (7,405 ft) 1880
 India Nilgiri Railway Ooty 2,210 m (7,251 ft) 1884
 India Kalka Shimla Railway Shimla 2,186 m (7,172 ft) 1885
 India Kashmir Railway Qazigund 2,025 m (6,644 ft) 2009
 Spain Vall de Núria Vall de Núria Rack Railway 1,968 m (6,457 ft) 1931
 India Kangra Valley Railway Kangra 1,936 m (6,352 ft) 1880
 Australia Skitube Bullock Terminal 1,905 m (6,250 ft) 1987
 Sri Lanka Main Line (Sri Lanka) Pattipola 1,892 m (6,207 ft)[7][8] 1894
 Austria Schneeberg Railway Hochschneeberg 1,792 m (5,879 ft) 1897
 Italy Brenner Line Brenner 1,371 m (4,498 ft) 1867
 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
 Bulgaria Septemvri-Dobrinishte narrow gauge line Avramovo 1,267 m (4,157 ft) 1939
 Norway Bergen Line Finse 1,222 m (4,009 ft)[9] 1908
 United Kingdom Snowdon Mountain Railway Snowdon Summit 1,156 m (3,793 ft) 1896
 India Lumding Agartala Railway Lower Haflong 1,089 m (3,573 ft) 1914
 Czech Republic Strakonice-Volary line Kubova Huť 1,024 m (3,360 ft) 1893
 India Kirandul Kothavalasa Railway Shimliguda 1,008 m (3,307 ft) 1963
 India Lumding Agartala Railway New Haflong 992.25 m (3,255 ft) 2014
 South Korea Taebaek Line Chujeon 901 m (2,956 ft)[10] 1973
 Indonesia Padalarang-Kasugihan Nagreg 848 m (2,782 ft) 1890
 New Zealand North Island Main Trunk Waiouru 832 m (2,730 ft) 1908

See also

References

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