Tanggula railway station

Tanggula railway station (CJKV|t=唐古拉站|s=唐古拉站|p=táng gǔ lā zhàn) is a railway station in Tibet (Xizang), China. The railway station has got 3 rails and two served by 2 platforms.

Introduction

This unstaffed station on the Qingzang railway opened for service on July 1, 2006. Qingzang railway. 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 make 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 platform is 1.25 km long and covers 77002 squared meters. There are 3 rail tracks in the station. The location of the station was specially chosen for the view from the platform.

In 2008, Tangula Railtours [http://www.tangula.com.cn/] , a joint venture of RailPartners and Qinghai Tibet Rail Corp., will launch a tourist train service from Beijing to Lhasa through the pass using three specially-built luxury trains."Railway Gazette International" (August 30, 2007). [http://www.railwaygazette.com/news_view/article/2007/08/7729/launching_luxury_on_the_line_to_tibet.html Launching luxury on line to Tibet] . Retrieved September 2, 2007.]

Schedules

As of 2007, no passenger transport service is available. Passenger trains stop at the station but without carriage door open.

Highest train stations of the world

References

See also

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