This unstaffed station on the Qingzang railway opened for service on July 1, 2006. The station is located 5,068 metres (16,627 ft) above sea level – surpassing Cóndor station at 4,786 metres (15,702 ft) on the Rio Mulatos-Potosí line in Bolivia and Galera Station at 4,781 m (15,681 feet) in Peru for title of highest railway station in the world. It is no more than 1 km (0.6 miles) away from the highest point of rail track at 5,072 metres (16,640 ft).
The station is 1.25 kilometres (4,100 ft) long and covers 77,002 square metres (19.028 acres). There are 3 rail tracks in the station. The location of the station was specially chosen for the view from the platform.
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As of 2010, no passenger transport service was available since the region is uninhabited.[citation needed] Although the train may stop at the station to wait for another train coming from the opposite direction to pass, passengers are required to remain on the train.[citation needed]
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tanggula, railway, station, tanggula, dangla, railway, station, chinese, 唐古拉站, pinyin, tánggǔlā, zhàn, railway, station, located, amdo, county, tibet, autonomous, region, china, near, border, with, tanggula, town, qinghai, province, railway, station, three, tr. The Tanggula Dangla railway station Chinese 唐古拉站 pinyin Tanggǔla zhan is a railway station located in Amdo County Tibet Autonomous Region China near the border with the Tanggula Town Qinghai Province The railway station has three tracks one of them served by a platform and another one served by a very short stub platform Tanggula railway station building Tanggula railway station platform Since its construction Tanggula Station has been the highest railway station in the world Contents 1 Introduction 2 Schedules 3 See also 4 ReferencesIntroduction editThis unstaffed station on the Qingzang railway opened for service on July 1 2006 The station is located 5 068 metres 16 627 ft above sea level surpassing Condor station at 4 786 metres 15 702 ft on the Rio Mulatos Potosi line in Bolivia and Galera Station at 4 781 m 15 681 feet in Peru for title of highest railway station in the world It is no more than 1 km 0 6 miles away from the highest point of rail track at 5 072 metres 16 640 ft The station is 1 25 kilometres 4 100 ft long and covers 77 002 square metres 19 028 acres There are 3 rail tracks in the station The location of the station was specially chosen for the view from the platform Schedules editAs of 2010 no passenger transport service was available since the region is uninhabited citation needed Although the train may stop at the station to wait for another train coming from the opposite direction to pass passengers are required to remain on the train citation needed See also edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tanggula Railway Station List of highest railway stations in the world List of stations on Qingzang railway Qingzang railway Tanggula PassReferences editPreceding station nbsp China Railway Following station Tanggula Northtowards Xining Qinghai Tibet railway Tanggula Southtowards Lhasa 33 0 18 35 N 91 38 57 62 E 33 0050972 N 91 6493389 E 33 0050972 91 6493389 nbsp This article about a railway station in Tibet is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tanggula railway station amp oldid 1181494217, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
