'Galera' is the third highest
train station in the
Western Hemisphere with an elevation of 4781
m (15,686
feet). It is situated in the
Andes in
Peru along the track from
Lima to
Huancayo. In the years 1992-2003 it was out of use as was the whole railway-track because of the terrorist threat by the group
Sendero Luminoso. It is now the third highest in the world as it is surpassed by the Qinghai-Tibet Railway's
Tanggula Mountain Pass railway station in the
Tanggula Mountains,
Tibet, which at 5,068 m is the world's highest railway station.
See also
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Cóndor station — 4,786 m (15,700 ft) elevation