Cóndor railway station on the

Rio Mulatos-Potosí line The Rio Mulatos- Potosí line is a railway line in Bolivia, containing Cóndor station, the world's ninth highest railway station (). It was the world's second (after Ticlio, in Peru) until the completion of the Tanggula railway station on the ...

, Bolivia, is the highest station in the western hemisphere, at an altitude of 4,786 m (15,700 ft) above

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. It is located in a remote, mountainous area, with little around the station area.

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It was the world's highest station until opening of

Tanggula railway station The Tanggula (Dangla) 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 platf ...

on the Qinghai–Tibet Railway line in

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in 2006 at 5,072 m (16,500 ft).

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(24 August 2005)
New height of world's railway born in Tibet
Retrieved 25 August 2005.

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Railway stations in Bolivia {{DEFAULTSORT:Condor Station

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