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Amdo railway station () is the Qinghai–Tibet Railway station in
Amdo County Amdo County (; ) is a county within Nagqu of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The county covers an area of 43,410.85 square kilometres and is dominated by mainly by Tibetan grassland. In 2000 it had a population of 32,843 . Its capital is ...
, Nagchu,
Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa, Taman ...
, China. The station is located from Xining Railway Station. With an elevation of 4,702 m, Amdo station is believed to be the highest altitude railway station in the world. Serving the township of Pana, seat of Amdo County, the station is also one of the highest railway station with a regular passenger service schedule: two passenger services are available at this station each day.


Station layout

The station has a crossing loop and several
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sidings adjacent to the passenger station.


See also

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Amdo Amdo ( ”am˥˥.to˥˥ ) is one of the three traditional Tibetan regions, the others being U-Tsang in the west and Kham in the east. Ngari (including former Guge kingdom) in the north-west was incorporated into Ãœ-Tsang. Amdo is also the ...
* List of stations on Qinghai–Tibet railway *
List of highest railways in the world This article lists the highest railways in the world. The table only includes non-cable passenger railways whose culminating point is over 3,000 metres above sea level, regardless of their location, gauge or type. For simplicity, absolute eleva ...


References

Stations on the Qinghai–Tibet Railway Railway stations in Tibet Amdo {{Tibet-railstation-stub