Railway line in Bolivia
Rio Mulatos-Potosí railway |
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Locale | Bolivia |
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Opened | ? |
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Line length | 440 km (273 mi) |
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Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) |
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Highest elevation | 4,786 m (15,702 ft)[1] |
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The Rio Mulatos-Potosí line is a railway line in Bolivia, containing Cóndor station, the Western Hemisphere's highest railway station (4,594 m or 15,072 ft).[1] It was the world's second (after Ticlio, in Peru) until the completion of the Tanggula railway station on the Qinghai–Tibet Railway (5,072 m or 16,640 ft) in the Tanggula Mountains, Tibet.[citation needed]
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