Metre gauge railway

Track gauge

By transport mode

Tram · Rapid transit
Miniature · Scale model

By size (list)



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 ft11 ³⁄₃₂ in) (2 ft 11 ⁷⁄₁₆) (3 ft)
Metre	1,000 mm	(3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in)
Three foot six inch, Cape, CAP, Kyōki	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
Russian, Five foot	1,520 mm 1,524 mm	(4 ft 11 ²⁷⁄₃₂ in) (5 ft)
Irish	1,600 mm	(5 ft 3 in)
Iberian	1,668 mm	(5 ft 5 ²¹⁄₃₂ in)
Indian	1,676 mm	(5 ft 6 in)
Six foot	1,829 mm	(6 ft)
Brunel	2,140 mm	(7 ft ¹⁄₄ in)

Change of gauge

Break-of-gauge · Dual gauge ·
Conversion (list) · Bogie exchange · Variable gauge

By location

North America · South America · Europe

Metre gauge is the system of narrow gauge railways and tramways with a track gauge of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in). It has installations of around 95,000 kilometres (59,000 mi) in the world. It is the main gauge in some countries. In Europe large metre gauge networks remain in continuous use in Switzerland, northern Spain and for many European urban trams, although most metre gauge local railways in France, Germany, and Belgium closed down in the mid 20th century. With the revival of urban rail transport, in some cities metre gauge light metros were established, while in other cities metre gauge was replaced by standard gauge.

Installations

Country/territory	Railway
Argentina	11,080 km (6,880 mi). Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano
Austria	Trams of Innsbruck and Gmunden and few of the local railways, such as Stubaitalbahn and Achenseebahn.
Bangladesh	1,830 km (1,140 mi). Mostly in the central and eastern regions and 365 km (227 mi) are dual gauge with 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Indian gauge.
Belgium	Trams of Charleroi, Antwerp, Ghent, De Lijn and the Belgian Coast Tram.
Benin	National rail network, 578 km (359 mi).
Bolivia	National rail network, 3,600 km (2,200 mi).
Brazil	23,489 km (14,595 mi). Used in mostly cargo railways in landwide; Used in E.F Vitoria-Minas Passenger/Cargo Line and R.R. In use in Metro and urban train systems of Fortaleza and Teresina cities.
Bulgaria	Most of the Sofia Tramway system, except for three lines with standard gauge. When the condition of tracks vastly deteriorated in 1927, it was formally widened to 1,009 mm (3 ft 3 ²³⁄₃₂ in) in order to avoid loss of the licence.
Burkina Faso	Abidjan – Burkina Faso railway
Burma	Except for about 100 miles (160 km) of hill railway, the 2,000 miles (3,200 km) of Burmese railways is metre gauge.
Cambodia	Cambodia has 612 km (380 mi) of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) metre gauge railways
Cameroon	1,104 km
Chile	2,923 km (1,816 mi). Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado (Ferronor), Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia, Arica–La Paz railway.
China	Kunhe Railway (formerly the Yunnan–Vietnam Railway) only.
Croatia	Tramways in Zagreb and Osijek
Czech Republic	Like other Sudeten cities, the tram of Liberec used metre gauge in the past. The inner city lines however, have been rebuilt to standard gauge and the only line that still uses the metre gauge is the 13 km (8.1 mi) long Jablonec nad Nisou line connecting the city with Jablonec nad Nisou.
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Several metre gauge railways
Denmark	A few local railways. Only one remains, but regauged to standard gauge. Århus tramway (closed), Danish Tramway Museum.
Djibouti	Ethio-Djibouti Railways - 780 km (480 mi)
Egypt	Cairo
Ethiopia	Ethio-Djibouti Railways - 780 km (480 mi)
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 (Train des pignes); Chemins de Fer de la Corse; Chemin de Fer de La Mure; Panoramique des Domes; Tramway de Lille; Chemin de Fer du Finistère; Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme
Germany	Harzer Schmalspurbahnen, Bavarian Zugspitzbahn and many tram networks
Greece	The rail network of Peloponnese used to be the largest metre gauge in Europe and is now partially abandoned. Only Patra's Commuter rail, within the Patras metropolitan area and the Olympia-Katakolo tourist rail line use the network.
India	4,000 km (2,500 mi) in 2014. The length was 24,158 km (15,011 mi) in 1951 rising to about 30,000 km (19,000 mi) in 1991 and has decreased considerably since then as metre gauge is being converted to Indian gauge of 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) under Project Unigauge that began in 1991. Indian Railways is converting all metre gauge tracks to 1676mm gauge except heritage railways like Nilgiri Mountain Railway.
Iraq	Mesopotamian Railways
Israel	Sections of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) railways, later converted to 1,050 mm (3 ft 5 ¹¹⁄₃₂ in) or 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) gauge
Italy	Trento-Malè-Marilleva railway, owned by Trentino Trasporti, Ferrovia Genova-Casella, Domodossola-Locarno international railway, Trieste-Opicina tramway, Rittnerbahn-ferrovia del Renon tramway, Laas-Lasa marble quarry railway, Bernina railway (crosses into Switzerland) (UNESCO World Heritage Site status shared with Albula Railway in Switzerland).
Ivory Coast	Abidjan – Burkina Faso railway
Kenya	Uganda Railway run by Kenya Railways Corporation.
Laos	A 3.5 km extension of the metre-gauge State Railway of Thailand network across the border into Laos
Latvia	Liepāja tramway
Madagascar	875 km (2006). There are two unconnected systems operated by Madarail
Malaysia	Malayan Railway and Sabah State Railway
Mali	Dakar–Niger Railway - 1,287 km (800 mi)
Malta	Malta Railway
Morocco	Several industrial railways in former Spanish Morocco
New Zealand	Wellington Cable Car
Norway	Thamshavn Line and Trondheim Tramway
Pakistan	Pakistan inherited 506 km (314 mi) of metre gauge (1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in)) railway lines at the time of Independence in 1947. Of this, Hyderabad-Mirpur Khas 67 km (42 mi) and Mirpur Khas-Khokhrapar 126 km (78 mi) track have been converted into Broad gauge. Remaining 313 km (194 mi) including Jamrao-Pithoro 184 km (114 mi) (loop line) and Mirpur Khas-Nawabshah 129 km (80 mi) metre gauge railway lines have been closed in 2005.^[1]
Poland	City trams of: Łódź (including suburban lines), Bydgoszcz and Toruń (planned to be interconnected), Grudziądz, and Elbląg
Portugal	Several mainly mountainous branch lines, mostly abandoned in the 1990s, never fully interconnected — connected to the REFER network by means of shared stations and some dual gauge stretches; remain in use: Metro de Mirandela and Vouga line. Also metric: Funchal rack railway (defunct in 1943), Coimbra trams (defunct in 1980), and Sintra trams.
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	Dakar–Niger Railway - 1,287 km (800 mi)
Serbia	Belgrade Tram
Singapore	Singapore span of the Malayan Railway.
Slovakia	Bratislava trams/streetcars, the Tatra Electric Railway (Tatranské elektrické železnice), a mountain railroad and a rack railway in the area of the High Tatras. Children's railway (Detská železnica) in Košice.
Spain	Renfe and EuskoTren lines in north-west Spain, including the Transcantábrico. Barcelona Metro line 8; Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya suburban lines S4, S8, R5 and R6; Cercanías Madrid line C-9 (Cercedilla–Cotos); Palma de Mallorca Metro; Valencia Metro; Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana.
Sweden	Skansens bergbana
Switzerland	Many narrow-gauge railways: suburban railways, mountain railways, rack railways, some long-distance railways and trams, Albula Railway, Bernina railway (crosses into Italy) (latter two railways share UNESCO World Heritage Site status).
Tanzania	Tanzania Railways Corporation - about 2,600 km (1,600 mi) (break of gauge with 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) TAZARA Railway)
Thailand	State Railway of Thailand, 4,346 km (2,700 mi).
Togo	568 km of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) gauge
Tunisia	1,674 km (1,040 mi) (besides standard gauge 471 km (293 mi))
Turkey	Istanbul nostalgic tramways
Uganda	Uganda Railway run by Uganda Railways Corporation
Ukraine	Lviv, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr and Eupatoria tramways
United Kingdom	Davington Light Railway
United States	Orient Express (located in Six Flags Magic Mountain) (separate 3 ft (914 mm) gauge railway named Grand Centennial Excursion Railroad and separate 2 ft (610 mm) gauge railway named 99 Steam Train previously present) (operating); Red Car Trolley (located in Disney California Adventure) (operating)
Vietnam	Vietnam Railways and KunHe Railway

References

↑ The Meter-Gauge of Sindh

External links

http://archive.is/20120713100348/http://parovoz.com/spravka/gauges-en.php

Track gauge (list)

Minimum gauge	15 in (381 mm) 400 mm (15 ³⁄₄ in) 18 in (457 mm) 500 mm (19 ³⁄₄ in)

Narrow gauge	2 foot and 600 mm 750 mm (2 ft 5 ¹⁄₂ in) 760 mm (2 ft 5 ¹⁵⁄₁₆ in) Bosnian gauge 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) 800 mm (2 ft 7 ¹⁄₂ in) 891 mm (2 ft 11 ³⁄₃₂ in) Swedish three foot 900 mm (2 ft 11 ⁷⁄₁₆ in) 3 ft (914 mm) 950 mm (3 ft 1 ³⁄₈ in) Italian metre gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) metre gauge 3 ft 6 in/1,067 mm 4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm), Scotch gauge List of narrow tram track gauges

Standard gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in/1,435 mm, Stephenson gauge List of standard gauge tram tracks

Broad gauge	1445 mm gauge 1,445 mm (4 ft 8 ⁷⁄₈ in) 4 ft 10 ⁷⁄₈ in (1,495 mm), Toronto 5 ft/1,524 mm and 1520 mm, Russian gauge 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm), Irish gauge 1,668 mm (5 ft 5 ²¹⁄₃₂ in), Iberian gauge 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm), Indian gauge 7 ft ¹⁄₄ in (2,140 mm), Brunel gauge 3,000 mm (9 ft 10 ¹⁄₈ in), Breitspurbahn List of broad tram track gauges

Gauge differences	Bogie exchange Break-of-gauge Dual gauge Gauge conversion list Variable gauge

Categories	by country by imperial units by metric units by name lists of track gauges

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Metre gauge railway

Installations

See also

References

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