page_title: Rail transport in Bolivia
hierarchical_section_title: Rail transport in Bolivia
caption_attribution_description: English: Railways in Bolivia Legend: ━━━ Routes with passanger traffic ━━━ Routes in usable state &#xb7;&#xb7;&#xb7;&#xb7;&#xb7;&#xb7;&#xb7;&#xb7;&#xb7;&#xb7;&#xb7;&#xb7; Unusable or dismantled routes ━━━ Routes outside Bolivia
context_page_description: The Bolivian rail network has had a peculiar development throughout its history; owing to losses of land, prestige and credit rating due to the failure of the War of the Pacific, railway development came late to Bolivia. The demand for mineral wealth and communication to the inland city of La Paz, encouraged foreign investors, mainly British, to construct railways. However, into this mix came the experience of railway building in adjacent Peru, whereby overbuilding of standard gauge line across the high Andes meant that Peru went bankrupt.
context_section_description: The Bolivian rail network has had a peculiar development throughout its history; owing to losses of land, prestige and credit rating due to the failure of the War of the Pacific, railway development came late to Bolivia. The demand for mineral wealth and communication to the inland city of La Paz, encouraged foreign investors, mainly British, to construct railways. However, into this mix came the experience of railway building in adjacent Peru, whereby overbuilding of standard gauge line across the high Andes meant that Peru went bankrupt.
caption: Railways in Bolivia (interactive map) 
  ━━━ Routes with passenger traffic 
  ━━━ Routes in usable state 
  ·········· Unusable or dismantled routes
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