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{{Short description|Mountain pass in Peru}}
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[[File:Ticlio railway pass.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A signboard near the station of Ticlio. The green sign says, in [[Spanish language|Spanish]]: "TICLIO - TOURISM PLACE / 4818&nbsp;m [[Above mean sea level|AMSL]] / World's highest railroad crossing"]]
'''Ticlio''' (or Anticona) is a mountain pass and the highest point (4,818 m or 15,807 ft) of the [[Central Highway of Peru]] (km 120), located in the Andes Mountains in the [[Chicla District]], [[Huarochirí Province]], [[Department of Lima]]. It used to be a railway [[crossing loop]] on the [[Ferrocarril Central Andino]] (FCCA) in [[Rail transport in Peru|Peru]], whose main claim to fame was being the highest railway [[Junction (rail)|junction]] in the world.  The railway now crosses the pass through the nearby Galera Summit Tunnel at a lower elevation of 4,783 m (15,692 ft) and enters a different valley than the highway on the eastern side of the pass.

==Overview==
Ticlio Station lies at km 171 of the {{RailGauge|sg}} [[standard gauge]] FCCA about 2 km (1.2 miles) from the highway summit at the western end of Galera Summit Tunnel. From 1893 to 1921, it was the junction for the now-closed branch to [[Morococha District|Morococha]]. FCCA is an active freight and passenger line (FCCA offers several tourist trips per month from Lima to Huancayo). On the railway approach to Ticlio from the direction of Lima, eight tunnels were necessary in a stretch of less than 3.2 km (2 miles).

Temperature varies between 8 and -5 °C. Atmospheric pressure in Ticlio is approximately 50% lower than the one present at sea level, which causes the vast majority of people that pass through this point to suffer [[altitude sickness]] or ''soroche''.

At its highest point, at 4,818 m (15,807 ft), is placed the [[Ernest Malinowski Monument]] by sculptor [[Gustaw Zemła]], which is dedicated to [[Ernest Malinowski]], an engineer who designed the [[Ferrocarril Central Andino]] railway.<ref name=pr>{{cite web|url=https://www.polskieradio.pl/8/1594/artykul/512077,w-pracowni-gustawa-zemly|author=Aleksandra Łapkiewicz|title=W pracowni Gustawa Zemły|language=pl|website=polskieradio.pl|date=6 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://polonika.pl/polonik-tygodnia/centralna-kolej-transandyjska|website=polonika.pl|language=pl|title=Centralna Kolej Transandyjska}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Anticona|Antikuna]]
* [[Qinghai–Tibet Railway]]
* [[Waqraqucha (Morococha)|Waqraqucha]]
* [[List of highest railway stations in the world]]

==Gallery==
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File:View_from_the_Summit_Yuraccochas_I_-_Ticlio,_Huarochiri,_Lima,_Peru.jpg|View from the summit of [[Yuraqqucha (Lima-Junín)|Yuraqqucha]] near the Antikuna pass
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== References ==
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* http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r022.html
* {{Marshall-GuinnessRail}} {{page needed|date=December 2012}}

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[[Category:Railway stations in Peru]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in the Department of Junín]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in the Department of Lima]]
[[Category:Mountain passes of Peru]]
[[Category:Roads in Peru]]


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