page_title: Transandine Railway
hierarchical_section_title: Transandine Railway
caption_attribution_description: English: Uspallata train station, part of Transandine Railway.
context_page_description: The Transandine Railway was a 1,000 mm metre gauge combined rack and adhesion railway which operated from Mendoza in Argentina, across the Andes mountain range via the Uspallata Pass, to Santa Rosa de Los Andes in Chile, a distance of 248 km. The railway has been out of service since 1984, and has been partly dismantled. There has been talk about restoring the railway, but there is currently no indication of any restorative work underway.
context_section_description: The Transandine Railway (Spanish: Ferrocarril Trasandino) was a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) metre gauge  combined rack (Abt system) and adhesion railway which operated from Mendoza in Argentina, across the Andes mountain range via the Uspallata Pass, to Santa Rosa de Los Andes in Chile, a distance of 248 km. The railway has been out of service since 1984, and has been partly dismantled. There has been talk about restoring the railway, but there is currently no indication of any restorative work underway.
caption: Uspallata station, c. 1900.
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