List of highest railways by country

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
 ChinaXining-Golmud-LhasaTanggula5,068 m (16,627 ft)[1][2]2006
 PeruLima-HuancayoTiclio4,829 m (15,843 ft)[3][4]1893
 BoliviaRio Mulatos-PotosíCóndor4,786 m (15,702 ft) 
 USAManitou and Pike's Peak RailwayPikes Peak Summit4,301 m (14,111 ft)[5]1891
 Ecuador Quito-Guayaquil Urbina 3,609 m (11,841 ft)[6] 1908
  SwitzerlandJungfraubahnJungfraujoch3,454 m (11,332 ft)[7]1912
 GermanyBavarian Zugspitze RailwaySchneefernerhaus2,650 m (8,694 ft)1930
 TaiwanAlishan Forest RailwayChushan2,451 m (8,041 ft)1986
 FranceTramway du Mont-Blanc[8]Nid d'aigle de Bionnassay2,380 m (7,808 ft)1909
 IndiaDarjeeling Himalayan RailwayGhum2,257 m (7,405 ft)[9]1880
 SpainVall de NúriaVall de Núria Rack Railway1,968 m (6,457 ft) 1931
 AustraliaSkitubeBullock Terminal1,905 m (6,250 ft)1987
 Sri LankaMain Line (Sri Lanka)Pattipola1,892 m (6,207 ft)[10][11]1894
 AustriaSchneeberg RailwayHochschneeberg1,792 m (5,879 ft)1897
 ItalyBrenner LineBrenner1,371 m (4,498 ft)1867
 JapanKoumi LineNobeyama1,346 m (4,416 ft)1935
 CanadaCanadian Pacific Railway Mountain SubdivisionRogers Pass1,330 m (4,364 ft)1889
 BulgariaSeptemvri-Dobrinishte narrow gauge lineAvramovo1,267 m (4,157 ft)1939
 NorwayBergen LineFinse1,222 m (4,009 ft)[12]1908
 United KingdomSnowdon Mountain RailwaySnowdon Summit1,065 m (3,494 ft)1896
 Czech RepublicStrakonice-Volary lineKubova Huť995 m (3,264 ft)1893
 South KoreaTaebaek LineChujeon855 m (2,805 ft)[13]1973
 New ZealandNorth Island Main TrunkWaiouru832 m (2,730 ft)1908

See also

References

  1. ↑ China Railways. "Qinghai-Tibet Railway Scenery". China Tibet Train. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  2. ↑ "World's highest railway station enters key construction period". Canada Tibet Committee. July 28, 2005. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  3. ↑ Bennett, Suzy (October 2003). "A train journey through the Peruvian Andes". Wanderlust. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Our Train - The Highest in the World". Incas del Peru. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  5. ↑ Manitou & Pike's Peak Cog Railway. "Along The Route". Pikes Peak Cog Railway. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  6. ↑ Tren Ecuador. "Tren del Hielo II". Tren Ecuador. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  7. ↑ Jungfraubahnen. "Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe". Jungfrau Ski Region. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  8. ↑ http://www.compagniedumontblanc.fr/fr/presentation-des-sites/tramway-du-mont-blanc
  9. ↑ "Toy train from NJP to Darjeeling". Go2India.in. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Top 10 highest train stations in Sri Lanka". Train Journey to the Green Zone in Sri Lanka. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Pattipola Railway Station of Sri Lanka". SariSara Sri Lanka. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Finse Railway Station Webcam – The Highest Station in Norway". Camscape. October 13, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  13. ↑ Korea Tourism Organization. "Chujeon Station". Visit Korea. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
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