Railway stations in Bolivia

Railway stations in Bolivia

Railway stations in Bolivia include the following. The East and West network do not directly connect except via a roundabout route through Argentina. Many lines originally 762mm gauge of which some but not all converted to 1000mm gauge.

Maps

* [http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/bolivia.pdf UN Map]

Towns served by rail

West

* Guaqui - branch terminus and inland port
* Viacha - junction
* La Paz - terminus and national administrative capital
* Oruro, Bolivia - junction
* Cochabamba - terminus
* Potosi - branch
* Sucre - branch terminus and national constitutional capital
* Uyuni - junction for line to Chile
* Villazón - border with Argentina

Open or Closed?

* Uncia - branch terminus - mine

East

* Trinidad - terminus
* Loreto
* Santa Rosa del Sara
* Montero
* Santa Cruz - junction for Trinidad and Puerto Suárez

* Villa Montes
* Yucuiba- border with Argentina

* San José de Chiquitos
* Roboré
* Santa Ana
* Puerto Suárez - border with Brazil

References


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