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 | |
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Xining-Golmud-Lhasa | Tanggula | 5,068 m (16,627 ft)[1] | 2006 | ||
Bilaspur-Manali-Leh | Changla | 5,036 m (16,522 ft)[1] | 2025 | Construction initiated due to Indo-China War Like Conflict from 2014. | |
Lima-Huancayo | Ticlio | 4,829 m (15,843 ft)[2][3] | 1893 | ||
Rio Mulatos-Potosí | Cóndor | 4,786 m (15,702 ft) | |||
Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway | Pikes Peak Summit | 4,301 m (14,111 ft)[4] | 1891 | ||
Quito-Guayaquil | Urbina | 3,609 m (11,841 ft) | 1908 | ||
Jungfraubahn | Jungfraujoch | 3,454 m (11,332 ft)[5] | 1912 | ||
Bavarian Zugspitze Railway | Schneefernerhaus | 2,650 m (8,694 ft) | 1930 | ||
Alishan Forest Railway | Chushan | 2,451 m (8,041 ft) | 1986 | ||
Tramway du Mont-Blanc[6] | Nid d'aigle de Bionnassay | 2,380 m (7,808 ft) | 1909 | ||
Darjeeling Himalayan Railway | Ghum | 2,257 m (7,405 ft) | 1880 | ||
Nilgiri Railway | Ooty | 2,210 m (7,251 ft) | 1884 | ||
Kalka Shimla Railway | Shimla | 2,186 m (7,172 ft) | 1885 | ||
Kashmir Railway | Qazigund | 2,025 m (6,644 ft) | 2009 | ||
Vall de Núria | Vall de Núria Rack Railway | 1,968 m (6,457 ft) | 1931 | ||
Kangra Valley Railway | Kangra | 1,936 m (6,352 ft) | 1880 | ||
Skitube | Bullock Terminal | 1,905 m (6,250 ft) | 1987 | ||
Main Line (Sri Lanka) | Pattipola | 1,892 m (6,207 ft)[7][8] | 1894 | ||
Schneeberg Railway | Hochschneeberg | 1,792 m (5,879 ft) | 1897 | ||
Brenner Line | Brenner | 1,371 m (4,498 ft) | 1867 | ||
Koumi Line | Nobeyama | 1,346 m (4,416 ft) | 1935 | ||
Canadian Pacific Railway Mountain Subdivision | Rogers Pass | 1,330 m (4,364 ft) | 1889 | ||
Septemvri-Dobrinishte narrow gauge line | Avramovo | 1,267 m (4,157 ft) | 1939 | ||
Bergen Line | Finse | 1,222 m (4,009 ft)[9] | 1908 | ||
Snowdon Mountain Railway | Snowdon Summit | 1,156 m (3,793 ft) | 1896 | ||
Lumding Agartala Railway | Lower Haflong | 1,089 m (3,573 ft) | 1914 | ||
Strakonice-Volary line | Kubova Huť | 1,024 m (3,360 ft) | 1893 | ||
Kirandul Kothavalasa Railway | Shimliguda | 1,008 m (3,307 ft) | 1963 | ||
Lumding Agartala Railway | New Haflong | 992.25 m (3,255 ft) | 2014 | ||
Taebaek Line | Chujeon | 901 m (2,956 ft)[10] | 1973 | ||
Padalarang-Kasugihan | Nagreg | 848 m (2,782 ft) | 1890 | ||
North Island Main Trunk | Waiouru | 832 m (2,730 ft) | 1908 | ||
See also
- Rail transport
- List of highest railways in the world
- List of countries by highest point
References
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