highest railway station - jungfraujoch


when we took the cogwheel train to jungfraujoch in switzerland in june 2002, we mistakenly believed that we had been to the highest railway station in the world. it is actually the highest railway station in europe.

there was so much snow at jungfraujoch, even in summer, that ivy could make a penguin and ida, a snow woman. the snow was white and dazzling. then, i understood why people wear sun glasses in the mountains. we also visited the ice palace. we saw quite a number of indian tourists from india at jungfraujoch.

today, the honour of the highest railway station in the world goes to the tangula station in tibet, which stands at 5068m above sea level. the second highest is the galera station in peru, at 4781m. in india, the ghoom station in the darjeeling mountains is about 2258m above sea level.

for the record, jungfraujoch is 3454m above sea level.