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Named gauges
| Gauge | Name |
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| 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) | Indian gauge |
| 1,668 mm (5 ft 5⅔ in) | Iberian gauge |
| 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) | Irish gauge |
| 1,524 mm (5 ft) | Russian gauge |
| 1,520 mm (4 ft 11⅞ in) | Russian gauge |
| 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) | Standard gauge |
| 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | Cape gauge |
| 1,000 mm (3 ft 3⅜ in) | Metre gauge |
| 950 mm (3 ft 1⅜ in) | Italian metre gauge |
Broad gauge railways, by gauge and country
| Gauge | Country | Notes | |
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| Metric mm |
Imperial | ||
| 2,140 | 7 ft 0¼in | Portugal (Azores) | Ponta Delgada harbour |
| South Africa | East London and Table Bay harbour railways | ||
| United Kingdom | Brunel's Great Western Railway until converted to standard gauge by May 1892, see Great Western Railway The "gauge war". Also harbour railways at the Isle of Portland (England), Holyhead (Wales), and Port Erin (Isle of Man). |
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| 2,000 | 6 ft 6¾ in | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Cairngorm Mountain Railway - Funicular |
| 1,980 | 6 ft 519⁄20 in | Israel | Haifa, Carmelit subway railway line - Funicular |
| 1,945 | 6 ft 423⁄40 in | Netherlands till 1866 |
1839–18661 Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij |
| 1,880 | 6 ft 2 in | United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) | Ulster Railway, 1839–1846 |
| 1,829 | 6 ft 0 in | United States | Erie Railroad until June 22, 1880 |
| Russia | Saint Petersburg - Tsarskoe Selo Railway, 1837-1897 | ||
| 1,800 | 5ft 10⅞ in | Germany | Oberweißbacher Bergbahn (funicular section only)2 |
| 1,7503 | 5 ft 89⁄10 in | France | Line from Paris to Limours via Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse (Ligne de Sceaux), until 1891 |
| 1,676 "Indian gauge" | 5 ft 6 in | Argentina | Almost all lines America Latina Logistica,4 (Railroad Development Corporation5) (former San Martín line), Nuevo Central Argentino (former Mitre line) and Ferrosur Roca (former Ferrocarril General Roca), except Urquiza and Belgrano |
| Bangladesh | |||
| Canada | Grand Trunk Railway, St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad and the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad until 1873, Specific names, Provincial gauge Grand Trunk Railway of Canada6 Intercolonial Railway of Canada until 1875. See also Canada. |
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| Chile | Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado | ||
| India | Major routes of Indian Railways , Delhi Metro , Kolkata Metro | ||
| Pakistan | |||
| Scotland | Two early (1830s) linked railways around Arbroath, (see Scotch gauge) | ||
| Sri Lanka | |||
| United States | Maine Central Railroad until 1871; BART - Bay Area Rapid Transit - San Francisco Bay Area. | ||
| 1,672 | 5 ft 55⁄6 in (six Castilian feet) | Spain | Original gauge |
| 1,668 "Iberian gauge" | 5 ft 52⁄3 in | Portugal | Adjusted from the original 1664 mm |
| Spain | Adjusted from the original 1,672 mm Barcelona Metro L1 and RENFE national railways (except High-Speed AVE). |
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| 1,664 | 5 ft 5½ in (five Portuguese feet) | Portugal | Original gauge |
| 1,638 | 5 ft 4½ in | United States | Baltimore Streetcar System (defunct)1 |
| 1,600 "Irish gauge" | 5 ft 3 in | Australia | States of South Australia, Victoria (Victorian broad gauge), New South Wales (only a few routes connected to Victoria) and Tasmania, Australia (one line, Deloraine to Launceston, opened in 1871, was converted to 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) in 1888). |
| Brazil | Lines connecting the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Minas Gerais; E.F.Carajás in Pará and Maranhão states, and Ferronorte in Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul states. |
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| Germany | Baden 1838 - 18542 | ||
| Ireland | Both Republic and North, Irish broad gauge | ||
| New Zealand | Canterbury Provincial Railways (All routes gauge converted to 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) by 1876) |
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| 1,588 | 5 ft 2½in | United States | Pennsylvania Trolley gauge, see Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority subway cars, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority streetcars and New Orleans streetcars, Cincinnati17 |
| 1,581 | 5 ft 2¼in | United States | Philadelphia streetcars |
| 1,575 | 5 ft 2 in | Ireland | Dublin and Drogheda Railway, 1844–1846 |
| 1537 | 5 ft 0½ in | United Kingdom | London and Blackwall Railway |
| 1,524 | 5 ft 0 in | Finland | |
| USA | The South - prior to and after the Civil War. | ||
| Panama | Panama Railway prior to conversion to standard gauge in 2000 to suit off-the-shelf supply. |
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| Former Soviet Union | Prior to narrowing the gauge by 4 mm to 1,520 mm, started in 60's in order to increase speeds using the same rolling stock | ||
| 1,520 "Russian gauge" | 4 ft 115⁄6 in | Armenia | |
| Azerbaijan | |||
| Belarus | |||
| Bulgaria | Only at Varna ferry terminal for train ferries to Odessa and Poti; equipped with dual gauge tracks for changing waggon bogies with standard gauge ones, and parallel transloading tracks of 1,520 and 1,435 mm gauges. | ||
| Estonia | |||
| Georgia | |||
| Germany | Only at Sassnitz/Mukran ferry terminal for freight train ferries to Klaipeda and Baltijsk. | ||
| Hong Kong | Peak Tram | ||
| Kazakhstan | |||
| Kyrgyzstan | |||
| Latvia | |||
| Lithuania | |||
| Moldova | |||
| Mongolia | |||
| Poland | Almost exclusively on one line, see Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa | ||
| Russia | |||
| Slovakia | Only on one line ("Širokorozchodná trať" Maťovce - Haniska pri Košiciach) and from the border station of Čierna nad Tisou to the state border with Ukraine, both operated by ZSSK Cargo. In 2008, the 1520 mm gauge was also proposed for a new rail line from the Ukrainian border to Bratislava.8 |
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| Tajikistan | |||
| Turkmenistan | |||
| Ukraine | |||
| Uzbekistan | |||
| 1,495 | 4 ft 10⅞ in | Canada | Toronto Transit Commission subway and streetcars). See Toronto subway gauge, Toronto streetcar gauge and Toronto radial lines. |
| 1,473 | 4 ft 10 in | USA | The Midwest - until after the Civil War (Ohio gauge) |
| 1,448 | 4 ft 9 in | England | Manchester and Leeds Railway |
| 1,445 | 4 ft 8⅞ in | Italy | Tramway networks in Milan, Turin and Rome, and until 1930 the railway network. |
| Spain | Madrid Metro | ||
Standard gauge railways 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in), by country
This is the Standard or international gauge
| Country | Companies | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Albania | ||
| Algeria | ||
| Argentina | Railroad Development Corporation9 - Former Urquiza Line
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| Australia | New South Wales, interstate lines, Pilbara Railways | |
| Austria | ||
| Belgium | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| Brazil | Estrada de Ferro do Amapá 1,440 mm or 4 ft 8.69 in;
Estrada de Ferro Jarí; São Paulo Metro line 4; Uruguaiana - Border to Argentina (mixed gauge 1,435 and 1,000 mm); Santana do Livramento - Border to Uruguay (mixed gauge 1,435 and 1,000 mm); Remaining tracks at Jaguarão (Rio Grande do Sul) currently without operation) |
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| Bulgaria | National Railway Infrastructure Company (NRIC), Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ), Sofia Underground[1], Part of Sofia Tramway system[2] |
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| Canada | Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian National Railways, VIA Rail, BC Rail; SkyTrain (Vancouver), West Coast Express (Vancouver), O-Train, GO Transit, Edmonton Light Rail Transit, C-Train | |
| China | ||
| Croatia | Hrvatske Željeznice formed from former Yugoslav Railways; (see also Transport in Croatia). | |
| Cuba | ||
| Czech Republic | ||
| Denmark | ||
| Egypt | ||
| England | Liverpool and Manchester Railway | Possibly the first railway built to standard gauge from the start. |
| Estonia | Re-gauging all existing system from 1524 mm and mounting some industrial railways during WWII; 1944-45 all railways re-gauged to 1524 mm. | |
| Finland | Only at Turku ferry terminal for train ferries to Stockholm. | |
| France | ||
| Germany | ||
| Greece | ||
| Hong Kong | Rail transport in Hong Kong | including 1,432 mm (4 ft 8⅜ in) on the MTR |
| Hungary | ||
| India | Calcutta Tramway | |
| Iran | ||
| Iraq | ||
| Ireland | Railway Procurement Agency | Luas in Dublin |
| Israel | ||
| Italy | ||
| Japan | Shinkansen, Keisei Line, Keikyu Line Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, Toei Asakusa Line, Kintetsu Corp (not including the Minami-Osaka Line (1,067 mm), etc.), Keihan Railway, Hankyu Railway, Hanshin Railway, Kyoto Municipal Subway, Osaka Municipal Subway10. | |
| Korea | ||
| Lebanon | all lines out of service and more or less dismantled | |
| Libya | network under construction | |
| Lithuania | Line to Šeštokai from Poland (mixed gauge between Mockava and Šeštokai) | |
| Macedonia | ||
| Malaysia | RapidKL (Kelana Jaya Line, Ampang Line), KLIA Ekspres | |
| Mexico11 | ||
| Monaco | ||
| Montenegro | ||
| Morocco | ||
| Netherlands | ||
| Norway | ||
| Panama | Panama Railway | since 2000 |
| Paraguay | Ferrocarril Presidente Don Carlos Antonio Lopez, now Ferrocarril de Paraguay S.A. (FEPASA) | Now working on 36 km out of Asuncion, as a tourist steam line; also on 5 km from Encarnacion to the border with the Argentine, carrying mainly exported soy; the rest of the 441 km of the line awaits its fate, while redevelopment plans come and go with regularity. The section from West of Encarnación to North of San Salvador and the complete San Salvador - Abaí branch have been dismantled by the railway itself to get funds through selling scrap. |
| Peru | Railroad Development Corporation12 Ferrocarril Central Andino Callao - Lima - La Oroya - Huancayo, La Oroya - Cerro del Pasco ; Ferrocarril del sur de Peru operated by Peru Rail Matarani - Arequipa - Puno and Puno - Cuzco; Ilo - Moquegua mining railroad; Tacna - Arica (Chile) international line, operated by Tacna province; Electric suburban railway of Lima | |
| Philippines | Manila Light Rail Transit and Manila Metro Rail Transit. | |
| Poland | ||
| Romania | ||
| Russia | Rostov-on-Don tramway, lines connecting Kaliningrad with Poland | |
| Serbia | ||
| Singapore | MRT | |
| Slovakia | ||
| Slovenia | ||
| South Africa | proposed for the Gautrain | |
| Spain | AVE High-Speed Train lines from Madrid to Seville, Malaga, Barcelona, Toledo, Huesca and Valladolid, Barcelona Metro L2, L3, L4, L5 lines. Barcelona FGC lines L6, L7, and Metro Vallès S1, S2, S5, S55. | All other broad gauge and some narrow gauge. |
| Sweden | ||
| Switzerland | ||
| Syria | ||
| Taiwan | Taipei Rapid Transit System,Taiwan High Speed Rail, and Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit | |
| Thailand | Bangkok Skytrain, Bangkok Metro and Suvarnabhumi Airport Link (under construction). | |
| Tunisia | Northern part of the network | |
| Turkey | ||
| United Kingdom (Great Britain) | ||
| United States | ||
| Uruguay | ||
| Vietnam | north of Hanoi13 |
Medium gauge railways, by gauge and country
Medium gauge railways are narrow gauge railways of approximately 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge and above. Although technically narrow gauge these railways are often built to substantial standards allowing much higher train speeds and capacity than narrow gauge lines of a smaller gauge.
| Gauge | Country | Notes | |
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| Metric mm |
Imperial | ||
| 1,422 | 4 ft 8 in | USA | Mount Washington Cog Railway |
| England | prior to 1846 (proto standard gauge) | ||
| 1,416 | 4 ft 7¾ in | Scotland | List of Tramways in Scotland |
| 1,384 | 4 ft 6½ in | various railways in Scotland (prior to 1840) | |
| 1,372 | 4 ft 6 in | Japan | Keiō Line, Toei Shinjuku Line, Toden Arakawa Line, Tokyu Setagaya Line, Hakodate tramway |
| Scotland | various railways in Scotland | ||
| 1,245 | 4 ft 1 in | England | Middleton Railway (standard gauge after 1881) |
| 1,219 | 4 ft 0 in | Wales | Padarn Railway, Saundersfoot Railway |
| Scotland | Glasgow Subway, Falkirk | ||
| England | Furzebrook Railway, Redruth and Chasewater Railway | ||
| 1,200 | 4 ft | Switzerland | Rheineck Walzenhausen (formerly a funicular converted to a cog Railway. Only one EMU-1) |
| 1,106 | 3 ft 7½ in | Austria | From Gmunden in the Salzkammergut to Budweis, now in the Czech Republic. |
| 1,100 | 3 ft 7⅓in | Brazil | Santa Teresa streetcar in Rio de Janeiro |
| Italy | SVIE network near Varese | ||
| 1,093 | 3 ft 7 in | Sweden | The Köping-Uttersberg-Riddarhyttan Railway, 1864-1968. The gauge was by mistake |
| 1,067 "CAP gauge" | 3 ft 6 in | Angola | Transport in Angola, Benguela railway |
| Australia | Queensland , Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania | ||
| Botswana | |||
| Canada | western New Brunswick until 1880s, all of the Newfoundland Railway until abandonment in September 1988 and the Prince Edward Island Railway until 1930, standard gauge until abandonment in December 1989, see Narrow gauge railways in Canada | ||
| Republic of Congo | |||
| Democratic Republic of Congo | |||
| Costa Rica | |||
| Ecuador | |||
| Estonia | Tramway/ streetcar in Tallinn | ||
| Ghana | |||
| Haiti | One of two track gauges known to be used in Haiti. | ||
| Honduras | |||
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong Tramways | ||
| Indonesia | |||
| Japan | Most common JR lines. First rail gauge used. | ||
| Malawi | |||
| Mozambique | |||
| Namibia | |||
| New Zealand | |||
| Nicaragua | now lifted | ||
| Nigeria | |||
| Norway | The 1,067mm gauge was first used by C A Piehl on a line opened 1861. The nickname CAP-gauge is from his initals and not from the use of the gauge in the Cape Province in South Africa. Some lines built in the 19th century to 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) were later rebuilt to normal gauge. The Setesdalsbanen, a Heritage railway line of about eight km remains at 1,067mm. | ||
| Philippines | Philippine National Railways | ||
| Russia | Sakhalin Island | ||
| South Africa | |||
| Sudan | |||
| Sweden | Several during the 19th century, now all closed. | ||
| Taiwan | Taiwan Railway Administration system | ||
| Tanzania | TAZARA only | ||
| USA | Former Los Angeles Railway, the San Francisco cable car system. | ||
| Zambia | |||
| Zimbabwe | National Railways of Zimbabwe | ||
| 1055 | 3 ft 5½in | Algeria | |
| 1,050 | 3 ft 51⁄3in | Jordan | Hejaz railway |
| Syria | |||
| 1,050 | 3 ft 51⁄3in | Lebanon & Syria | former Beyrouth - Damascus Railway, mostly dismantled in Lebanon |
| 1,050 | 3 ft 51⁄3in | Israel (Palestine) & Saudi Arabia | dismantled parts of former Hejaz railway |
Narrow gauge railways, by gauge and country
Narrow gauge railways with a gauge above 1 ft 10¾ in (578 mm) and below 3 ft 5 in (1,041 mm).
| Gauge | Country | Notes | |
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| Metric mm |
Imperial | ||
| 1,009 | 3 ft 311⁄16 in | Bulgaria | Most of tramway system in Sofia, except for two lines with standard gauge. Initially built as 1,000 mm, as the condition of tracks vastly deteriorated during WW2, formally was widened to 1,013 in order to avoid losing of licence, then gradually narrowed to 1,009 with tendency to be reverted back to 1,000 mm. All these changes affect the infrastructure and not the rolling stock |
| 1,000 "Metre gauge" | 3 ft 3⅜ in | Argentina | Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano, now Belgrano Cargas, Tren de las Nubes |
| Bangladesh | |||
| Benin | |||
| Brazil | |||
| Bolivia | All Railway Lines | ||
| Burkina Faso | |||
| Burma | |||
| Cambodia | |||
| Cameroon | |||
| Chile | Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado, Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia. | ||
| China | |||
| Croatia | Tramways in Zagreb and Osijek | ||
| Denmark | A few local railways. None remains. Århus tramway (closed), Dansih tramway museum. | ||
| Djibouti | Djibouti to Addis Abeba | ||
| Ethiopia | Addis Abeba - Djibouti line | ||
| Finland | Helsinki tram | ||
| France | Historically used in many local and regional railways, only a few of which remain today. Includes Saint-Gervais-Vallorcine Line and Villefranche-Vernet-les-Bains - La Tour-de-Carol and Salbris - Luçay-le-Mâle operated by SNCF. Chemins de fer de la Provence; Chemins de fer de Corse; Chemin de Fer de La Mure. Train des pignes. | ||
| Germany | Common on local railways "Kleinbahnen". Very few left in operation. | ||
| Greece | mainly in the Peloponnese | ||
| India | |||
| Ivory Coast | |||
| Iraq | |||
| Kenya | |||
| Laos | |||
| Latvia | Liepāja tramway | ||
| Malaysia | KTM line | ||
| Mali | |||
| Norway | Thamshavnbanen (heritage railway) and the Trondheim Tramway (Gråkallbanen) | ||
| Pakistan | |||
| Poland | |||
| Portugal | |||
| Romania | Tram systems in Arad, Iaşi and Sibiu, also in Galaţi until fully replaced by standard gauge in 1975. | ||
| Russia | Kaliningrad and Pyatigorsk tramways | ||
| Senegal | |||
| Singapore | KTM line to Malaysia | ||
| Slovakia | The gauge of Bratislava trams and also of a mountain railroad and a cogwheel railroad in the area of High Tatras. | ||
| Spain | FEVE lines in north-west Spain, including the Transcantábrico Barcelona Metro line 8 and FGC suburban lines S4, S8, R5 and R6 |
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| Switzerland | Nearly all narrow-gauge railways: suburban railways, mountain railways, rack railways, some long-distance railways and trams. | ||
| Tanzania | except for TAZARA | ||
| Thailand | |||
| Tunisia | |||
| Turkey | Istanbul nostalgic trams | ||
| Uganda | |||
| Ukraine | Lviv, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr and Eupatoria tramways | ||
| Vietnam | |||
| 950 "Italian metre gauge" | 3 ft 12⁄5 in | Italy | One of the gauges formerly permitted by law. Some regional railways. |
| Eritrea | |||
| Somalia | Former line Mogadishu to Villaggio | ||
| 914 | 3 ft 0 in | Australia | Powelltown Tramway, Private timber tramways14. |
| Canada | White Pass and Yukon Railroad, Narrow gauge Canada | ||
| Colombia | Colombian Railways | ||
| El Salvador | |||
| Guatemala | Rail transport in Guatemala Ferrovías Guatemala15 | ||
| Haiti | One of two track gauges known to be used in Haiti. | ||
| Ireland | County Donegal Railways Joint Committee (Closed - Part preserved),
Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway (Closed), Cavan & Leitrim Railway (Closed - part preserved), West Clare Railway (Closed - part preserved), Ballycastle Railway (Closed), Giant's Causeway Tramway (Closed - part preserved), Ballymena & Larne Railway (Closed), Bord Na Mona - extensive industrial railway network. |
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| Isle of Man | Manx Electric Railway and Isle of Man Railway | ||
| Peru | Huancayo - Huancavelica,16 being converted to standard gauge, see Railroad Development Corporation, Cusco - Machu Picchu, Cusco - Machu Picchu17 and Ferrocarril Central Andino | ||
| Spain | Palma-Soller-Puerto de Soller line (Balearic Islands) | ||
| USA | In Colorado) Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, Georgetown Loop, Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad and the Uintah Railway extending into Utah; in California the Disneyland Railroad, the North Pacific Coast Railroad, the South Pacific Coast Railroad, the Ghost Town & Calico Railway, the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad, the Roaring Camp and Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad, the West Side Lumber Company railway and the Carson and Colorado Railroad extending into Nevada; in Florida the Walt Disney World Railroad; in New York the Catskill Mountain Railway, the Catskill and Tannersville Railway; and the Otis Elevating Railway; in Oregon the Sumpter Valley Railroad. | ||
| 912 | 2 ft 11⅞ in | Georgia | The 37 km Borjomi - Bakuriani line |
| 900 | 2 ft 117⁄16 in | Austria | Linz tramways |
| Estonia | Vaivara-Viivikonna mine railway; re-gauged to standard gauge during WWII; after the war re-gauged to 1,520 mm (4 ft 11⅞ in). | ||
| Georgia (Abkhazia) | New Athos Cave Railway | ||
| Poland | Cracow tramways (re-gauged to standard gauge in 1953) | ||
| Portugal | Lisboa tramways | ||
| 891 | 2 ft 111⁄10 in (3 Swedish feet) | Sweden | Many 891 mm lines were built during 19th and early 20th century by private companies. The state railroad company SJ always used 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) gauge during construction of its own railway lines. SJ later bought most of Sweden’s private railroad companies. Some have been converted to 1,435 mm. Of all 891 mm lines that existed, now only the Roslagsbanan (a commuter line going north-east from Stockholm) uses this gauge, and a number of museum railways. |
| 850 | Italy | Ponte Tresa-Luino (1924: converted to 1100 mm gauge, 1950: closed) Menaggio-Porlezza (1939: closed) |
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| 825 | 2 ft 8½ in | United Kingdom | Volk's Electric Railway |
| 802 | Sweden | Far behind 891 mm, this was one of the most frequently used narrow gauges in Sweden. The Hällefors-Fredriksberg Railways (1874-1970) in Värmland is one example of where this gauge was used. However, the railways of this gauge never formed much of a network anywhere. None of them remain today. | |
| 800 | 2 ft 7½ in | Switzerland | Numerous rack and mountain railways |
| Wales | Snowdon Mountain Railway | ||
| 785 | 2 ft 69⁄10 in | Poland | |
| 762 | 2 ft 6 in | Australia | Victorian narrow gauge lines including Puffing Billy tourist railway east of Melbourne. |
| Brazil | Estrada de Ferro Oeste de Minas in Minas Gerais state, now operating only a small section between São João del Rey and Tiradentes). | ||
| Chile | Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia (now 1,000 mm (3 ft 3⅜ in) ) | ||
| Estonia | Industrial raiway in Tamsalu lime factory; during WWI re-gauged to 750 mm and used as a part of Paide-Tamsalu raiway; now dismounted. | ||
| Haiti | One of two track gauges known to be used in Haiti | ||
| India | Kalka-Shimla Railway | ||
| Japan | Abō Forest Train (industrial railway),18 Kintetsu Utsube Line, Kintetsu Hachiōji Line, Kurobe Gorge Railway, Kurobe Senyō Railway (industrial railway), Sangi Railway Hokusei Line | ||
| Sierra Leone | |||
| Sri Lanka | The Kelani Valley railway line (now converted to broad gauge) | ||
| Taiwan | Alishan Forest Railway | ||
| USA | Omaha Zoo Railroad, Washington Park and Zoo Railway (Portland, Oregon), various logging railways in California19 | ||
| United Kingdom | Alford and Sutton Tramway, Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway, Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway, Almond Valley Light Railway, Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway, Great Whipsnade Railway | ||
| 760 | 2 ft 59⁄10 in | Austria7 | |
| Bulgaria | Few railways, of which only Septemvri - Dobrinishte (125.3 km) remains in operation | ||
| Haiti | Most sources claims, besides the wider gauge of 1,067 mm, the narrower of two gauges being used was 762 mm, but few others (CIA) use 760 mm on their documents. | ||
| Romania | A few railways of this gauge; some renovated for the tourist industry: see Mocăniţă. | ||
| Slovakia | Čierny Hron River Railway, Several other logging railroads | ||
| 750 | 2 ft 5½ in | Argentina | Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano20 (now probably 1,000 mm (3 ft 3⅜ in) ?) |
| Ecuador20 | |||
| Estonia | |||
| Greece | Rack railway between Diakopto - Kalavryta at northern Peloponnesos | ||
| Latvia | |||
| Lithuania | |||
| Norway | Only 1 heritage railway left (Aurskog-Hølandsbanen) | ||
| Poland | |||
| Russia | |||
| Switzerland | |||
| 700 | 2 ft 3½ in | Denmark | Standard gauge for sugar beet railways; none remain. |
| 686 | 2 ft 3 in | Wales | Talyllyn Railway, Corris Railway, Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway |
| Scotland | Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway | ||
| 610 | 2 ft 0 in | Australia | Queensland: extensive network of sugar cane tramways |
| India | Darjeeling Himalayan Railway | ||
| Japan | Tateyama Sabō Erosion Control Works Service Train (industrial railway) | ||
| Mexico | Córdoba and Huatusco Railroad; Cazadero and San Pablo Railroad; Ferrocarril de Hornos | ||
| South Africa | Port Elizabeth to Avontuur (284 km) and Port Shepstone to Harding (122 km) | ||
| United Kingdom | Many lines | ||
| USA | Billerica and Bedford Railroad and Edaville Railroad of Massachusetts; 6 Maine railroads: Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad, Bridgton and Saco River Railroad, Monson Railroad, Kennebec Central Railroad, Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway, S. D. Warren Paper Mill; the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum and Boothbay Harbor, Maine support twenty four-inch narrow gauge railroad museums; Mount Gretna Narrow Gauge Railway of Pennsylvania; Gilpin tramway of Colorado; Cripple Creek and Victor Railroad of Colorado; Silver City, Pinos Altos and Mogollon Railroad of New Mexico; "C.P. Huntingdon" commercially manufactured 24" park train rides exist in Roswell, New Mexico and Tucson, Arizona | ||
| 603 | 1 ft 11¾in | Wales | Vale of Rheidol Railway |
| 600 "Decauville gauge" |
1 ft 11⅝in | Argentina | Rainforest Ecological Train (New system) |
| Brazil | Estrada de Ferro Perus-Pirapora (Closed - part preserved) | ||
| Estonia | |||
| France | Corsica, Chemins de Fer du Calvados, World War I trench railways | ||
| Greece | Mt. Pelion railway | ||
| Latvia | |||
| Mexico | Ferrocarril de Tacubaya | ||
| Namibia | Otavi Mining and Railway Company | ||
| Poland | Żnińska Kolej Powiatowa - a narrow gauge railway running from Żnin via Wenecja, Biskupin to Gąsawa | ||
| Sweden | once several, a few remaining as museum railways (Munkedal, Mariefred-Läggesta) | ||
| Wales | Ffestiniog Railway, Welsh Highland Railway | ||
Minimum gauge railways, by gauge and country
| Gauge | Country | Notes | |
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| Metric mm |
Imperial | ||
| 578 | 1 ft 10¾ in | Wales | Penrhyn Quarry Railway |
| 500 "Decauville gauge" |
1 ft 7¾ in | Argentina | Tren del Fin del Mundo, Ushuaia - Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego |
| France | Several Decauville railways | ||
| United Kingdom | |||
| 482 | 1 ft 7 in | Isle of Man | Great Laxey Mine Railway |
| 457 | 18 in | United Kingdom | Sand Hutton Light Railway, Steeple Grange Light Railway, Crewe Works Railway, Royal Arsenal Railway |
| USA | Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad, Los Gatos, CA | ||
| 381 | 15 in | United Kingdom | Duffield Bank Railway, Eaton Hall Railway, Perrygrove Railway, Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, Bure Valley Railway, Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway |
| USA | Redwood Valley Railway, Tilden Park, Berkeley, CA | ||
See also
References
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External links
- Jane's World Railways
- Railroad Gauge Width site
- The Indian Railways FAQ: Gauges
- Extensive list of 2 ft gauge railways worldwide
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