Galera railway station
Galera is 4,781 meters above sea level the highest altitude railway station on the route of the Peruvian Central Railway from Lima to Huancayo in the Andes in Peru and one of the highest railway stations in the world.
Geography
The station is located near the apex of the Peruvian Central Railway, which is 4,784 m above sea level in the Galera tunnel is located near the road pass Abra de Anticona. The whole Pass area is popularly known, above all, by the name of the settlement Ticlio. The vertex is at the same time on the watershed of the waters that flow into the Pacific or the Atlantic.
History
In the years 1992-2003 the station was out of service because the track was shut down due to the threat posed by the terrorist group Sendero Luminoso.
Height comparison with other rail lines
The Galera station is significantly higher than the peaks of the Peruvian Southern Railway, the altitude between Arequipa and Puno, in the station Crucero Alto, a height of 4,470 m and between Puno and Cusco in the la Raya pass only 4,314 m above sea level achieved. The La Cima station on the Morococha line, which branches off from the Peruvian Central Railway, but the time is closed, on the other hand exceeded a height of 4,818 m the Galera station. From there, the connection path of a mine led up to 4,830 m altitude. A comparable amount reached the meantime degraded Collahuassi track in Chile ( 4821 m asl). The route of the Arica - La Paz branching Tacora Mine Train at Villa Industrial in Chile is 4,875 m above sea level, according to other sources up to 4,980 m above sea level have been reached, and thus was the highest railroad system in the Americas. All of these records have been surpassed in 2006 by the construction of the Lhasa Railway, whose station Tangula to 5,068 meters above sea level lies.
Other highest railway stations
- China People's Republic Tangula - 5,068 m (Tibet, China)
- Ticlio Peru - 4,829 m ( Peru)
- Bolivia Cóndor - 4,786 m ( Bolivia)