Rio Mulatos-Potosí line
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The Rio Mulatos-Potosí
line is a railway line in Bolivia
, containing Cóndor station
, the world's ninth highest railway station (4,786 m). It was the world's second (after Ticlio
, in Peru
) until the completion of the Tanggula railway station
on the Qingzang railway
(5,072 m) in the Tanggula Mountains
, Tibet
.
Potosí
Potosí is a city and the capital of the department of Potosí in Bolivia. It is one of the highest cities in the world by elevation at a nominal . and it was the location of the Spanish colonial mint, now the National Mint of Bolivia...
line is a railway line in Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
, containing Cóndor station
Cóndor station
Cóndor railway station on the Rio Mulatos-Potosí line, Bolivia, is the highest station in the western hemisphere, at an altitude of 4,786 m above sea level....
, the world's ninth highest railway station (4,786 m). It was the world's second (after Ticlio
Ticlio
Ticlio is a railway crossing loop on the Ferrocarril Central Andino in Peru whose main claim to fame is that it was the highest railway junction in the world, with an elevation of above sea-level. It lies at km 171 just on the Pacific side of the Andes watershed...
, in Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
) until the completion of the Tanggula railway station
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...
on the Qingzang railway
Qingzang railway
The Qinghai–Xizang railway, Qingzang railway, or Qinghai–Tibet railway , is a high-elevation railway that connects Xining, Qinghai Province, to Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, in People's Republic of China....
(5,072 m) in the Tanggula Mountains
Tanggula Mountains
Tanggula Mountains Shanmai) are a mountain range in the central part of the Tibetan Plateau. Administratvely, the western part of the range is in Nagqu Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region; the highest, central part, in the border area of Nagqu Prefecture and Tanggula Town of the Qinghai...
, Tibet
Tibet
Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...
.