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Graphic list of track gauges
Minimum
 
Fifteen inch
 381 mm
 (15 in)


Narrow
 
600 mm,
Two foot
 597 mm
600 mm
603 mm
610 mm
 (1 ft ​11 1⁄2 in)
(1 ft ​11 5⁄8 in)
(1 ft ​11 3⁄4 in)
(2 ft)
 
750 mm,
Bosnian,
Two foot six inch,
800 mm
 750 mm
760 mm
762 mm
800 mm
 (2 ft ​5 1⁄2 in)
(2 ft ​5 15⁄16 in)
(2 ft 6 in)
(2 ft ​7 1⁄2 in)
 
Swedish three foot,
900 mm,
Three foot
 891 mm
900 mm
914 mm
 (2 ft​11 3⁄32 in)
(2 ft ​11 7⁄16 in)
(3 ft)
 
Metre
 1,000 mm
 (3 ft ​3 3⁄8 in)
 
Three foot six inch
 1,067 mm
 (3 ft 6 in)
 
Four foot six inch
 1,372 mm
 (4 ft 6 in)
 
Standard
 1,435 mm
 (4 ft ​8 1⁄2 in)


Broad
 
1520 mm,
Five foot
 1,520 mm
1,524 mm
 (4 ft ​11 27⁄32 in)
(5 ft)
 
Five foot three inch
 1,600 mm
 (5 ft 3 in)
 
Iberian
 1,668 mm
 (5 ft ​5 21⁄32 in)
 
Five foot six inch
 1,676 mm
 (5 ft 6 in)
 
Six foot
 1,829 mm
 (6 ft)
 
Brunel
 2,140 mm
 (7 ft ​1⁄4 in)


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The Barbados Railway.




The Chinese Shibanxi Railway.





Alishan Forest Railway geared Shay locomotive in Taiwan.


2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge railways are narrow gauge railways with track gauge of 2 ft 6 in (762 mm). This type of rail was promoted especially in the colonies of the British Empire during the second half of the nineteenth century by Thomas Hall and Everard Calthrop.




Contents






  • 1 Installations


  • 2 See also


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Installations[edit]







































































































Country/territory
 Railway

Afghanistan

  • Kabul–Darulaman Tramway (defunct)

Antigua and Barbuda
  • 80 km long sugar cane plantation network (defunct)[1]

Australia


  • Crowes railway line (defunct)

  • Gembrook railway line (Puffing Billy Railway) (operating)


  • Tyers Valley Tramway (defunct)


  • Walhalla Goldfields Railway (operating)


  • Walhalla railway line (defunct)


  • Welshpool Jetty railway line (defunct)


  • Whitfield railway line (defunct)

Barbados

  • Barbados Railway (converted from 3 ft 6 in or 1,067 mm gauge) (defunct)

Brazil

  • Estrada de Ferro Oeste de Minas (operating)

Chile


  • FC Caleta Coloso a Aguas Blancas (defunct)


  • FC de Junin (defunct)


  • FC de Antofagasta a Bolivia (crosses into Bolivia) (converted to 1,000 mm or 3 ft 3 3⁄8 in metre gauge) (operating)

China
Main article: Narrow gauge railways in China

Cyprus

  • Cyprus Government Railway (defunct)

Haiti
Main article: History of rail transport in Haiti

India

  • Kalka–Shimla Railway (operating)

Iraq
Main article: Iraqi Republic Railways

Japan
Main article: 2 ft 6 in gauge railways in Japan

North Korea


  • Changjin Line (operating)


  • Kanggye Line (operating)


  • Paengmu Line (operating)


  • Poch'ŏn Line (operating)


  • Samjiyŏn Line (operating)


  • Sinhŭng Line (operating)


  • Ŭllyul Line (operating)


  • Unsan Line (operating)

Mexico

  • Zacatlán Railroad[2] (defunct)

Mozambique

  • Gaza Railway (operating)

Myanmar


  • Arakan Light Railway (operational status unknown)


  • Madaya Light Railway (defunct)

Nigeria

  • Bauchi Light Railway (3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge lines also present) (defunct)

Pakistan


  • Bannu–Tank Branch Line (opened 1913, closed 1995)


  • Daud Khel–Lakki Marwat Branch Line (opened 1913, closed 1995)


  • Larkana–Jacobabad Light Railway (opened 1924, converted to 5 ft 6 in or 1,676 mm 1956, closed 2005)


  • Zhob Valley Railway (opened 1929, closed 1986)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • St. Kitts Scenic Railway[3] (operating)

Sierra Leone

  • Sierra Leone Government Railway (defunct)

South Africa


  • Namaqualand Railway (defunct)


  • Sheba Tramway[4] (defunct)

Taiwan


  • Alishan Forest Railway (operating)


  • Hualien–Taitung Line (converted to 3 ft 6 in or 1,067 mm gauge) (operating)


  • Taiwan Sugar Railways (operating)

United Kingdom
Main article: 2 ft 6 in gauge railways in the United Kingdom

United States
Main article: 2 ft 6 in gauge railroads in the United States


See also[edit]




  • Heritage railway

  • List of track gauges



References[edit]





  1. ^ Railways in Antigua & Barbuda


  2. ^ Preserved Narrow Gauge Steam in Mexico 2012, Part 2


  3. ^ St. Kitts Scenic Railway - official website


  4. ^ Railway History Group - Bulletin No. 118 July 2013 - The Sheba Railway




External links[edit]






  • World-wide 30" Gauge Railways and Railroads










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