Tanggula railway station

The Tanggula 'railway station' 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.

Description

This unstaffed station on the Qingzang railway opened for service on July 1, 2006. The station is located above sea level - surpassing Cóndor station at on the Rio Mulatos-Potosí line in Bolivia and Galera Station at 4,781 m in Peru for title of highest railway station in the world. It is no more than 1 km away from the highest point of rail track at.
The station is long and covers. 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 scarcely inhabited. Although the train may stop at the station to wait for another train coming from the opposite direction to pass, passengers are required to remain on the train.