Railway is one of the most important means of transportation today. Everyday thousands of trains travel on railway tracks throughout the world. While some carry passengers, others carry grain, coal, machinery and many other products. The fastest trains reach a speed of over 200 km/hr.
The highest railway line in the world is in Peru. It is a track on the Morococha branch of the Peruvian State Railways at La Cima at a height of 4,818 m (15,806 ft.) above the sea-level.
The highest railway station in the world is the Condor station in Bolivia at a height of 4, 786 m (15,705 ft.) The world’s longest run railway track is one of 9,438 km (5,864 miles) on the trans-Siberian line from Moscow to Nakhodka, Russia. The highest speed recorded on any National rail system is 515 km per hour by the French high-speed train TGV on 18th May 1990.