List of highest railways
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List of highest railways

Section Title: Completed
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Rank	Railway line	Highest point	Highest elevation	Country	Opened	Notes

1	Xining–Golmud–Lhasa	Tanggula	5,068 m (16,627 ft)	China	2006

2	Lima–Huancayo	Ticlio	4,829 m (15,843 ft)	Peru	1893	Highest railway in the Americas

3	Rio Mulatos–Potosí	Cóndor	4,786 m (15,702 ft)	Bolivia

4	Cuzco-Lake Titicaca	La Raya	4,313 m (14,150 ft)	Peru

5	Salta–Antofagasta	La Polvorilla	4,220 m (13,845 ft)	Argentina Chile	1948	"Tren a las Nubes" tourist service between Salta and La Polvorilla

6	Quito-Guayaquil	Urbina	3,609 m (11,841 ft)	Ecuador	1908	Reopened 2011

7	Lanzhou–Xinjiang High-Speed Railway	Qilianshan No.2 Tunnel	3,608 m (11,837 ft)	China	2014	Highest high-speed railway

8	Jungfraubahn	Jungfraujoch	3,454 m (11,332 ft)	Switzerland	1912	Highest railway in Europe, underground above 2,350 m.

9	Leadville, Colorado and Southern Railroad	Leadville	3,414 m (11,201 ft)	USA	Highest Adhesion railway in North America

10	Gornergratbahn	Gornergrat	3,090 m (10,138 ft)	Switzerland	1898	Highest open-air railway in Europe

11	Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad	Cumbres Pass	3,054 m (10,020 ft)	USA	1881	Highest narrow gauge railroad in North America

12	Yuergou–Yanqi Railway	Kuixian Tunnel	2,980 m (9,777 ft)	China	1978	Main line of Southern Xinjiang Railway before 2014

13	Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad	Silverton	2,837 m (9,308 ft)	USA	1881

14	Union Pacific Railroad, Moffat Tunnel Subdivision	Moffat Tunnel	2,816 m (9,239 ft)	USA	1928	Apex in tunnel; highest point in Amtrak network, used by California Zephyr

15	Uganda Railway	Baringo County, Kenya	2,785 m (9,137 ft)	Kenya	1930	Highest railway in Africa

16	Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway	Wushaoling Tunnel	2,663 m (8,737 ft)	China	2006

17	Bavarian Zugspitze Railway	Schneefernerhaus	2,650 m (8,694 ft)	Germany	1930	Underground above 1,640 m

18	Lanzhou–Chongqing Railway	Muzhailing Tunnel	2,549 m (8,363 ft)	China	2017

19	Alishan Forest Railway	Chushan	2,451 m (8,041 ft)	Taiwan	1986	Highest railway in Taiwan

20	Massawa–Asmara Railway	Asmara	2,394 m (7,854 ft)	Eritrea	1911	Highest railway in Eritrea

21	Tramway du Mont-Blanc	Nid d'aigle de Bionnassay	2,380 m (7,808 ft)	France	1909

22	BNSF Raton Pass Line	Raton Pass	2,312 m (7,585 ft)	USA	1879	Highest point on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway; continues to be used by Amtrak's Southwest Chief.

23	Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway	Addis Ababa	2,293 m (7,523 ft)	Ethiopia	2018	Highest railway in Ethiopia

24	Darjeeling Himalayan Railway	Ghum	2,257 m (7,405 ft)	India	1891	Highest railway in India

25	Bernina Railway	Ospizio Bernina	2,253 m (7,392 ft)	Switzerland	1909	Highest rail crossing in Europe

26	Chengdu–Kunming Railway	Shamalada Tunnel	2,244 m (7,362 ft)	China	1969

27	Nilgiri Mountain Railway	Ooty	2,210 m (7,251 ft)	India	1908	Highest railway in south India

28	Overland Route	Donner Pass	2,151 m (7,057 ft)	USA	1869	Part of First Transcontinental Railroad

29	Kalka–Shimla Railway	Shimla	2,086 m (6,844 ft)	India	1898

30	Pilatus Railway	Pilatus	2,073 m (6,801 ft)	Switzerland	1889	Steepest non-cable railway in the world

31	Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn	Oberalp Pass	2,043 m (6,703 ft)	Switzerland	1926

Sentence(s)

With the highest point (La Polvorilla) at 4,220 metres (13,850 ft), the Salta–Antofagasta railway is the fifth highest railway in the world.

final_sentence: With the highest point (La Polvorilla) at 4,220 metres (13,850 ft), the Salta–Antofagasta railway is the fifth highest railway in the world.