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 Province. The railway station has three tracks, one of them served by a platform, and another one served by a very short stub platform.

Since its construction, Tanggula Station has been the highest railway station in the world.

Coordinates: 33°0′18.35″N 91°38′57.62″E / 33.0050972°N 91.6493389°E / 33.0050972; 91.6493389

Introduction[]

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.

Schedules[]

As of 2010, no passenger transport service was available since the region is uninhabited.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

See also[]

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• List of highest railway stations in the world
• List of stations on Qingzang railway
• Qingzang railway
• Tanggula Pass

References[]

Preceding station		China Railway		Following station
Tanggula North towards Xining		Qinghai–Tibet Railway		Tanggula South towards Lhasa

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