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List of track gauges#Minimum and ridable miniature railways

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[[File:World RR Gauge Map.agr.png|thumb|300px|Map of the world's railways showing the different major gauges in use

{{legend|#a100ff|3 ft gauge (914 mm)}}

{{legend|#6000ff|Meter gauge (1,000 mm)}}

{{legend|#0500e0|Cape gauge (1,067 mm)}}

{{legend|#000000|Standard gauge (1,435 mm)}}

{{legend|#c00100|Russian gauge (1,520 mm)}}

{{space|4}}{{Legend inline|#ff0100|Five foot gauge (1,524 mm)}}

{{legend|#ffa000|Irish gauge (1,600 mm)}}

{{legend|#ffc000|Iberian gauge (1,668 mm)}}

{{legend|#ffe000|Indian gauge (1,676 mm)}}]]

This list presents an overview of railway track gauges by size. A gauge is measured between the inner faces of the rails.

File:Australia OpenRailway gauge map.agr.png (1,067 mm)}}

{{legend|#000000|Standard gauge (1,435 mm)}}

{{legend|#ffa000|Broad gauge (1,600 mm)}}

The large network of narrow-gauge sugar cane light railways, almost all 610 mm (2 ft) gauge, is not shown. See Rail gauge in Australia.]]

File:Triple-gauge track on turntable, Gladstone, South Australia (HSWilliams).jpg

Track gauges by size

File:Track gauges 01.jpg

=Minimum and ridable miniature railways=

{{main|Minimum-gauge railway|Ridable miniature railway}}

For ridable miniature railways and minimum-gauge railways, the gauges are overlapping. There are also some extreme narrow-gauge railways listed. See: Distinction between a ridable miniature railway and a minimum-gauge railway for clarification.

Model railway gauges are covered in rail transport modelling scales.

File:Orchid Line - 2009-10-25.jpg Schools class]]

File:Triple-gauge pointwork on the Orchid Line IoM.jpg. The upper right branch does not include the {{frac|3|1|2}} in gauge.]]

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Metric

!Imperial

 

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89 mm

| {{Track gauge|3.5in|disp=1|al=on|first=imp}}

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|See Ridable miniature railway#Gauge.

121 mm

| {{Track gauge|4.75in|disp=1|al=on|first=imp}}

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| See Ridable miniature railway#Gauge.

127 mm

| {{Track gauge|5in|disp=1|al=on|first=imp}}

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| See Ridable miniature railway#Gauge.

145 mm

| {{frac|5|7|10}} in and {{frac|5|45|64}} in

| Denmark

| Brandhøjbanendk, at Hedeland veteran railwaydk, Hedeland, Hedehusene, Høje-Taastrup. Mixed gauge:

{{RailGauge|5in}}, {{frac|5|7|10}} in (145 mm) and {{RailGauge|7.25in}} gauges are all in use on this model-miniature railway.,{{Cite web |title=Brandhøjbanen – Minijernbane med damp-, el- og motordrevne lokomotiver. |url=https://brandhojbanen.dk/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |title=Minijernbanen – Hedeland |url=https://hedeland.dk/oplev/minijernbanen.html |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=hedeland.dk |language=da}} there is also one at Denmark’s railway museum in Odense,{{Cite web |title=Museum i Odense {{!}} Oplev Danmarks Jernbanemuseum i Odense |url=https://www.jernbanemuseet.dk/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=www.jernbanemuseet.dk |language=da}}{{Cite web |title=Danmarks Jernbanemuseum |url=https://www.visitfyn.dk/fyn/oplevelser/danmarks-jernbanemuseum |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=VisitFyn |language=da}}{{Cite web |title=Besøg Danmarks Jernbanemuseum i Odense |url=https://www.visitodense.dk/turist/planlaeg-din-tur/danmarks-jernbanemuseum-gdk612959 |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=VisitOdense |language=da}} one at the Tramway Museum Skjoldenæsholm, Jystrup, Ringsted,{{Cite web |title=Sporvejsmuseet Skjoldenæsholm – Forside |url=https://www.sporvejsmuseet.dk/spm/m/spm/spm.php#indhold |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=www.sporvejsmuseet.dk}} and many other model-miniature railways in Denmark{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibfnkUOCCOc | title=Film fra en havebane på Lolland | website=YouTube | date=19 September 2023 }}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.facebook.com/100066727195746/videos/studie-tur-til-en-havebane/1583189402010325/ |title=Studie tur til en havebane. {{!}} By Fyns Tog Park {{!}} Facebook |language=en |access-date=2024-09-24 |via=www.facebook.com}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVqqgwFA6kg |title=Bred Banen – havebane i mål 1:8 |date=2022-09-14 |last=Dansk Jernbane-Klub |access-date=2024-09-24 |via=YouTube}}{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X92bBu3Rpf0 | title=Lars har sin egen togbane i baghaven | website=YouTube | date=2 August 2021 }} and Model lane Europe, Hadsten, Favrskov{{Cite web |title=Modelbane Europa – Modelbane Europa |url=https://modelbaneeuropa.dk/da/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=modelbaneeuropa.dk}} and many others.{{Cite web |title=Facebook |url=https://m.facebook.com/cookie/consent |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=www.facebook.com}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.facebook.com/Ellings.havebane/videos/rhb/1329574573912479/ |title=1.1K views · 41 reactions {{!}} Rhb {{!}} Blandet tog på banen fra Rhb (Rigtig Have Bane) {{!}} By Elling's havebane {{!}} Facebook |language=en |access-date=2024-09-24 |via=www.facebook.com}}{{Cite web |title=havebane.dk – Velkommen til Havebane.dk |url=http://www.havebane.dk/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=www.havebane.dk}}{{Cite web |title=Sidste dag på Danmarks største digitale styredede havebane – Spor1øst |url=https://www.spor1east.dk/sidste-dag-paa-danmarks-stoerste-digitale-styredede-havebane/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |language=da-DK}}

184 mm

| {{Track gauge|7.25in|disp=1|al=on|first=imp}}

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| See Ridable miniature railway#Gauge.

{{nowrap|190.5 mm}}

| {{Track gauge|7.5in|disp=1|al=on|first=imp}}

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| See Ridable miniature railway#Gauge.

210 mm

| {{Track gauge|8.25in|disp=1|al=on|first=imp}}

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| See Ridable miniature railway#Gauge.

rowspan=2 | 229 mm

|rowspan=2 | {{Track gauge|9in|disp=1|al=on|first=imp}}

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| See 9 in (229 mm) gauge ridable miniature railways.

England

| Railway built by minimum-gauge pioneer Sir Arthur Heywood, later abandoned in favor of {{Track gauge|15in}} gauge.

240 mm

| {{Track gauge|97/16in|disp=1|al=on|first=imp}}

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| See Ridable miniature railway#Gauge.

241 mm

| {{Track gauge|9.5in|disp=1|al=on|first=imp}}

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| See Ridable miniature railway#Gauge.

260 mm

| {{Track gauge|10.25in|disp=1|al=on|first=imp}}

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| See Ridable miniature railway#Gauge.

267 mm

| {{Track gauge|10.5in|disp=1|al=on|first=imp}}

| England

| Beale Park miniature railway

305 mm

| {{Track gauge|12in|disp=1|al=on|first=imp}}

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| See 12 in (305 mm) gauge ridable miniature railways.

310 mm

| {{frac|12|13|64}} in

| Denmark

| See Narrow-gauge railways in Denmark.

311 mm

| {{Track gauge|12.25in|disp=1|al=on|first=imp}}

| Wales

| Fairbourne Railway

340 mm

| {{Track gauge|340 mm|disp=1|al=on|first=imp}}

| Netherlands

| Ridable miniature railway in DierenPark Amersfoort{{cite web|url=http://www.debeijerbv.com/pdf/Nieuw%20ballastbed%20voor%20spoorlijn%20Dierenpark%20Amersfoort.pdf|title=Nieuw ballastbed voor spoorlijn Dierenpark Amersfoort|access-date=1 June 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420124401/http://debeijerbv.com/pdf/Nieuw%20ballastbed%20voor%20spoorlijn%20Dierenpark%20Amersfoort.pdf|archive-date=20 April 2016}}

350 mm

| {{Track gauge|350mm|disp=1|al=on|first=imp}}

| Netherlands

| Collection Decauville Spoorweg Museum{{cite web|url=http://nmld.locaalspoor.nl/nl/object/2701|title=DSM Andere – Algemene Informatie Materieel|access-date=1 June 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804205056/http://nmld.locaalspoor.nl/nl/object/2701|archive-date=4 August 2016}}

356 mm

| {{Track gauge|14in|disp=1|al=on|first=imp}}

| United States

| See 14 in (356 mm) gauge ridable miniature railways and Chicago Tunnel Company (during construction process).

368 mm

| {{Track gauge|14.5in|disp=1|al=on|first=imp}}

| United States

| John J. Coit's Seaside Park Miniature Railway and Long Beach and Asbury Park Railway

381 mm

| {{Track gauge|15in|disp=1|al=on|first=imp}}

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| See 15 in gauge railways.

rowspan=2 | 400 mm

| rowspan=2 | {{Track gauge|400mm|disp=1|al=on|first=imp}}

| Denmark

| See Narrow-gauge railways in Denmark.

France

| Agricultural field railways (Decauville portable track)

406 mm

| {{Track gauge|16in|disp=1|al=on|first=imp}}

| United States

| See 16 in (406 mm) gauge ridable miniature railways.

rowspan=2 | 419 mm

| rowspan=2 | {{Track gauge|16.5in|disp=1|al=on|first=imp}}

| Canada

| See Ridable miniature railway#Gauge.

England

| Berkhamsted Gasworks Railway{{cite book |author=Nicholson, Peter |title=Industrial Narrow Gauge Railways in Britain |publisher=Bradford, Barton |isbn=0-85153-236-5 |year=1975}}

432 mm

| {{Track gauge|17in|disp=1|al=on|first=imp}}

| England

| Long Rake Spar mine, underground mine railway{{cite book |title=Industrial Locomotives 1979: including preserved and minor railway locomotives|publisher=Industrial Railway Society|isbn=0-901096-38-5|year=1979}}

rowspan=2 | 450 mm

|rowspan=2 | {{Track gauge|450mm|disp=1|al=on|first=imp}}

|Czech Republic

|Industrial railwaysTrack gauge by size From Czech wiki

England

|Littlethorpe Potteries, hand-worked line connecting clay pits to pottery{{cite web |url=http://www.littlethorpepotteries.co.uk/process.asp |title=Littlethorpe Potteries website article on pot making |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325095020/http://www.littlethorpepotteries.co.uk/process.asp |archive-date=2009-03-25 }}

rowspan="3" | 457 mm

| rowspan="3" | {{Track gauge|18in|disp=1|al=on|first=imp}}

|England

|Crewe Works Railway, Horwich Works Railway, Royal Arsenal Railway, Sand Hutton Light Railway, Steeple Grange Light Railway

United States

|Eastlake Park Scenic Railway, Venice Miniature Railway and Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad

Australia

|National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide

470 mm

| {{Track gauge|18.5in|disp=1|al=on|first=imp}}

|United States

|Travel Town Museum miniature railway

rowspan=2 | 483 mm

|rowspan=2 | {{Track gauge|19in|disp=1|al=on|first=imp}}

|Isle of Man

|Great Laxey Mine Railway

United States

|Swanton Pacific Railroad

{{nowrap|495 mm}}

| {{Track gauge|19.5in|disp=1|al=on|first=imp}}

|England

|Ayle Colliery mine railway, Athole G. Allen Ltd. Closehouse Barytes Mine railway

=Narrow gauge=

{{main|Narrow-gauge railway}}

Railways with a track gauge between {{Track gauge|500mm|lk=on|al=on}} and {{Track gauge|4ft8.5in|lk=on|al=on}}.

File:Trilhos perto de Uruguaiana • 3.jpg

File:Diamond Crossing Dual Gauge Double Line.png

File:Narrow gauge track - geograph.org.uk - 3511759.jpg

File:Vier spoorwijdten (comparison of four gauges).JPG

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rowspan="5" | 500 mm

| rowspan="5" | {{Track gauge|500mm|disp=1|lk=on|first=imp}}

|Austria

|Geriatriezentrum Am Wienerwald Feldbahn

Argentina

|Tren del Fin del Mundo, Ushuaia{{dash}}Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego

Denmark

| See Narrow-gauge railways in Denmark

France

|Several Decauville portable railways, Chemin de Fer Touristique du Tarn, Petit train d'Artouste

Hungary

|Mining railways in Pilisszentiván (defunct), Törökszentmiklós brick factory

rowspan=3 | 508 mm

| rowspan=3 | {{Track gauge|20in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|England

|Great Woburn Railway situated in Woburn Safari Park; and North Bay Railway near Scarborough

United States

|Confusion Hill

Russia

|Krasnoyarsk Child Railway

520 mm

| {{Track gauge|520mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

| Germany

| Several mine railways. Origine: from 1 ft 8 in preußische Zoll = 523.2 mm.{{cite web|url=http://www.dgeg.de/129-Spurweiten_500_bis_599_mm|title=DGEG – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Eisenbahngeschichte – Spurweiten 500 bis 599 mm – Eisenbahn Eisenbahngeschichte Eisenbahnhistorie Museen Eisenbahnmuseum Eisenbahn-Geschichte Zeitschrift|access-date=1 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815192735/http://dgeg.de/129-Spurweiten_500_bis_599_mm|archive-date=15 August 2016}}

533 mm{{Track gauge|21in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|England

|Pleasure Beach Express

rowspan=2 | 550 mm

| rowspan=2 | {{Track gauge|550mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Denmark

|Mønsted Kalkgruber, in a former limestone quarry, railway is preserved.

Narrow-gauge railways in Europe
Narrow-gauge railways in Denmark.

Germany

|Mine railways in Mayen

557 mm{{Track gauge|557mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Dominican Republic

|Transport in the Dominican Republic

560 mm{{Track gauge|560 mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Germany

|Salt mine railway in Berchtesgaden{{cite web|url=http://www.merte.de/BE/archiv/83471-01.htm|title=Bahn-Express – Magazin für Werkbahnfreunde|access-date=1 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803070838/http://www.merte.de/BE/archiv/83471-01.htm|archive-date=3 August 2016}}

575 mm

| {{Track gauge|575mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

| Germany

| Iron ore mine railways in Bad Ems and Ramsbeck{{cite web|url=http://www.emser-bergbaumuseum.de/html/body_fahrzeugliste.html|title=Fahrzeugliste|access-date=1 June 2016|archive-date=6 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306071934/http://www.emser-bergbaumuseum.de/html/body_fahrzeugliste.html|url-status=dead}}

rowspan=2 | 578 mm

| rowspan=2 | {{Track gauge|1ft10.75in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

| United States

| Lakeside Amusement Park & San Francisco Zoo

Wales

| Penrhyn Quarry Railway

rowspan="2" | 580 mm

| rowspan="2" | {{Track gauge|580mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on|nowrap=on}}

|Austria

|Wolfsegg Traunthaler Kohlenwerke in Ampflwang im Hausruckwald{{cite web|url=http://www.entlang-der-gleise.de/Feldbahnen/feldbahn-ruhrthaler.html|title=Ruhrthaler Feldbahnloks|access-date=1 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506085721/http://www.entlang-der-gleise.de/Feldbahnen/feldbahn-ruhrthaler.html|archive-date=6 May 2016}}

Hungary

|Mining railways in Dorog (defunct)

597 mm

| {{Track gauge| 1 ft 11.5 in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

| rowspan=4 |

| rowspan=4 | See 2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways
2 ft gauge railways in Australia
2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways in the United Kingdom

600 mm{{Track gauge|600mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}
603 mm{{Track gauge|1ft11.75in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}
610 mm

| {{Track gauge|2ft|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

620 mm

| {{Track gauge|620mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Slovenia

|Cave railway in the Postojna Cave{{Cite web|title=A short history of a truly unique train|url=https://www.postojnska-jama.eu/en/wonderland-stories/|access-date=2022-02-02|website=www.postojnska-jama.eu|quote=The work on laying tracks, which were 1,534 metres in length and had a track gauge of 620 mm, started in March 1872}}

622 mm

| {{Track gauge|2ft0.5in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

| Wales

| Penrhyn Quarry Railway, until 1879

630 mm{{Track gauge|630mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Germany

|Brickworks in Zehdenick{{cite web|url=http://www.merte.de/BE/archiv/16775-01.htm|title=Bahn-Express – Magazin für Werkbahnfreunde|access-date=1 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803053711/http://www.merte.de/BE/archiv/16775-01.htm|archive-date=3 August 2016}}

655 mm{{Track gauge|655mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Germany

|Schlebusch-Harkorter Coal Railway{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

rowspan=3 | 660 mmrowspan=3 | {{Track gauge|2ft2in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Germany

|Industrial and mine railways in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate

Japan

| Yamanashi horse-drawn tramway

Wales

| Cwt y Bugail quarry

682 mm{{frac|2|27|32}} in

| Denmark

| See Narrow-gauge railways in Denmark

686 mm{{Track gauge|2ft3in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|

| See List of 2 ft 3 in gauge railways

693 mm{{Track gauge|693mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Sweden

|28 Swedish inches. Several railways.

rowspan="7" | 700 mm

| rowspan="7" | {{Track gauge|700mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Denmark

|See Narrow-gauge railways in Denmark and Narrow-gauge railways in Europe. Common for sugar beet or sugar cane railways and peat railways. Hedeland veteran railway is preserveddk.{{Cite web |date=2016-03-24 |title=Klubbens historie – Hedelands Veteranbane |url=https://www.ibk.dk/om-hvb/klubbens-historie/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |title=Veteranbanen – Hedeland |url=https://hedeland.dk/oplev/veteranbane.html |access-date=2024-09-24 |website= |language=da}}{{Cite web |date=2016-05-15 |title=English – Hedelands Veteranbane |url=https://www.ibk.dk/en/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |language=en-GB}}{{cite web | url=https://www.jernbanen.dk/forum2/index.php?mode=thread&id=78123 | title=Endnu eksisterende smalsporede danske industribaner?? – Jernbanehistorisk forum }}{{Cite web |title=EVP – Smalspor. – Diverse. |url=https://evp.dk/index.php?page=smalspor---diverse |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=evp.dk}}{{Cite web |title=Forums |url=http://www.smalspor.dk/forum/forums.html |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=www.smalspor.dk}}{{Cite web |title=Smalsporsbaner {{!}} Nordjyllands jernbaner |url=http://jernbaner-nordjylland.dk/?page_id=2940 |access-date=2024-09-24 |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |title=Smalsporede industribanelokomotiver  |url=http://www.smalspor.dk/search_drivkraftlokomotivfabrikat01.asp |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=www.smalspor.dk}}{{Cite web |title=Smalsporede industribanelokomotiver |url=http://www.smalspor.dk/baggrund.htm |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=www.smalspor.dk}}{{Cite web |title=Smalsporede industribanelokomotiver |url=http://www.smalspor.dk/kilder.htm |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=www.smalspor.dk}}{{Citation |last=www.smalspor.dk |title=Talyllyn Railway 11. jun. 2018 11.39.16 |date=2018-06-17 |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/smalspor/ |access-date=2024-09-24}}{{Cite web |date=2016-03-24 |title=Køreplan 2024 – Hedelands Veteranbane |url=https://www.ibk.dk/koereplan/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |language=da-DK}}https://hedeland.dk/uploads/444SommerkortHedeland12.04.2021_2komprimeret.pdf

  • Store Vildmose railway don’t exist anymore, only a few materials and only one train remains for preservation on Hedeland veteran railway.{{Cite web |title=3 Vildmosetilsynet No 3, damp. Arkiv – Hedelands Veteranbane |url=https://www.ibk.dk/venue/vildmosen/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |last=Kiersgaard |first=Vibeke Noergaard |date=2021-09-03 |title=Klynevogn fra Pindstrup Mosebrug. |url=https://www.kongerslev9293.dk/2021/09/03/klynevogn-fra-pindstrup-mosebrug/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Kongerslev9293.dk |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |title=EVP – Store Vildmose. |url=https://evp.dk/index.php?page=store-vildmose |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=evp.dk}}{{cite web | url=https://www.jernbanen.dk/forum2/index.php?mode=thread&id=28111 | title=Store Vildmose – Ca. 1928. – Jernbanehistorisk forum }}
  • Stenvad Mosebrug (Stenvad Mosebrugscenter), Mosebrugsbanen peat museum railway is preserved.{{Cite web |title=Stenvad Mosebrug – English |url=https://stenvadmosebrugscenter.dk/uk/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Stenvad Mosebrug |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |last=Adam |date=2024-06-26 |title=Narrow-Gauge Railway |url=https://stenvadmosebrugscenter.dk/narrow-gauge-railway/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Stenvad Mosebrug |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |last=Adam |date=2024-05-31 |title=Mosebanen |url=https://stenvadmosebrugscenter.dk/mosebanen/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Stenvad Mosebrug |language=da-DK}}{{cite web | url=https://www.jernbanen.dk/forum2/index.php?mode=thread&id=36041 | title=Stenvad Mosebrugscenter – Jernbanehistorisk forum }}
  • Bunkermuseum Hanstholm museum (MuseumsCenter Hanstholm) railway is preserved.{{Cite web |title=Museumsbanen |url=https://bunkermuseumhanstholm.dk/oplev-museet/museumsbanen/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Museumscenter Hanstholm |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |title=Smalsporede industribanelokomotiver |url=http://www.smalspor.dk/search_alt001.asp |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=www.smalspor.dk}}
  • Blovstrød Banen railway is preserved.
  • Lille Vildmose (Lille Vildmosecentret), Lille Vildmose Museum Center, Dokkedal railway is preserved.{{Cite web |title=Udendørsaktiviteter – Besøg oplevelsesuniverset i naturen |url=https://lillevildmose.dk/planlaeg-besoeg/udendoersaktiviteter/#toervetoget |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Lille Vildmose Centret |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |title=Remisen Dokkedal – Velkommen |url=https://www.remisen-dokkedal.dk/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=www.remisen-dokkedal.dk}}
  • Ree Park{{dash}}America Expresses.{{Cite web |title=Amerika Expressen – Ree Park Safari |url=https://reepark.dk/produkt/amerika-ekspressen/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=reepark.dk |language=da-DK}}
  • Østerbygård Dambrug is an active industrial railway.{{Cite web |last=Hansen |first=Bent |title=Dambrugsbanerapport 2012 {{!}} Bents bane |url=https://bentsbane.dk/dambrugsbanerapport-2012-2/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |language=da-DK}}
  • Fuglsø mose is an active industrial railway.https://jernbane.net/bo/subpage.php?s=3&t=8515{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=XxkglzTY6r8 |title=Smalspor i Fuglsø mose |date=2023-11-18 |last=Dansk Jernbane-Klub |access-date=2024-09-24 |via=YouTube}}
  • Pindstrup Mosebrug is an active industrial railway.{{Cite web |date=2022-02-12 |title=Pindstrup runder omsætning på milliard – Dokkedal |url=https://dokkedal.net/2022/02/12/pindstrup-runder-omsaetning-paa-millard/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |last=Elsøe |first=Bolette |date=2022-02-12 |title=Rammer milliardomsætning: Over 110 år gammel familievirksomhed slår rekord |url=https://finans.dk/erhverv/ECE13727929/spagnumproducent-naar-milliardomsaetning-for-foerste-gang/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Finans |language=da}}{{Cite web |title=Historien om Pindstrup Mosebrug – del 2. |url=https://dk.linkedin.com/pulse/historien-om-pindstrup-mosebrug-del-2-torben-br%C3%A6ndgaard |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=dk.linkedin.com |language=da}}{{Cite web |title=Pindstrup Mosebrug Traktor 257, 2000 Store Vildmose |url=https://www.railorama.dk/fotos/973,39 |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Railorama |language=da}}{{Cite web |title=arkiv.dk {{!}} Pindstrup Mosebrug, Kongerslev |url=https://arkiv.dk/vis/4636110 |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=arkiv.dk}}{{Cite web |title=PINDSTRUP {{!}} Midtdjurs Lokalarkiv |url=https://www.midtdjurslokalarkiv.dk/pindstrup/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |title=Pindstrup Mosebrug Traktor 006, 1998 Lille Vildmose |url=https://www.railorama.dk/fotos/975,39 |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Railorama |language=da}}
England

|Biwater Pipes and Castings{{cite web|url=http://members.shaw.ca/twofooter/ww2ftrr.htm |title=List of 2 ft gauge railways worldwide |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070509092623/http://members.shaw.ca/twofooter/ww2ftrr.htm |archive-date=May 9, 2007 }}

France

|Chemin de fer d'Abreschviller

Hungary

|Pálházi State Forest Railway (1888-1947, rebuilt to 760 mm)

Indonesia

|Once used by 36 sugar mills in Java, only 23 still in use.

Latvia

|Used in some peat railways

Netherlands

|Used in industrial, peat, and field railways

711 mm{{Track gauge|2ft4in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|England

|Snailbeach District Railways

716 mm{{Track gauge|716mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Poland

|Dobre Aleksandrowskie{{dash}}Kruszwica railway{{cite web|url=http://www.kruszwica.tk/news.php?readmore=251|title=Twoja Kruszwica: Kruszwicka Kolejka Dojazdowa – "wojenna" linia Cukrowni Kruszwica. – Portal Historii i Współczesności Kruszwicy|access-date=1 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807174212/http://www.kruszwica.tk/news.php?readmore=251|archive-date=7 August 2016}} (operating tourist railway)

724 mm

| {{Track gauge|2ft4.5in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

| Wales

|Guest Keen Baldwins Iron and Steel Company Ltd.: Briton Ferry Steelworks,{{cite journal |title=1974 Aidan Fuller Memorial Trophy Photographic Competition Entry |journal=The Industrial Railway Record |publisher=Industrial Railway Society |volume=60 |page=49 |year=1975}} Glyn Valley Tramway

737 mm

| {{Track gauge|2ft5in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|England

|St. Michael's Mount Tramway{{cite book |author=Dart, Maurice |title=Cornwall Narrow Gauge including the Camborne & Redruth tramway |year=2005 |publisher=Middleton Press |isbn=1-904474-56-X}}

740 mm{{Track gauge|740mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

| Luxembourg

| Minière et Métallurgique de Rodange mine railway{{cite web|url=http://www.rail.lu/mmrmines.html|title=Le chemin de fer des Mines de la S.A. Minière et Métallurgique de Rodange (MMR)|access-date=1 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231706/http://www.rail.lu/mmrmines.html|archive-date=3 March 2016}}

750 mm{{Track gauge|750mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|

| See 750 mm gauge railways

760 mm{{Track gauge|760mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|[http://www.bdz.bg/bg/ Bulgaria]

| Origin: {{nowrap|{{frac|1|2}} Austrian fathom}}
See Bosnian gauge

Septemvri{{dash}}Dobriniste narrow railway

762 mm{{Track gauge|2ft6in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|

| See 2 ft 6 in gauge railways

rowspan=2 | 765 mm

| rowspan=2 |{{Track gauge|3ft6in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|DR Congo

|Matadi–Kinshasa Railway, converted to {{Track gauge|3ft6in}} 1925–1931.Neil Robinson: World Rail Atlas and Historical Summary 7. North, East and Central Africa. 2009.

|Denmark

|See Narrow-gauge railways in Denmark

rowspan=2 | 775 mmrowspan=2 | {{Track gauge|2ft6.5in|first=imp|disp=1}}

|England

|Jee's Hartshill Granite Quarry{{cite web|url=http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/misc/misc_indust076.htm|title=Industrial Railways: Baganall 0-6-0ST Works No 1911 Baganall 0-6-0ST Works No 1911 'Stafford' is seen at Jee's Hartshill Granite quarry|publisher=Warwickshire Railways|access-date=1 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093250/http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/misc/misc_indust076.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016}}

Germany

|{{Interlanguage link|Bombergbahn|de}}, a funicular a funicular in Bad Pyrmont

rowspan=3 | 785 mm

| rowspan=3 | {{Track gauge|785mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Denmark

| See Narrow-gauge railways in Europe and Narrow-gauge railways in Denmark. Hjerl Hede museum (Frilandsmuseum) peat railway is preserved, 785 mm {{Track gauge|785mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}} and 791 mm {{Track gauge|791mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}} gauges are both used on this railway.https://hjerlhede.dk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/Damptoget-1929-1.pdf

Germany

| Origin: {{nowrap|{{frac|2|1|2}} Prussian feet}}
Bröl Valley Railway

|Poland

|wSilesian Interurbans, Upper Silesian Narrow Gauge Railways

791 mm{{Track gauge|791mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Denmark

| See Narrow-gauge railways in Denmark and Narrow-gauge railways in Europe. Faxe Jernbane in southern Zealand, 791 mm {{Track gauge|791mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}} and 785 mm {{Track gauge|785mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}, 2½ feet (785 mm) both gauges were used at Faxe Jernbane and Faxe limestone quarry, none remains, only a few materials and trains from Faxe Jernbane and Faxe limestone quarry remains for preservation on Hedeland veteran railwaydk.{{cite web | url=https://www.jernbanen.dk/artikler.php?artno=45 | title=Faxe Jernbane – FJ }}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Hp9tVL9kLcs |title=Faxe Jernbane. |date=2021-12-21 |last=Dansk Jernbane-Klub |access-date=2024-09-24 |via=YouTube}}

800 mm{{Track gauge|800mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|

| See 800 mm gauge railways

802 mm{{Track gauge|802mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Sweden

|Far behind {{Track gauge|891mm}}, one of the most common narrow gauges in Sweden, for example the {{Interlanguage link|Hällefors–Fredriksberg Railways|sv|3=Hällefors–Fredriksbergs Järnvägar}} (1874–1970) in Värmland. Never formed much of a network, none remain.

rowspan=2 | 813 mm

| rowspan=2 |{{Track gauge|2ft8in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|England

| Winnal Gasworks Railway

Wales

|Rhosydd Quarry, a counterbalance weight for a {{Track gauge|uksg}} gauge incline;

820 mm{{Track gauge|820mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Germany

|Prince William Railway Company, Wuppertal-Vohwinkel–Essen-Überruhr railway, converted to standard gauge.

825 mm{{Track gauge|2ft8.5in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|England

|Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway (a vehicle that ran on two parallel {{Track gauge|2ft8.5in}} gauge tracks, billed as {{convert|18|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} gauge), Furzebrook Railway and Volk's Electric Railway

rowspan=2 | 838 mm

| rowspan=2 | {{Track gauge|2ft9in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Japan

|Nankai Railway (former gauge, converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in gauge)

England

|Seaton Tramway, Volk's Electric Railway (former gauge)

850 mm{{Track gauge|850mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Italy

|Ponte Tresa-Luino (1924: converted to {{Track gauge|1100mm}} gauge, 1950: closed)

Menaggio–Porlezza railway (1939: closed)

860 mm{{Track gauge|860mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Germany

|Alsen´sche Portland-Cementfabrik KG in Itzehoe[http://www.ortsgeschichte.info/pdf/kreidebahn.pdf Die „Kreidebahn“ zwischen Itzehoe und Lägerdorf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505160557/http://www.ortsgeschichte.info/pdf/kreidebahn.pdf |date=2014-05-05 }}

876 mm

| {{Track gauge|2ft10.5in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|England

|Biwater Pipes and Castings[http://www.ingr.co.uk/englist.html Industrial Narrow Gauge Railways in England] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222191506/http://www.ingr.co.uk/englist.html |date=2014-02-22 }} Cattybrook Brickworks railway

rowspan=2 | 880 mm

| rowspan=2 | {{Track gauge|880mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Germany

|Bayerisches Moor- und Torfmuseum,{{cite web|url=http://www.torfbahnhof-rottau.de/Feldbahn.html|title=Feldbahn – Bayerisches Moor-und Torfmuseum Rottau :: Industriedenkmal, Museum, Feldbahn und wundervolle Natur|first=Ekkehard|last=Barchewitz|access-date=1 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529182555/http://www.torfbahnhof-rottau.de/Feldbahn.html|archive-date=29 May 2016}} Peat museum (operating)

Norway

|Industrial railway in Stokke

rowspan=2 | 889 mm

| rowspan=2 | {{Track gauge|2ft11in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|England

|Miller Engineering & Construction Ltd. Sandiacre depot{{cite book |title=Industrial Locomotives, including preserved and minor railway locomotives|publisher=Industrial Railway Society |year=1987 |isbn=0-901096-55-5 |editor-last=Bryant |editor-first=R.S.}}

Germany

| Schlebusch-Harkorter Coal Railway{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

891 mm{{Track gauge|891mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Sweden

|{{nowrap|3 Swedish feet}}

See Swedish three-foot–gauge railways

900 mm{{Track gauge|900mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|

| See 900 mm gauge railways

914 mm{{Track gauge|3ft|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|

| See 3 ft gauge railways
3 ft gauge railways in the United Kingdom

925 mm{{Track gauge|925mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Germany

|Trams in Chemnitz, since in 1914

943 mm{{Track gauge|37.125in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|England

Central Electricity Generating Board Fawley Tunnel{{cite book |title=Hampshire Narrow Gauge including the Isle of Wight |author1=Mitchell, Vic |author2=Smith, Keith |name-list-style=amp|publisher=Middleton Press |year=2004 |isbn=1-904474-36-5}}
946 mm{{Track gauge|946mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Austria

|Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2,{{cite web|url=http://www.lift-world.info/de/lifts/12983/datas.htm|title=Lift-World :: Liftdatenbank : 180-FUC Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2|access-date=1 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624021558/http://www.lift-world.info/de/lifts/12983/datas.htm|archive-date=24 June 2016}} a funicular partly inside a tunnel.

rowspan="5" |950 mm

| rowspan="5" |{{Track gauge|950mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Eritrea

|Eritrean Railway

Hungary

|Zsuzsi Forest Railway (1882-1961, re-built to 760 mm)

Italy

|Cagliari light rail, Circumvesuviana, Dolomites Railway, Ferrovia Circumetnea, Ferrovie della Sardegna, Metrosassari, Rome–Giardinetti railway, Rome–Fiuggi railway

Libya

|Italian Libya Railways

Somalia

|Mogadishu-Villabruzzi Railway

955 mm{{Track gauge|955mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Switzerland

|Polybahn funicular

rowspan=2 | 965 mm

| rowspan=2 | {{Track gauge|3ft2in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|England

|Clifton Rocks Railway

United States

|Birmingham Coal Company Railroad, Detroit, Bay City & Alpena Railroad, Keeling Coal Company, and {{nowrap|Streetcars in Monterey (1891–1914)}}

972 mm{{Track gauge|3ft2.25in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|England

|Betchworth Quarry Railways

985 mm{{Track gauge|985mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Switzerland

|Zugerbergbahn funicular

1,000 mm

| {{Track gauge|1000mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|

| See metre-gauge railway

1,009 mm

| {{Track gauge|1009mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Bulgaria

|Sofia Tramway

rowspan=2 | 1,016 mm

| rowspan=2 | {{Track gauge|3ft4in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Scotland

|Kilmarnock and Troon Railway

United States

|Coal Hill Coal Railroad, Keeling Coal Company, Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Plane, Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Railroad

1,029 mm

| {{Track gauge|3ft4.5in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|England

|Herne Bay Pier Railway

1,035 mm

| {{Track gauge|3ft4.75in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|England

|Lake Lock Rail Road

1,040 mm

| {{Track gauge|1040mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Austria

|Festungsbahn (Salzburg)

rowspan=4 | 1,050 mm

| rowspan=4 | {{Track gauge|1050mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Jordan

| rowspan=2 | Hejaz railway

Syria
Lebanon and Syria

| Former Beyrouth – Damascus Railway, in Lebanon mostly dismantled

Syria and
Saudi Arabia

| Hejaz railway (Damascus–Medina)

1,055 mm

| {{Track gauge|3ft5.5in|first=imp|disp=1}}

|Algeria

|National Company for Rail Transport

1,067 mm

| {{Track gauge|1067mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|

| See 3 ft 6 in gauge railways

rowspan=2 | 1,093 mm

| rowspan=2 | {{Track gauge|3ft7in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|England

|Middlesbrough Corporation Tramways, Middlesbrough, Stockton and Thornaby Electric Tramways Company and Swinefleet Works

Sweden

|Köping–Uttersberg–Riddarhyttan Railway, 1864–1968. The gauge was by mistake.

1,099 mm

| {{Track gauge|1099mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Sweden

|{{Interlanguage link|Christinehamn–Sjöändans järnväg|sv|3=Östra Värmlands Järnväg}}{{cite web|url=http://www.filipstadsgille.se/index.php?p=galleri&album=73|title=Filipstads Gille|access-date=1 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804184030/http://www.filipstadsgille.se/index.php?p=galleri&album=73|archive-date=4 August 2016}} 44 Swedish inches{{cite web|url=http://www.trefoten.se/sweng.html|title=Swedish narrow gauge – Mjk Trefoten|access-date=1 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705182306/http://www.trefoten.se/sweng.html|archive-date=5 July 2016}}

rowspan=3 | 1,100 mm

| rowspan=3 | {{Track gauge|1100mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Brazil

|The Santa Teresa Tramway in Rio de Janeiro

Germany

|Braunschweig tram system; tram systems in Kiel and Lübeck, closed

Italy

| Former SVIE (Società Varesina per Impresse Electriche) network around Varese, circa 1903–1955

1,106 mm

| {{Track gauge|1106mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Austria

|Horse-drawn railway from Gmunden in the Salzkammergut to Budweis, now in the Czech Republic; coal railways Thomasroith–Attnang and Breitenschützing–Kohlgrube. 3 Austrian Fuß (ft) 6 Zoll (inch)

1,130 mm

| {{Track gauge|3ft8.5in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|England

|London Pneumatic Despatch Company

1,143 mm

| {{Track gauge|3ft9in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|England

|Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway, Saltburn Cliff Lift (until 1921)

1,151 mm

| 3 ft 9.3150 in

|Belgium

|Used on line 59 between 1844 and 1897 when the line was privately operated.{{Cite book|title=De lijn Antwerpen-Gent|authorlink=|author=Marc Clarysse|language=Dutch|url=|publisher=|date=|pages=|isbn=}}{{cite book |title=Annuaire spécial des chemins de fer belges |language=French |date=1867 |page=216 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3j1TAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA216 |volume=1}}[https://www.trainworld.be/src/Frontend/Files/userfiles/files/Fiches%20informatives_Historiques/Lignes/Ligne%2059_FR_V1.pdf Ligne 59 (Anvers) Y Est Berchem – Saint-Nicolas – Gand Dampoort]

1,156 mm

| {{Track gauge|3ft9.5in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|United States

|Arcata and Mad River Railroad, Northern Redwood Lumber Company{{Robertson-Western Railroad|page=166}}

1,168 mm

| {{Track gauge|46in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|United States (Puerto Rico)

|El Conquistador Resort

rowspan="2"|1,188 mm

|rowspan="2"| {{Track gauge|1188mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Sweden

|Engelsberg–Norberg Railway

Indonesia

|Trams in Jakarta

rowspan=4|1,200 mm

|rowspan=4|{{Track gauge|1200mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|China

|{{interlanguage link|Chaoyang Commuter Rail|zh|汕潮电车铁路}}, Chaoyang District, Shantou, China

France

|Funiculars: Funiculaire du Perce-Neige in Tignes, and Funival at Val-d'Isère

Italy

|Funiculars: Central Funicular of the Naples Metro, Gardena Ronda Express in Val Gherdëina (South Tyrol)

Switzerland

|Parsenn funicular at Davos, Rheineck–Walzenhausen mountain railway (part of St. Gallen S-Bahn), St. Moritz–Corviglia funicular (lower section only of {{convert|436|m|lk=on}} route-length only{{dash}}upper section is {{Track gauge|1440mm}} gauge), Thunersee–Beatenberg funicular in Bern canton

1,217 mm

| {{Track gauge|1217mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Sweden

|Four lines, all converted to standard gauge before 1900, still in use. 1217 mm is based on Swedish feet but compatible with locomotives of {{Track gauge|4ft|first=met|lk=on}}. See:Narrow-gauge railways in Sweden

rowspan="6"| 1,219 mm

|rowspan="6"| {{Track gauge|4ft|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|England

|Furzebrook Railway (c.1830–1957), Redruth and Chasewater Railway 1826–1915,
Bradford Corporation Tramways, Keighley Tramway and a cluster in the NW of England

Isle of Man

| First Falcon Cliff lift (closed 1896), Port Soderick Cliff Lift, (closed 1939), Douglas Head Funicular Railway (closed 1953)

New Zealand

|Wellington tramway system: electric trams, closed 1964.

Scotland

|Falkirk and District Tramways (1905–1936), Glasgow Subway

United States

| Former tram systems in Canton, Ohio; Honolulu, Hawaii; Laredo, Texas; Pueblo, Colorado; San Antonio, Texas.

Wales

|Padarn Railway (1842–1961), Saundersfoot Railway (1829–1939)

rowspan=2|1,245 mm

|rowspan=2| {{Track gauge|4 ft 1 in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|England

|Middleton Railway, converted to standard gauge after 1881

United States

|Hecla and Torch Lake Railroad{{cite book |title=Joint Documents of the State of Michigan for the Year 1893 |date=1893 |location=Lansing, MI |publisher=Robert Smith & Company |page=445 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6AwoAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA445 |volume=4}}

rowspan=2| 1,270 mm

|rowspan=2| {{Track gauge|4 ft 2 in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|England

|Surrey Iron Railway

Wales

|Merthyr Tramroad, Rumney Railway

1,283 mm

| {{Track gauge|4 ft 2 1/2 in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|England

|Saltburn Cliff Lift (from 1922)

1,295 mm

| {{Track gauge|4ft3in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|United States

|Delaware and Hudson Canal Company Gravity Railroad, Delaware and Hudson Railway and Haytor Granite Tramway

rowspan=2 | 1,300 mm

| rowspan=2 | {{Track gauge|1300mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

| France

| Funiculars of Lyon (Lyon, France)

Austria

| Reisszug (Salzburg, Austria)

rowspan=2 | 1,321 mm

|rowspan=2 | {{Track gauge|52in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|England

|Mansfield and Pinxton Railway

Wales

|Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company (Newport and Pontypool Railway)

1,333 mm

| {{Track gauge|52.5in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|England

|Belvoir Castle tramway{{cite web |url=http://www.ngrm.org.uk/narrow_gauge/narrow_gauge.php?railway_id=58&PHPSESSID=9a73d26de27dee6109246657df95f757 |title=Narrow Gauge Railway Museum article on Belvoir Castle Tramway |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928071828/http://www.ngrm.org.uk/narrow_gauge/narrow_gauge.php?railway_id=58&PHPSESSID=9a73d26de27dee6109246657df95f757 |archive-date=2007-09-28 }}

1,350 mm

| {{Track gauge|1350mm|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Brazil

|Santos tramways (closed 1971){{Cite book | last = Morrison | first = Allen | title = The Tramways of Brazil: A 130-Year Survey | pages = 134–138 | publisher = Bonde Press | year = 1989 | location = New York | url = http://www.tramz.com/br/tto/01.html | isbn = 0-9622348-1-8 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090303014148/http://www.tramz.com/br/tto/01.html | archive-date = 2009-03-03 }} and later Santos heritage tramways (1984–86 and 2000–present)Morrison, Allen (November 1, 2010). [http://www.tramz.com/tw/la.html "The Tramways of Latin America in 2010".] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101108133837/http://tramz.com/tw/la.html |date=2010-11-08 }} Retrieved 2010-11-09.

1,372 mm

| {{Track gauge|54in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|

| See 4 ft 6 in gauge railway

1,384 mm

| {{Track gauge|54.5in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Scotland

|various railways in Scotland prior to 1840

1,397 mm

| {{Track gauge|4 ft 7 in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|Wales

|Duffryn Llynvi and Porthcawl Railway{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C-pzUWrCU5sC&pg=PA317|title=The Archaeology of an Early Railway System: The Brecon Forest Tramroads|first=Stephen|last=Hughes|date=1 January 1990|publisher=Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales|isbn=9781871184051 |access-date=1 June 2016|via=Google Books|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203152538/https://books.google.com/books?id=C-pzUWrCU5sC&pg=PA317|archive-date=3 December 2017}}

rowspan=2 | 1,416 mm

| rowspan=2 | {{Track gauge|4ft7.75in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|England

| Huddersfield Corporation Tramways

Scotland

|List of town tramway systems in Scotland

rowspan=2 | 1,422 mm

| rowspan=2 | {{Track gauge|4ft8in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|United States

|Centreville Military Railroad; Green Mountain Cog Railway; Manassas Gap Railroad; Mount Washington Cog Railway

England

|prior to 1846 (proto standard gauge)

1,429 mm

| {{Track gauge|4ft8.25in|first=imp|disp=1|lk=on}}

|United States

|Washington Metro

=Standard gauge=

{{main|Standard-gauge railway}}

Standard gauge is {{Track gauge|sg|first=imp}} gauge. It is the most widely-used gauge: about 60% of the world's railway mileage is standard gauge.{{cite web |title=Field listing – railways |publisher=CIA |work=CIA World Fact Book |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/about/archives/2022/field/railways/ |date=2022}}

Several railways use gauges very close to standard gauge, including:

class=wikitable

! colspan=2 | Gauge

! rowspan=2 | Country or Region

! rowspan=2 | Notes

Metric

!Imperial

rowspan="2"|1,432 mm

| rowspan="2"|{{Track gauge|1432mm|first=imp|disp=1}}

|Hong Kong

|Disneyland Resort line, Island line (excluding West Island line), Kwun Tong line (excluding Kwun Tong line extension), Tseung Kwan O line, Tsuen Wan line, Tung Chung line{{cite web|url=http://www.2427junction.com/chinahongkongmtr.html|title=香港鐵路(MTR)|access-date=1 June 2016}}

Bucharest

|Bucharest Metro

1,440 mm

| {{Track gauge|1440mm|first=imp|disp=1}}

|Switzerland

|St. Moritz–Corviglia funicular (upper section of {{convert|1,616|m|ft|disp=or}} route-length only{{dash}}lower section is {{Track gauge|1,200mm|lk=on}} gauge)

=Broad gauge=

{{main|Broad-gauge railway}}

File:Hypothetical concept for placement of rails to achieve five collocated track gauges.png

File:Broad gauge and standard gauge track at Didcot. (6613095905).jpg

class="wikitable sortable collapsible uncollapsed"

! colspan=2 | Gauge

! rowspan=2 | Country or Region

! rowspan=2 | Notes

Metric

!Imperial

 

!

!

!

rowspan="2" | 1,445 mm

| rowspan="2" | {{Track gauge|1445mm|first=imp|disp=1}}

| Italy

| Tramway networks in Milan, Turin and Rome; Orvieto Funicular; railway network until 1930.

Spain

| Madrid Metro

rowspan="2" | 1,448 mm

| rowspan="2" | {{Track gauge|4ft9in|first=imp|disp=1}}

| England

| Manchester and Leeds Railway

United States

| Danville, Hazleton and Wilkes-Barre Railroad, Strasburg Rail Road (converted to standard gauge).{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}}

1,450 mm

| {{Track gauge|1450mm|first=imp|disp=1}}

| Germany

| Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG, Trams in Dresden

1,458 mm

| {{Track gauge|1458mm|first=imp|disp=1}}

| Germany

| Trams in Leipzig

1,473 mm

| {{Track gauge|4ft10in|first=imp|disp=1}}

| United States

| The Midwest, until after the Civil War (Ohio gauge)

1,492 mm

| {{Track gauge|4ft10.75in|first=imp|disp=1}}

| Canada

| Toronto Suburban Railway{{Cite web |title=Old Time Trains |url=http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/Toronto/junction/history.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203152540/http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/Toronto/junction/history.htm |archive-date=3 December 2017 |access-date=1 June 2016}} from 1891–1917. {{Track gauge|4ft8.5in}} until the end at 1931

1,495 mm

| {{Track gauge|4ft10.875in|first=imp|disp=1}}

| Canada

| Toronto gauge: Halton County Radial Railway, Toronto streetcar system, and Toronto subway (Lines 1, 2, and 4)

1,520 mm

| {{Track gauge|1520mm|first=imp|disp=1}}

| Former USSR

| Also named Russian gauge.
See 5 ft and 1520 mm gauge railways & Confederate railroads in the American Civil War.

1,522 mm

|{{Track gauge|1522mm|first=imp|disp=1}}

|Finland

|Helsinki Metro{{Cite web |title=Metro tracks and depot |url=https://kaupunkiliikenne.fi/en/transport/by-metro/metro-tracks-and-depot/ |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=Kaupunkiliikenne Oy |language=en}}

1,524 mm

| {{Track gauge|5ft|first=imp|disp=1}}

| Finland

|In 1862 the first railway connection in Grand Duchy of Finland were built with five-foot railway gauge,{{Cite web |title=Historic reference |url=http://vilaris.com/en/terminal/history.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304225550/http://vilaris.com/en/terminal/history.php |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=10 October 2023}} however that gauge was first introduced in United Kingdom.{{Cite web |title=Waggonway & Railway |url=http://heddonhistory.weebly.com/waggonway--railway.html |access-date=10 October 2023}}

1,537 mm

| {{Track gauge|5ft0.5in|first=imp|disp=1}}

| England

| London and Blackwall Railway 1840–1849, converted to standard gauge

rowspan="2" | 1,575 mm

| rowspan="2" | {{Track gauge|5ft2in|first=imp|disp=1}}

| Spain

| Ferrocarril de Langreo

United States

| Columbus Ohio streetcars{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Alex |year=2007 |title=Track Gauge |url=http://www.columbusrailroads.com/track%20gauge.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226041207/http://www.columbusrailroads.com/track%20gauge.htm |archive-date=2008-02-26 |access-date=2008-04-04}}

1,581 mm

| {{Track gauge|5ft2.25in|first=imp|disp=1}}

| United States

| Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA),{{Cite book |last1=Hilton |first1=George Woodman |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J2zH-zcuU-MC&pg=PA51 |title=The Electric Interurban Railways in America |last2=Due |first2=John Fitzgerald |date=1 January 2000 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=9780804740142 |access-date=1 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203152538/https://books.google.com/books?id=J2zH-zcuU-MC&pg=PA51 |archive-date=3 December 2017 |url-status=live |via=Google Books}} Philadelphia

1,588 mm

| {{Track gauge|5ft2.5in|first=imp|disp=1}}

| United States

| Pennsylvania trolley gauge

rowspan="4" | 1,600 mm

| rowspan="4" | {{Track gauge|5 ft 3 in|first=imp|disp=1}}

| Germany

| Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway 1840-1854, converted to standard gauge

Ireland

| See 5 ft 3 in gauge railways.

Australia

| States of Victoria and South Australia

Brazil

| States of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Minas Gerais

1,613 mm

| {{Track gauge|5ft3.5in|first=imp|disp=1}}

| United States

| Sacramento Valley Railroad (1852–77)

1,620 mm

| {{convert|1,620|mm|ftin|abbr=on|frac=32}}

| South Korea

| U Line

1,638 mm

| {{Track gauge|5ft4.5in|first=imp|disp=1}}

| United States

| Baltimore, Baltimore Streetcar System (defunct) and Baltimore Streetcar Museum (operating)

1,664 mm

| {{Track gauge|1664 mm|first=imp|disp=1}}

| Portugal

| {{nowrap| 5 Portuguese feet}}
Converted to {{Track gauge|1668mm|disp=1}} from 1955

1,668 mm

| {{Track gauge|1668mm|first=imp|disp=1}}

|

| See Iberian gauge.

1,672 mm

| {{Track gauge|1672mm|first=imp|disp=1}}

| Spain

| {{nowrap| 6 Castilian feet}}
Spanish national rail network Converted to {{Track gauge|1668mm|allk=on}} from 1955;{{Cite web |title=Sistemas automáticos de cambio de ancho de vía en España |url=http://www.eurailpress.de/fileadmin/user_upload/RTR_SPAIN/Sistemas_automaticos_de_cambio_de_ancho_de_via_en_Espana.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119074243/http://www.eurailpress.de/fileadmin/user_upload/RTR_SPAIN/Sistemas_automaticos_de_cambio_de_ancho_de_via_en_Espana.pdf |archive-date=January 19, 2012 |access-date=1 June 2016}} The current Barcelona metro line 1 and Cercanías Málaga.

rowspan="2" | 1,676 mm

| rowspan="2" | {{Track gauge|1676mm|first=imp|disp=1}}

| India

| See 5 ft 6 in gauge railway.

United States

| Bay Area Rapid Transit (excluding eBART and OAK Airport line); Some lines in New England were built to this gauge including Androscoggin (until 1861), Maine Central (until 1871), Vermont Central (until 1870s), Grand Trunk (until 1877), Buckfield Branch / Portland & Oxford Central (until 1878), European & North American (until 1877), and Bangor & Piscataquis (until 1877).

1,700 mm

| 5 ft 7 in {{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

| South Korea

| Busan Metro Line 4, Sillim Line

1,727 mm

| {{Track gauge|5ft8in|first=imp|disp=1}}

| England

| Babbacombe Cliff Railway and Fisherman's Walk Cliff Railway

{{convert|5|ft|8.5|in|mm|disp=out}}

| 5 ft 8 {{fraction|1|2}} in

| United States

| Gualala River Railroad{{Robertson-Western Railroad|page=126}}

1,750 mm

| {{Track gauge|1750 mm|first=imp|disp=1}}

| France

| Ligne de Sceaux Paris to Limours via Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, until 1891

rowspan="2" |1,800 mm

| rowspan="2" |{{Track gauge|1800mm|first=imp|disp=1}}

| Germany

| Oberweißbacher Bergbahn (funicular section only){{Cite web |last=Rieger, Bernhard |date=2006-04-23 |title=Oberweißbacher Bergbahn |url=http://www.breitspurbahn.de/1800.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911030741/http://breitspurbahn.de/1800.html |archive-date=2014-09-11 |access-date=2014-06-29}}{{Cite web |title=Lift-World :: Lift-Database : 100-FUC Oberweißbacher Bergbahn |url=http://www.seilbahntechnik.net/en/lifts/2542/datas.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625111649/http://www.seilbahntechnik.net/en/lifts/2542/datas.htm |archive-date=25 June 2016 |access-date=1 June 2016}}

United States

| Hogwarts Express (located in Universal Orlando Resort)

rowspan=3 | 1,829 mm

| rowspan=3 | {{Track gauge|6ft|first=imp|disp=1}}

| India

| In the 19th century, engineers considered this gauge but finally settled on {{Track gauge|5ft6in}}

Russia

| Saint Petersburg{{dash}}Tsarskoe Selo Railways, 1837–1897

United States

| Albany and Susquehanna Railroad, Erie Railroad until June 22, 1880, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad March–May 1876, Predominant gauge used by railroads along southern tier of New York State that connected to the pioneering Erie Railroad. Most lines converted to standard gauge 1876–1880, along with the Erie.

1,850 mm

| {{Track gauge|1850mm|first=imp|disp=1}}

| Canada

| Falls Incline Railway{{Cite web |title=History of the Incline Railway |url=http://www.niagaraparks.com/niagara-falls-attractions/falls-incline-railway-history.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620185853/http://www.niagaraparks.com/niagara-falls-attractions/falls-incline-railway-history.html |archive-date=20 June 2016 |access-date=1 June 2016}} in the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario

rowspan=3 | 1,880 mm

| rowspan=3 | {{Track gauge|6 ft 2 in|first=imp|disp=1}}

| Ireland

| Ulster Railway, 1839–1846, re-gauged to {{Track gauge|5ft3in}}

Taiwan

| Taipei Metro medium-capacity rubber-tired trains (with {{railgauge|sg}} rails)

Japan

| SCMaglev train depots for Chuo Shinkansen.

1,945 mm

| {{Track gauge|1945mm|first=imp|disp=1}}

| Netherlands

| Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij, 1839–1866{{Cite web |title=Railroad Gauge Width |url=http://parovoz.com/spravka/gauges-e.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717032904/http://parovoz.com/spravka/gauges-en.php |archive-date=July 17, 2012 |access-date=2007-11-29 |website=Паровоз ИС. Российский железнодорожный портал}} De Arend (locomotive)

rowspan=2 | 1,980 mm / 1,981 mm

| rowspan=2 | {{Track gauge|1980mm|first=imp|disp=1}}

| Israel

| Haifa, Carmelit subway railway line{{dash}}Funicular

England

| North Cliff Lift, Scarborough

2,000 mm

| {{Track gauge|2000mm|first=imp|disp=1}}

| Scotland

| Cairngorm Mountain Railway{{dash}}Funicular

2,134 mm

| {{Track gauge|7ft|first=imp|disp=1}}

| England

| Original definition of Brunel's broad gauge. This rail gauge was soon changed to {{Track gauge|7ft 1⁄4 in}}{{Cite book |last=MacDermot |first=E.T. |title=History of the Great Western Railway, vol. I: 1833–1863 |publisher=Great Western Railway |year=1927 |location=Paddington |page=49 |quote=In laying the rails an extra quarter of an inch was allowed on the straight, making the gauge {{Track gauge|7ft0.25in}}, strictly speaking, but it was always referred to as 7 feet.}} to ease running in curves.

rowspan=5 | 2,140 mm

| rowspan=5 | {{Track gauge|7ft 1⁄4 in|first=imp|disp=1}}

| South Africa

| East London and Table Bay harbour railways

England

| 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 and Brixham

Isle of Man

| Port Erin Breakwater Railway

Portugal (Azores)

| Ponta Delgada and Horta harbour (using rolling stock from Holyhead harbour)

Wales

|Holyhead harbour railway

2,286 mm

| {{Track gauge|7 ft 6 in|first=imp|disp=1}}

| England

| St Nicholas Cliff Lift, Scarborough

2,440 mm

| {{Track gauge|8ft|first=imp|disp=1}}

| United States

| Johnstown Inclined Plane, Johnstown, Pennsylvania

2,642 mm

| 8 ft 8 in

| China

| Guangzhou Metro APM Line (uses the Bombardier Innovia APM 100)

rowspan="2" | 2,743 mm

| rowspan="2" | {{Track gauge|9 ft|first=imp|disp=1}}

| Japan

| Lake Biwa Canal, an inclined plane near Kyoto

United States

| Knoxville Incline, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

3,000 mm

| {{Track gauge|3000 mm|first=imp|disp=1}}

| Nazi Germany

| See Breitspurbahn.

3,048 mm

| {{Track gauge|10 ft|first=imp|disp=1}}

| United States

| Fort Pitt Incline, Penn Incline, Monongahela Freight Incline and Castle Shannon Incline, Pittsburgh{{Cite journal |date=October 1891 |title=The Inclined Planes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QoZNAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA36 |url-status=live |journal=The Street Railway Journal Souvenir |pages=38–40 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405173235/https://books.google.com/books?id=QoZNAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA36 |archive-date=2016-04-05}}

3,327 mm

| {{Track gauge|10 ft 11 in|first=imp|disp=1}}

| Scotland

| Dalzell Iron and Steel Works, Motherwell, Lanarkshire.{{Cite book |last=Jones |first=Robin |title=Britain's Weirdest Railways |publisher=Morton's Media Ltd |isbn=978-1-906167-25-7 |location=Horncastle |page=13}}

5,486 mm

| {{Track gauge|18 ft|first=imp|disp=1}}

| England

| Magnus Volk's Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway{{Cite web |title=Volk's Electric Sea Railway, Daddy Long Legs, The Brighton to Rottingdean Seashore Electric railway, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK |url=http://www.urban75.org/railway/brighton-sea-railway.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612231040/http://www.urban75.org/railway/brighton-sea-railway.html |archive-date=12 June 2016 |access-date=1 June 2016}}

8,200 mm

| {{Track gauge|8200mm|first=imp|disp=1|nowrap=all}}

| Austria

| Lärchwandschrägaufzug{{Cite web |title="Lärchwandschrägaufzug" will be more modern, safer and faster – Leitner Ropeways |url=http://en.leitner-ropeways.com/Home/%22L%C3%A4rchwandschr%C3%A4gaufzug%22-will-be-more-modern,-safer-and-faster |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605201540/http://en.leitner-ropeways.com/Home/%22L%C3%A4rchwandschr%C3%A4gaufzug%22-will-be-more-modern,-safer-and-faster |archive-date=5 June 2014 |access-date=1 June 2016}}

{{nowrap|9,000 mm}}

| {{Track gauge|9000mm|first=imp|disp=1|nowrap=all}}

| Russia

| Krasnoyarsk ship lift[http://www.socialphy.com/posts/computers-technology/8637/Boat-lift-Krasnoyarsk-hydroelectric-power-station-on-the-Yen.html Boat lift Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric power station on the Yen] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407073134/http://www.socialphy.com/posts/computers-technology/8637/Boat-lift-Krasnoyarsk-hydroelectric-power-station-on-the-Yen.html |date=2014-04-07 }}

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See also

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References

{{reflist|2}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20061205185702/http://jwr.janes.com/public/jwr/index.shtml Jane's World Railways]
  • {{cite web|url=http://parovoz.com/spravka/gauges-e.html|title=Railroad Gauge Width|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717032904/http://parovoz.com/spravka/gauges-en.php|archive-date=July 17, 2012}} site
  • [http://irfca.org/faq/faq-gauge.html The Indian Railways FAQ: Gauges]
  • [https://archive.today/20070430033344/http://members.shaw.ca/twofooter/ww2ftrr.htm Extensive list of two-foot–gauge railways worldwide]

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