INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -The highest railway system in the world is the Qingzang Railway, China. Qingzang railway connects Xining, the largest city in the Tibetan Plateau to Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region. Ferrocarril Central Andino, Peru is the second highest railway system in the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -Before the opening of the Qinghai–Tibet Railway in China, currently the highest in the world, the highest three railways were located in the Andean countries of Peru and Bolivia. In the Alps, the Jungfrau Railway has the particularity of reaching an elevation that is higher than the local snow line.

Detailed explanation-3: -With its highest point at an altitude of 5, 072m – 200m or more above the Peruvian railway in the Andes – Qinghai-Tibet easily takes the title as the world’s highest track and Tanggula Station, a mere 4m lower, the highest railway station. It is also the longest plateau railway in the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Qingzang railway (also called Qinghai–Xizang railway, or Qinghai–Tibet railway) is a railway line from Xining, Qinghai Province, to Lhasa in Tibet.