List of track gauges

Named gauges

Gauge	Name	Notes
1676	Indian gauge
1668	Iberian gauge
1600	Irish gauge
1588	Pennsylvania Trolley Gauge
1581	Pennsylvania Trolley Gauge	(variant)
1524	Russian gauge
1520	Russian gauge
1435	Standard gauge
1372	Scotch gauge
1067	CAP gauge or Cape gauge
1	Metre gauge
950	Italian metre gauge
891	Swedish narrow gauge	3 Swedish feet

Common gauges

Broad gauge

Indian gauge - 1,676 mm / 5 ft 6 in

Country/region	Notes
Afghanistan
Argentina	Almost all lines America Latina Logistica, (Railroad Development Corporation) (former San Martín line), Sarmiento line, Nuevo Central Argentino (former Mitre line) and Ferrosur Roca (former Ferrocarril General Roca), except Urquiza and Belgrano
Bangladesh	Bangladesh Railway
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 Canada Intercolonial Railway of Canada until 1875. See also Canada.
Chile	Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado
India	Major routes of Indian Railways, Delhi Metro (some lines), Kolkata Metro; The other metro lines are 1435 standard gauge.
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Pakistan
Paraguay	The Ferrocarril Presidente Don Carlos Antonio Lopez from Asunción to Encarnación was originally laid in this gauge, in the hope that the connecting line from Posadas to Buenos Aires would be built to the same gauge; alas, this line was laid to standard gauge, and when the FCPCAL reached Encarnación in 1912 the whole line had to be re-gauged to standard gauge to allow through-working.
Russia
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.
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

Iberian gauge - 1,668 mm/5 ft 52⁄3 in

Country/region	Notes
Portugal	REFER network. Adjusted from the original 1664	also: 2140 mm, 1435 mm, 1000 mm, 900 mm, 600 mm
Spain	Adjusted from the original 1672 RENFE national railways (except High-Speed AVE). Barcelona Metro L1 Line.

Irish gauge - 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)

Country/region	Notes
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 42 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. Estrada de Ferro Jari
Germany	Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway 1840 - 1855
Ireland	Irish broad gauge
New Zealand	Canterbury Provincial Railways (All routes gauge converted to 42 by 1876)

Russian gauge (imperial) - 1,524 mm (5 ft)

Country/region	Notes
Afghanistan	also: 2140mm and 1676mm
Finland
Sweden	Only a small freight yard in Haparanda. A new railway will be built between Pajala-Kolari around 2013.
USA	The South (except in Florida which used 4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm) Scotch gauge) - prior to and after the Civil War.
Panama	Panama Railway prior to conversion to standard gauge in 2000 to suit off-the-shelf supply.
Former Soviet Union	Prior to narrowing the gauge on the paper by 4 mm to 1520 and narrowing the tolerances; the railways and the rolling stock were adjusted only when needed or upgraded

Russian gauge (metric) - 1,520 mm/4 ft 115⁄6 in

Country/region	Notes
Armenia
Azerbaijan	also: 1435mm
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 1520 and 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) gauges.
Estonia
Georgia	also: 1435mm and 912mm
Germany	Only at Sassnitz/Mukran ferry terminal for freight train ferries to Turku, Klaipeda and Baltijsk.
Hong Kong	Peak Tram
Kazakhstan	also: 2140mm, 1676mm and 1435mm
Kyrgyzstan	also: 1676mm
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Mongolia
Poland	Almost exclusively on one line, see Broad Gauge Metallurgy Line
Russia
Slovakia	Only on one line ("Širokorozchodná trať" (Uzhhorod -)Maťovce - Haniska pri Košiciach) and from the border station of Dobrá pri Čiernej nad Tisou to Ukraine, both operated by ZSSK Cargo. In 2008, the 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) gauge was also proposed for a new rail line from the Ukrainian border to Bratislava, eventually as far to Vienna.
Tajikistan	also: 1676mm
Turkmenistan	also: 1676mm and 1435mm
Ukraine
Uzbekistan	also: 2140mm and 1676mm

Standard gauge - 1,435 mm / 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in

This is the Standard or international gauge

Country/region	Companies	Notes
Albania	Hekurudha Shqiptarë
Algeria	Société Nationale des Transports Ferroviaires
Argentina	Railroad Development Corporation - Former Urquiza Line Buenos Aires-Rosario-Córdoba high-speed railway (planned) || 710 km || BsAs P., Santa Fe, Cordoba Tren de la costa || 15.5 km || Gran BsAs , 1990s track was changed from 1676 to standard gauge	Other lines are mostly 1676 broad gauge (Indian gauge) Further information: Rail transport in Argentina
Australia	Pacific National, Pilbara Railways Further information: List of Australian railway companies	Further information: Rail gauge in Australia
Austria	Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Azerbaijan
Belgium	NMBS/SNCB
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Željeznice Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine, formed from former Yugoslav Railways	Further information: Rail transport in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil	Estrada de Ferro do Amapá 1,440 mm (4 ft 8+11⁄16 in); Line 5; Uruguaiana - Border to Argentina (mixed gauge 1435 and 1000); 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	Estrada de Ferro do Amapá, Jane's World Railways 1969/1970 edition gives 1435
Bulgaria	National Railway Infrastructure Company (NRIC), Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ), Sofia Underground , Part of Sofia Tramway system
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, Scarborough RT (Toronto Transit Commission Further information: List of Canadian railways
China	Rail transport in the People's Republic of China
Croatia	Hrvatske Željeznice formed from former Yugoslav Railways	Further information: Transport in Croatia
Cuba	Ferrocarriles de Cuba
Czech Republic	České dráhy
Denmark	Danish State Railways	Adjusted from 1422
Egypt	Egyptian National Railways
England	Liverpool and Manchester Railway	Possibly the first railway built to standard gauge from the start.
Estonia	Eesti Raudtee	Re-gauging all existing system from 1520 and mounting some industrial railways during WWII; 1944-45 all railways re-gauged to 1520.
Finland	Finnish Rail Administration	Only at Turku ferry terminal for train ferries to Stockholm, and a freight yard in Tornio.
France	SNCF, RATP (on RER lines)
Germany	Deutsche Bahn
Georgia
Greece	Hellenic Railways Organisation
Hong Kong	Rail transport in Hong Kong	including 1432 on the MTR
Hungary	MÁV, GySEV
India	Only use for most of city rail systems: Delhi Metro (Phase 2), Mumbai Metro, Calcutta Tramway, etc.	Indian heavy rail systems (Indian Railways) use 1676 Indian broad gauge.
Iran
Iraq
Ireland	Railway Procurement Agency	Luas in Dublin
Israel	Israel Railways, CTS - operating the Jerusalem Light Rail
Italy
Japan	Shinkansen, JR Hokkaido Naebo Works (see Train on Train), 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 Subway.
Kazakhstan
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
Mexico	Further information: List of Mexican railroads
Monaco
Montenegro
Morocco
Netherlands	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
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 Corporation 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
Portugal	Portuguese high-speed lines, Braga funicular and Lisbon Metro and Metro do Porto (partially an evolution from former metric system Póvoa and Guimarães lines.
Romania	Căile Ferate Române
Russia	Rostov-on-Don tramway, lines connecting Kaliningrad with Poland
Serbia	Serbian Railways
Singapore	MRT
Slovakia	Železnice Slovenskej republiky
Slovenia	Slovenske železnice
South Africa	Gautrain in Gauteng Province	Rest of country uses Cape Gauge
Spain	AVE High-Speed Train lines from Madrid to Seville, Malaga, Saragossa, Barcelona (-Perthus), Toledo, Huesca and Valladolid, Gibraltar Tunnel (planned), Barcelona Metro L2, L3, L4, L5 lines. Barcelona FGC lines L6, L7, and Metro Vallès S1, S2, S5, S55.	All other 1668 (broad gauge) and some 1000 (meter gauge).
Sweden		Adjusted from 1,485 mm (4 ft 1017⁄36 in)
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	TCDD (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları (Turkish State Railways)
Turkmenistan
United Kingdom (Great Britain)	Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)	See also the Railway Regulation (Gauge) Act 1846
United States	Central Pacific Railroad, Union Pacific Railroad	Although it was already in use on many other lines prior to 1863 the Pacific Railway Act of March 3, 1863 specified that the federally funded transcontinental railroad was to use standard gauge and helped to further popularize it among American railroads.
Uruguay
Vietnam		north of Hanoi

Narrow gauge

Cape gauge - 1,067 mm/3 ft 6 in

Country/region	Notes
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	Rail transport in 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	New Zealand Railways Corporation - standardised at 1067mm by Julius Vogel in 1870
Nicaragua	now lifted
Nigeria
Norway	The 1,067 mm gauge was first used by C A Pihl on a line opened 1861. The nickname CAP-gauge is from his initials and not from the use of the gauge in the Cape Province in South Africa. Some lines built in the 19th century to 1067 were later rebuilt to normal gauge. The Setesdalsbanen, a heritage railway line of about eight km remains at 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in).
Philippines	Philippine National Railways
Russia	Sakhalin Island, tramway in Khabarovsk
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 former San Diego Electric Railway (until gauge conversion to standard gauge in 1898) and the San Francisco cable car system. Commonly used in underground coal mines.
Zambia
Zimbabwe	National Railways of Zimbabwe

Metre gauge - 1,000 mm/3 ft 33⁄8 in

Country/region	Notes
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), Danish 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 (Train des pignes); Chemins de fer de Corse; Chemin de Fer de La Mure.
Germany	Harzer Schmalspurbahnen, trams
Greece	mainly in the Peloponnese
India	Pachora-Jamner line
Italy	Trento-Malè-Mezzana, owned by Trentino Trasporti, Ferrovia Genova-Casella, Domodossola-Locarno international railway, Trieste-Opicina tramway, Rittnerbahn-ferrovia del Renon tramway, Laas-Lasa marble quay railway
Ivory Coast
Iraq
Kenya
Laos
Latvia	Liepāja tramway
Madagascar
Malaysia	KTM line
Mali
Norway	Thamshavnbanen (heritage railway) and the Trondheim Tramway (Gråkallbanen)
Pakistan
Poland	City trams of: Łódź (including suburban lines), Bydgoszcz and Toruń (planned to be interconnected), Grudziądz, and Elbląg
Portugal	Several mountainous lines, partly abbandoned, connected to the REFER network; Oporto subway - 1435mm; trams of 90cm Oporto, Sintra 90cm, Braga 1435mm nothing left, Almada1435mm, and Coimbra.
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
Serbia	Belgrade Tram, Šargan Eight
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 Cercanías Madrid line C-9 (Cercedilla – Cotos)
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

Uncommon or obsolete gauges

Broad gauge

Gauge		Country/region	Notes
Metric mm	Imperial
3,000	9 ft 101⁄8 in	Germany / Russia	Hitler's Breitspurbahn (not ever built)
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).
		Kazakhstan
		Uzbekistan
		Afghanistan
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	1839–1866 Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij
		Russia	originally in Vladivostok - Khabarovsk line
1,880	6 ft 2 in	Ireland	Ulster Railway, 1839–1846, re-gauged to 1,600 mm / 5 ft 3 in
1,829	6 ft 0 in	United States / Canada	Erie Railroad until June 22, 1880
		Russia	Saint Petersburg – Tsarskoe Selo Railway, 1837–1897
		India	In 19th century, engineers regarded this gauge, but laid 1676.
1,800	5 ft 10⅞ in	Germany	Oberweißbacher Bergbahn (funicular section only)
1,750	5 ft 89⁄10 in	France	Line from Paris to Limours via Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse (Ligne de Sceaux), until 1891
1,674	5 ft 55⁄6 in (six Castilian feet)	Spain	Original gauge Barcelona Metro L1
1,664	5 ft 5½ in (five Portuguese feet)	Portugal	Original gauge
1,638	5 ft 4½ in	United States	Baltimore, Baltimore Streetcar System (defunct)
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, Cincinnati
1,581	5 ft 2¼in	United States	Philadelphia streetcars
1,575	5 ft 2 in	Ireland	Dublin and Drogheda Railway, 1844–1846, re-gauged to 1,600 mm / 5 ft 3 in
1,537	5 ft 0½ in	United Kingdom	London and Blackwall Railway
1,511	4 ft 11½ in	Ukraine	Kiev tramways - gradually changed to 1,524 mm (5 ft) in 1920s.
1,495	4 ft 10⅞ in	Canada	Toronto Transit Commission subway and streetcars - excluding Transit City LRT). 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)
1,458	4 ft 92⁄5 in	Germany	Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe AG
1,450	4 ft 91⁄5 in	Germany	Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG
1,448	4 ft 9 in	England	Manchester and Leeds Railway
1,445	4 ft 8⅞ in	Brazil	Estrada de Ferro do Amapá, Jane's World Railways 1969/1970 edition gives 1435, Line 5, São Paulo metro
		Italy	Tramway networks in Milan, Turin and Rome, and until 1930 the railway network.
		Spain	Madrid Metro

Medium gauge

Narrow gauge railway with a gauge above 1,000 mm and below Standard Gauge. Although technically narrow gauge these railways are often built to substantial standards, allowing high train speeds and capacity.

Gauge		Country/region	Notes
Metric mm	Imperial
1,422	4 ft 8 in	USA	Mount Washington Cog Railway
		England	prior to 1846 (proto standard gauge)
		Denmark	Original gauge
1.397	4 ft 7 in	Wales	Dyffryn Llynfi and Porthcawl Railway
1,416	4 ft 7¾ in	Scotland/England	List of Tramways in Scotland/ England (Huddersfield Tramway)
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 (prior to 1840)
		Spain	Former Spanish colonial gauge
		United States	originally in Florida (further south than Jacksonville)
1,245	4 ft 1 in	England	Middleton Railway (standard gauge after 1881)
1,219	4 ft 0 in	Wales	Padarn Railway (1842–1961), Saundersfoot Railway (1829–1939)
		Scotland	Glasgow Subway, Falkirk (1905–1936)
		England	Furzebrook Railway (c.1830–1957), Redruth and Chasewater Railway (1826–1915)
		New Zealand	Wellington tramway system: electric trams, system closed 1964.
1,217	3 ft 11⅞ in	Sweden
1,200	3 ft 11¼ in	Switzerland	Bergbahn Rheineck-Walzenhausen (formerly a funicular converted to a cog Railway. Only one EMU-1)
1,188	3 ft 10¾ in	Sweden
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	The Santa Teresa Historic Tramway 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
1055	3 ft 5½in	Algeria
1,050	3 ft 51⁄3 in	Jordan	Hejaz railway
		Syria
		Lebanon & Syria	former Beyrouth - Damascus Railway, mostly dismantled in Lebanon
		Israel & Saudi Arabia	dismantled parts of former Hejaz railway
1,009	3 ft 311⁄16 in	Bulgaria	Most of tramway system in Sofia, except for two lines with standard gauge. Initially it was built as 1000. When the condition of tracks vastly deteriorated during WW2, it was formally widened to 1,013 mm in order to avoid loss of the licence. Then it gradually narrowed to 1,009 mm with a tendency to be reverted back to 1,000 mm. All these changes affected only the infrastructure and not the rolling stock.

Narrow gauge

Narrow gauge railways with a gauge above 22.75 and below 1,000 mm.

Gauge		Country/region	Notes
Metric mm	Imperial
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 tramways.
		Canada	White Pass and Yukon Route, Narrow gauge Canada
		Colombia	Colombian Railways; also: 1435 and 1067
		El Salvador
		Guatemala	Rail transport in Guatemala Ferrovías Guatemala
		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.
		Isle of Man	Manx Electric Railway and Isle of Man Railway
		Peru	Huancayo - Huancavelica, being converted to standard gauge, see Railroad Development Corporation, Cusco - Machu Picchu, Cusco - Machu Picchu 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 1520.
		Germany	Mecklenburgische Bäderbahn
		Georgia (Abkhazia)	New Athos Cave Railway
		Indonesia	Used by Rendeng sugar mill for sugar cane transport to the mill
		Norway	This gauge was used by the Germans up to 1945. It was called Feldbahn (field railway) and was used for industrial plants or other temporary uses. In Norway,during the WW2, the Germans built a 15 km long railway between the harbour at Aardalstangen and the industrial plant of Upper Aardal. It was closed down in 1959 and was at that time only used at the iron works. One steam locomotive was lost into the sea, but was refound by divers around 1990. It is now restored and exhibited at Aardalstangen.
		Poland	Cracow tramways (re-gauged to standard gauge in 1953)
		Portugal	Lisbon tramways
891	2 ft 111⁄10 in (3 Swedish feet)	Sweden	Many 891 mm (2 ft 11+3⁄32 in) lines were built during 19th and early 20th century by private companies. The state railroad company SJ always used 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 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 1,100 mm (3 ft 7+5⁄16 in) gauge, 1950: closed) Menaggio-Porlezza (1939: closed)
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 )
		Estonia	Industrial raiway in Tamsalu lime factory; during WWI re-gauged to 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) 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, Kangra valey railway
		Japan	Abō Forest Train (industrial railway), 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 California
		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	Austria*	Bahnstrecke Tschagguns–Partenen, Bregenzerwaldbahn, Waldbahn Deutschlandsberg, Feistritztalbahn, Gurktalbahn, Höllentalbahn (Niederösterreich), Klammbachwaldbahn, Lokalbahn Ober-Grafendorf–Gresten, Mariazellerbahn, Lokalbahn Mixnitz–Sankt Erhard, Murtalbahn, Pinzgauer Lokalbahn, Salzkammergut-Lokalbahn, Stainzerbahn , Steyrtalbahn, Straßenbahn Ybbs, Taurachbahn, Thörlerbahn, Vellachtalbahn, Waldbahn Reichraming, Waldviertler Schmalspurbahnen, Ybbstalbahn, Zillertalbahn
		Bulgaria	Few railways, of which only Septemvri - Dobrinishte (125.3 km) remains in operation
		Haiti	Most sources claims, besides the wider gauge of 1067, the narrower of two gauges being used was 762, but few others (CIA) use 760 on their documents. See also Railroads of Haiti.
		Hungary
		Italy	Fleimstalbahn, Grödnerbahn, Lokalbahn Mori–Arco–Riva
		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	48 mi (77.2 km) only of the Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano (now probably 1 ?); La Trochita
		Ecuador
		Estonia
		Greece	Rack railway between Diakopto - Kalavryta at northern Peloponnesos
		Germany	Lößnitzgrundbahn; Weißeritztalbahn; Döllnitzbahn GmbH; Zittauer Schmalspurbahn
		Indonesia	Used by 6 sugar mill in Java (Bandjaratma, Ceper, Colomadu, Tasikmadu, Pakis Baru and Trangkil). Now only Tasikmadu in use.
		Latvia
		Lithuania
		Norway	Only 1 heritage railway left (Aurskog-Hølandsbanen)
		Poland
		Russia
		Switzerland
724	2 ft 4½ in	Wales	Glyn Valley Tramway
711	2 ft 4 in	England	Snailbeach District Railways
700	2 ft 3½ in	Denmark	Standard gauge for sugar beet railways; none remain.
		Indonesia	Used by 36 sugar mill in Java. Now only 23 in use.
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
		England	Lynton and Barnstaple Railway
		France	Corsica, Chemins de Fer du Calvados, World War I trench railways
		Germany	Park Railway Chemnitz
		Greece	Mt. Pelion Railway
		Hungary	Almamellék State Forest Railway, Kemence Forest Museum Railway
		Indonesia	Used by 8 sugar mill in Java (Jatiwangi, Jatibarang, Pangka, Sragi, Cepiring, Soedhono, Tulangan and Pandji). Now only 6 in use.
		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
		Portugal	Beach railways in Caparica (Almada) and Barril (Tavira)
		Sweden	once several, a few remaining as museum railways (Munkedal, Mariefred-Läggesta)
		Wales	Ffestiniog Railway, Welsh Highland Railway

Minimum gauge

Main article: Minimum gauge railways

Gauge		Country	Notes
Metric mm	Imperial
578	1 ft 10¾ in	Wales	Penrhyn Quarry Railway
558	1 ft 10 in	Dominican Republic	Transport in the Dominican Republic
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
		Germany	Dresden Park Railway

See also

• Rail gauge
• Rail gauge in Europe
• Rail gauge in South America
• Loading gauge
• Structure gauge
• Rail transport
• Rail terminology

• Rail transport by country
• Transport in present-day nations and states
• List of railway companies by country
• History of rail transport by country
• Railroad switch (points)
• British narrow gauge railways
• Ridable miniature railway

External links

• Jane's World Railways
• Railroad Gauge Width site
• The Indian Railways FAQ: Gauges
• Extensive list of 2 ft gauge railways worldwide