List of re-tracked railway lines

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Railroad tracks are re- gauged for a number of reasons , including:

  • Often narrow-gauge railways are switched to standard gauge . The main reason for building narrow-gauge railways was that they were easier to build than standard- gauge railways . Due to the smaller track width , lower axle loads, curve radii and speeds, the construction costs could be reduced. However, the narrow-gauge railways reached their limits in terms of economic expansion. The goods produced could only be transported easily, i.e. without reloading, in the area of ​​the company's own narrow-gauge network, since further travel was only possible with a different gauge. Remedial action by running a rolling vehicle was too cumbersome and too cost-intensive in the long run, and the clearance profile and load-bearing capacity of main railways also had to be achieved for this.
  • The few broad-gauge railway lines operated in states with standard gauge were often soon adjusted to the respective standard gauge. The most common reason for this was the inadequate interchangeability of vehicles.
  • In the nineteenth century, when previously independent large networks met, the decision was often made to use a common track gauge because of the desired transition of vehicles. Examples of this are the large-scale gauging of the Great Western Railway in England or the 5 'railways in the USA.

Re-gauging due to war events are not included in the following list.

Europe

Germany

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Baden-Württemberg
Mannheim-Haltingen 1600 1435 264.3 1840-1851 1854-1855 The Baden railway lines were laid out in 1600 mm wide gauge from 1843. After it turned out that all neighboring countries preferred the standard gauge, the Badische Staatsbahn converted the lines that had been created up until then (79 km one and 203 km double-track) to standard gauge within just one year 1854/55.
Appenweier – Kehl 1435 13.5 1845
Baden-Oos – Baden-Baden 1435 4.3 1845 1977
Lauffen (Neckar) -Leonbronn 750 1435 20.3 1896-1901 1964-1965 1995 Reactivation planned
Marbach (Neckar) –Steinheim (Murr) 750 1435 4.3 1894 1968 1990
Karlsruhe Albtalbahnhof – Bad Herrenalb 1000 1435 25.8 1897-1898 1958-1961
Busenbach – Langensteinbach 1000 1435 4.9 1899 1964-1966
Orschweier – Ettenheim Munster 1000 1435 7.9 1893 1922-1927 1966
Leinfelden – Neuhausen (Filder) 1000 1435 14.3 1897 1902 / ~ 2000 1920/1922/1983 / - Stuttgart-Möhringen-Unteraichen reopened in 1927 as a 1000 mm tram, and in 2000, when the Stuttgart tram was changed to the Stuttgart Stadtbahn, it was again switched to standard gauge
Bad Schussenried – peat plant 750 1435 5.7 1896 1970 2002 Railway line dismantled
Schwarzach (Baden) –Bühl (Baden) 1000 1435 9.3 1892 1971-1972
Schwarzach (Baden) –Söllingen (b Rastatt) 1000 1435 11.2 1909 1972-1973
Bavaria
Nuremberg - Fürth 1435 35.2 1835 1835 1922 Ludwigseisenbahn (section: difficulties in opening operations) built in Bavarian feet, however, at Stephenson's insistence, re-gauged before operations start
Eichstätt train station - Kinding 1000 1435 35.2 1898 1934 Eichstätt Stadt - Kinding railway line dismantled
Berlin / Brandenburg
For military supplies and the subsequent removal of spoils of war, one track on the Berlin – Frankfurt (Oder) line and several lines in Berlin were provisionally switched to Russian broad gauge. For Stalin's special train to Potsdam, an additional track between Berlin Schlesischer Bahnhof and Potsdam was re-gauged from June 1945. Broad-gauge operation on German territory ended in December 1945.
Brandenburg
Glöwen - Havelberg 1435 750 9.2 1890 1948 Railway line dismantled in 1945 and 1971
Müncheberg (Mark) –Buckow 750 1435 6.5 1897 1930
Herzfelde - Stienitzsee 750 600 12.4 1872 1945 ~ 1971 Oppenheim industrial railway
Hesse
Messel mine railways 600 900 18__ 1932 1951
Wächtersbach - Bad Orb 1435 600 6.5 1901 2000 Operation as a museum railway
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Jarmen - Schmarsow soft 750 600 11.5 1897 1949 1958 Reconstruction after reparation, island operation
Lower Saxony
Lueneburg - Neetze 750 1435 17.8 1899 1919
Hoya - Syke 1000 1435 28.8 1881 1966
Real - Kreiensen 750 1435 9.6 1899 1943 until 1963 three-rail track
Ocholt - Westerstede 750 1435 7.0 1876 1904
Wittmund - Ardorf - Wittmundhaven 1000 1435 14.2 1899 1940
Werlte - Lathen 750 1435 25.2 1898 1957
Broistedt - Groß Ilsede 780 1435 11.2 1884 1919
North Rhine-Westphalia
Minden city - Kleinenbremen 1000 1435 14.0 1918-1921 1950-1957
Minden city - Lübbecke 1000 1435 27.9 1903-1907 1950-1957 Section Hille - Lübbecke dismantled
Minden - Petershagen - Uchte 1000 1435 14.0 1898 1950-1957 Route dismantled
Minden - Kutenhausen - Wegholm 1000 1435 10.3 1915 1950-1957 Route dismantled
(Wuppertal-Essen) 820 1435 1831 1847 originally a horse business
Niederense - Möhnesee 1000 1435 5.7 1908 1913 Line dismantled in 1953
Neheim-Hüsten - Niederense 1000 1435 1898 1954 Line dismantled in 1964, three-rail expansion in 1913
Neheim-Hüsten - Arnsberg 1000 1435 1906 1927 Freight traffic in 2006, three-rail track from 1906
Hüsten-Ost - Müschede quarry 1000 1435 1908 1911 Line dismantled in 1954, three-rail expansion in 1911
Werl - Ostönnen 1000 1435 1898 1923 Line dismantled in 1954, only three-rail expansion
Hamm - Lippborg 1000 1435 1904 1927, 1940 Route as a museum train
Bredelar - Martenberg 1000 900 1873 1937 Line dismantled in 1925 and 1963
Altenrheine - Osnabrück-Eversburg 1000 1435 28.8 1903 1935
Rees – Empel railway 1000 1435 5.6 1897 1915
Essen-Kupferdreh - Hesperbrück 720 1435 4.6 18__ 1877?
Cologne - Bonn , Vorgebirgsbahn 1000 1435 ~ 24.5 1897 1908-1934
Zieverich - Elsdorf 1000 1435 4.5 1896 1904/1913 1967
Bedburg - Mödrath 1000 1435 16.5 1896/97 1904/1913 Horrem – Mödrath closed in 1978
Bedburg - Ameln 1000 1435 13.7 1898/99 1904/1913 1963
Bergheim - Rommerskirchen 1000 1435 13 1897 1904/1913 1971 Bergheim – Niederaussem closed in 1971
Benzelrath - Oberbolheim 1000 1435 18.4 1896/1905 1904/1913 1968/1978
Mödrath - Liblar 1000 1435 13 1898/99 1904/1913 1956/1965
Liblar - Vochem 1000 1435 7th 1901 1904/1913 1942-1966 Closure due to open pit mining
Herscheid-Hüinghausen - Köbbinghauser-Hammer 1435 1000 2.2 Reconstruction of a section as a museum railway
Saxony
Waldheim – Kriebethal 1435 600 ~ 2 km 1896 2004 Museum railway operation
Heidenau - Altenberg 750 1435 38.0 1890 1938 Railway line in operation
Klotzsche - Koenigsbrück 750 1435 19.5 1884 1897 Railway line in operation
Schönfeld-Wiesa - Schönfeld paper mill 750 1435 1.5 1884 1985
Saxony-Anhalt
Stendal - Arneburg 1000 1435 13.0 1899 1914 Railway line dismantled
Salzwedel - Diesdorf 1000 1435 36.0 1900-1901 1927-1928 Railway line out of service
Salzwedel - Jeggeleben 1000 1435 1901-1902 1926 Railway line dismantled
Klötze - Wernstedt 750 1435 1921-1922 Railway line dismantled
Quedlinburg - Gernrode 1435 1000 8.5 1885 2006
Zörbig - Radegast 750 1435 1896 1946 Expanded to three rails in 1910, narrow-gauge railway shut down in 1946
Gommern-Pretzien 600 750 1888? 1890 1976
Schleswig-Holstein
Niebüll - Dagebüll 1000 1435 13.6 1895 1926 Railway line in operation
Thuringia
Dorndorf - Kaltennordheim 1000 1435 27.9 1879 1934 2003 partially dismantled
Bad Salzungen - Vacha 1000 1435 16.3 1879 1905 Closure in 2003 - connecting railway since 2011
German Eastern Territories / East Prussia / West Prussia / Silesia (routes that were no longer operated after the Second World War)
Pillkallen / Schirwindt - Lasdehnen / Doristhal 750 1000 60.9 1901 1917 1945 Pillkaller Kleinbahn

Estonia

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Tallinn – Viljandi- (Mõisaküla) 750 1520 1901 1971-1973
Lelle – Pärnu 750 1520 1901 1971
Pärnu – Mõisaküla 750 1520 53.5 August 1, 1897 Reconstruction:
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July 17, 1981		 2000 Remaining line Mõisaküla – Viljandi closed on June 3, 1973, new line: passenger traffic until January 31, 1996

Austria

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Lower Austria
Wieselburg on the Erlauf - Gresten 760 1435 23.8 1927 1998
Upper Austria
Freistadt - Summerau 1106 1435 ~ 27.0 Railway line on old horse-drawn railway line
Lambach - Gmunden 1106 1435 24.0 Railway line on old horse-drawn railway line
Linz-Urfahr - Pöstlingberg 1000 900 2.9 1898 2009 Connection to the Linz tram network
Styria
Graz - Mariatrost 1000 1435 5.3 1941
Graz fairy tale train 500 600 2 1968 1997
Hieflau - Radmer - Neuhaus 830 900 12.8 1920 1967 1979 dismantled, Waldbahn Radmer

Switzerland

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Luzern Obergrund - Kupferhammer 1435 1000 1886 1899-1900 1961 Acquisition of Kriens-Luzern-Bahn for the Lucerne tram
Zurich tram network 1435 1000 8.6 from 1882 1900 Zurich tram
TS Geneva tram network 1435 1000 15.4 from 1877 1901-1902 Geneva tram
Bözingen - Biel - Nidau 1435 1000 4.7 1877 1902 1948 Biel tram
Wohlen - Bremgarten West 1435 1000 7.0 1876 1912 Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn , 1912–2016 three -rail track for standard-gauge freight traffic
Glovelier - Saignelégier 1435 1000 24.9 1904 1953 1948 for gauging by CJ shut down
Rheinecker connecting railway 1435 1200 0.8 1909 1958 since then part of the Rheineck – Walzenhausen mountain railway
Reinach North - Menziken 1435 1000 1.9 1887 2002 since then part of the Wynental and Suhrentalbahn
Aarau - Suhr 1435 1000 4.2 1877 2010 since then part of the Wynental and Suhrentalbahn
Bull - Broc 1000 1435 5.4 1912 planned planned for 2018
Liestal - Waldenburg 750 1000 13.1 1880 planned planned for 2022

Denmark

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Haderslev Amtsbanegaard - Haderslev Statsbanegaard 1000 1435 1.2 1934 1999 Four-rail track until 1934, the Danske Statsbaner took over the route from the Haderslebener Kreisbahn , port service with standard-gauge freight wagons
Sønderborg - Mommark 1000 1435 1933 1962 Danske Statsbaner took over the route from the Amtsbanerne på Als
Frederikshavn - Skagen 1000 1435 39.7 1890 1924
Horsens - Bryrup - Silkeborg 1000 1435 31.5 1899 1929 1968 Horsens-Bryrup-Silkeborg Jernbane
Horsens - Tørring 1000 1435 27.8 1891 1929 1962 Horsens Vestbaner

Finland

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Lahti - Loviisa port 750 1520 77 1960
Hyrynsalmi - Korvua 750 1520 82 1942 1952/59 2004 Hyrynsalmi - Pesiökylä still freight transport


France

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Region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes
Intercity tram, Lyon , Fontaines-sur-Saône , Neuville-sur-Saône 1435 1000 1891 1932 1957
region Bretagne
Guingamp - Carhaix 1000 1435 1893 1967 Source: Réseau Breton
Guingamp - Paimpol 1000 1435 1894 1924 Source: Réseau Breton , 1924 Installation of a third rail for standard gauge, narrow-gauge traffic discontinued in 1953
Local tram: La Trinité-sur-Mer - Étel 600 1000 1901 1922 1935
Region Grand Est
Rappoltsweiler / Ribeauvillé tram 1000 1435 4th 1879 1894 1938 Tramway de Ribeauvillé
Ensisheim - Colmar 1000 1435 1914 Mulhouse tram
Strasbourg - Kehl 1435 1000 1878 1896 1944 Interrupted in 1918, again in operation from 1942–1944, then finally stopped, see Mittelbadische Eisenbahnen , from 29-04-2017 re-commissioning to Kehl [2]
Region Ile-de-France
Paris , Place Denfert-Rochereau - Sceaux 1750 1435 1846 1891-1893 Ligne de Sceaux
Enghien-les-Bains - Montmorency (Val-d'Oise) 1000 1435 6.4 1897 1908 1935 Tramway Enghien - Montmorency
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Royan , La Grande-Côte - Ronce-les-Bains 1000 600 27 1892 1913 1945 Royan steam tram in combination with the forest railway


Greece

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Larisa - Volos 1000 1435 1960
Paleofarsalos - Kalambaka 1000 1435 1998
Athens - Corinth 1000 1435 2005
Standard gauge line in new location, parallel operation 2005–2007, since 2007 standard gauge operation to Kiáto, in future to Patras

Great Britain

The Great Western Railway operated a broad gauge network that was gauged until 1892.

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Greater London
London , City of London - Blackwall 1537 1435 1840 1849 London and Blackwall Railway
Yorkshire and the Humber region
Sand Hutton , Village-Fishpond 381 457 0.8 1912 1922 1932 Sand Hutton Miniature Railway , Sand Hutton Light Railway
Clayton West 1435 381 6.0 1991 Kirklees Light Railway
North West England region
Poynton , Brookside Garden Center 127 184 0.7 1972 1989 Brookside Miniature Railway
Ravenglass - Boat 914 381 11.3 1875 1915 Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway
Alston, Cumbria - Lintley 1435 610 11.3 1852 1976 1983 South Tynedale Railway
South West England region
Maiden Newton - West Bay 2140 1435 1857 1874 Bridport Railway
Bristol - Exeter 2140 1435 121.5 1844 1875 Bristol and Exeter Railway Bristol-Taunton and Weston and Yeovil three-rail track
Bristol - Gloucester 2140 1435 1844 Bristol and Gloucester Railway
Bristol - New Passage 2140 1435 1863 1872 Bristol and South Wales Union Railway
Totnes - Buckfastleigh 2140 1435 1872 Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway
Gloucester - Chepstow 2140 1435 10.6 1854 1872 Bullo Pill Railway
Chard Road– Chard City 2140 1435 4.9 1863 18th 1962 Chard Branch Line
Chard - Creech 2140 1435 20.6 1866 1891 1962 Chard Branch Line
Taunton - Chard 2140 1435 1866 1891 1964 Chard and Taunton Railway
Yetton - Wells 2140 1435 1869 18__ 1963 Cheddar Valley line
Swindon - Cheltenham 2140 1435 1841 1872 Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway
Swindon - Gloucester / Cirencester 2140 1435 1841 1872 Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway
Plymouth - Falmouth (Cornwall) 2140 1435 1859 1892 Cornwall Railway
Fowey - Newquay 2140 1435 1876 1892 Cornwall Minerals Railway
Torquay - Kingswear 2140 1435 1848 1892 Dartmouth and Torbay Railway
Norton Fitzwarren - Barnstaple 2140 1435 68 1871 1881 1966 Devon and Somerset Railway
Witham - Wells 2140 1435 1858 1892 East Somerset Railway
Exeter - Crediton 2140 1435 1851 1892 Exeter and Crediton Railway
Hereford - Gloucester 2140 1435 1855 1869 Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
Fowey - Lostwithiel 2140 1435 1869 189_ Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway
Newton Abbot - Moretonhampstead 2140 1435 1866 18__ 1970 Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway
Burngullow - Nanpean 2140 1435 5.6 1869 1892 Newquay and Cornwall Junction Railway
Cowley Bridge - Bideford 2140 1435 North Devon Railway
Bristol - Portishead 2140 1435 1867 1880 Portishead Railway
Glastonbury - Highbridge 2140 1435 1854 1862 South Devon Railway Company
Plymouth - Exeter 2140 1435 85.0 1846 1892 1962 South Devon Railway Company
Plymouth - Launceston 2140 1435 57.1 1859 1882 1962 South Devon and Tavistock Railway
Churston Ferrers - Brixham 2140 1435 3.3 1868 1892 Torbay and Brixham Railway
Hayle - Penzance 2140 1435 41.6 1846 1892 West Cornwall Railway from 1866 three-rail track
Taunton - Minehead 2140 1435 36.6 1862 1882 West Somerset Railway
Chippenham - Weymouth 2140 1435 Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway
Kelly Bray - Calstock 1067 1435 12.0 1872 1894 East Cornwall Mineral Railway 1894–1908 dual gauged
Paignton , Paignton Zoo 305 260 0.5 1937 1946 Jungle Express
Seaton - Colyton (Devon) 838 4.8 1970 Seaton Tramway Railway on old branch line
Buckfastleigh 260 184 0.91 1977 1979 South Devon Miniature Railway
South East England region
Reading - Devizes 2140 1435 80.4 1847-62 1874 Berks and Hants Railway
Reading - Basingstoke 2140 1435 24.9 1848 1869 Berks and Hants Railway from 1856 three-rail track
London - Amersham 2140 1435 1869 Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways
Pangbourne , Beale Park 184 260 0.9 1989 1994 Beale Railway
East Worthing , Brooklands Pleasure Park 241 260 0.9 1965 ? Brooklands Miniature Railway
Gillingham , Strand Leisure Park 229 184 0.36 1948 1949 Strand Miniature Railway
Pulborough , Stopham Road 184 260 1.0 1984 1949 South Downs Light Railway
East England region
Barking 241 184 0.340 1954 2008 Barking Park Light Railway
Bressingham , Bressingham Steam Museum 241 260 0.6 1964 1995 Bressingham Garden Railway
Wroxham - Aylsham 1435 381 14.3 1880 1990 Bure Valley Railway
Toddington (Bedfordshire) , The Fancott 260 184 0.3 1975 1996 Fancott Miniature Railway
Knebworth , Knebsworth House 610 260 0.6 ? 1991 Knebworth Park Miniature Railway
Wells-next-the-Sea , Walsingham 1435 260 6.0 1845 Wells and Walsingham Light Railway
Southend-on-Sea , Southend Pier 1067 914 2.0 1830 1986 Southend Pier Railway
East Midlands region
Buxton , Pavilion Gardens 260 311 0.3 1972 1998 Buxton Miniature Railway
Mablethorpe , Queens Park 260 184 0.18 1968 1970 Mablethorpe Miniature Railway
Cleethorpe , Kings Road 369 381 3.2 1971 ? Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway [3]
West Midlands region
Atherstone , Twycross Zoo 184 305 0.6 1969 1974 Twycross Zoo Miniature Railway 1. Umspurung
Atherstone , Twycross Zoo 305 260 0.6 1974 1982 Twycross Zoo Miniature Railway 2. Umspurung
Colwall , The Downs School 184 241 1.21 1925 1930s Downs Light Railway
Kidderminster , Severn Valley Railway Station 89 and 127 194 0.1 1988 1990 Coalyard Miniature Railway
Wales
Carmarthen - Newcastle Emlyn 2140 1435 1860 1872 Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway partly three-rail track
2140 1435 Llynvi and Ogmore Railway
Gloucester - Neyland 2140 1435 1850 South Wales Railway
Briton Ferry - Glyncorrwg 2140 1435 1861 1872 South Wales Mineral Railway
Llanuwchllyn - Bala 1435 610 7.2 1868 1972 Bala Lake Railway Section of the former Ruabon - Barmouth route of the Great Western Railway
Fairbourne - Barmouth ferry 610 381 3.2 1895 1916 Fairbourne Railway 1. Umspurung
Fairbourne - Barmouth ferry 381 311 3.2 1916 1986 Fairbourne Railway 2. Umspurung
Swansea - Oystermouth 1435 1807 1855 1960 Swansea and Mumbles Railway dismantled, railway with the highest number of drive types: horse, sail, steam, electricity, diesel, petrol
Neath - Merthyr Tydfil 2140 1435 71 1851 1872 Vale of Neath Railway from 1863 three-rail track
Scotland
Arbroath - Dundee 1676 1435 1838 1848 Dundee and Arbroath Railway
Wanlockhead - Leadhills 1435 610 1900 1988 Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway
Arbroath , West Links Park 184 260 0.3 1935 1938 Kerr's Miniature Railway
St Andrews , Craigtoun Park 184 381 0.4 1960 1975 Craigtoun Miniature Railway
Channel Islands
jersey 1435 1067 1870 1884 1936 Jersey Railway


Ireland

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Northern Ireland
Londonderry - Carndonagh / Burtonport normal Narrow gauge 1863 1885 1953 Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway
Ulster Railway 1880 1600 1846
Republic of Ireland
Dublin , Westland Row - Kingstown Harbor 1422 1600 1834 1854 Dublin and Kingstown Railway
Cork - West Passage 1600 914 11 1850 1902 1932 Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway

Italy

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region Abruzzo
Stretches of the Ferrovia Sangritana 950 1435 1912 1956/59 Ferrovia Sangritana 1956/59 also adjustment of the power system from 2400 V to 3000 V.
Region Emilia-Romagna
Modena - Cavezzo - Mirandola 950 1435 31.2 1883/84 1929-1932 1964 Società Emiliana di Ferrovie, Tranvie ed Automobili -SEFTA-
( Modena -) Cavezzo - Finale Emilia 950 1435 20.1 1883/84 1929-1932 1964 Società Emiliana di Ferrovie, Tranvie ed Automobili -SEFTA-
Modena - Spilamberto - Vignola 950 1435 24.8 1888 1929-1932 1972 Società Emiliana di Ferrovie, Tranvie ed Automobili -SEFTA-
( Modena -) Spilamberto - Bazzano 950 1435 6.8 1888 1929-1932 1972 Società Emiliana di Ferrovie, Tranvie ed Automobili -SEFTA-
Campania region
Santa Maria Capua Vetere - Piedimonte Matese 950 1435 41.2 Ferrovia Alifana e Benevento-Napoli , FABN,
Lazio region
Roma Flaminio – Viterbo railway line 1000 1435 105 1906 1932 Met.Ro Metropolitana di Roma -Met.Ro-
region Lombardy
Ponte Tresa - Luino Lago 850 1100 12.3 1885 1924 1950 Società di Navigazione e Ferrovie del Lago di Lugano -SNF- from 1924 Società Varesina per Imprese Elettriche -SVIE-
Region Trentino-Alto Adige
Auer (Ora) - Predazzo 760 1000 50.5 1916 1928 1963 Ferrovia Elettrica Val di Fiemme -FEVF- Fiemme Valley Railway
Cave stone (Landro) - Toblach
Landro - Dobbiaco		 700 760 10.4 1921 1917 1964 SA per la Ferrovia delle Dolomiti -SFD-
region Veneto
Piovene Rocchette - Arsiero 950 1435 8.1 1885 1933 1964 Società Veneta -SV-
Calalzo di Cadore - Dogana Vecchia 750 760 28.3 1921 1917 1964 SA per la Ferrovia delle Dolomiti -SFD-
Cave stone (Landro) - Dogana Vecchia 950 760 26.2 1921 1917 1964 SA per la Ferrovia delle Dolomiti -SFD- 5.7 km in South Tyrol


Yugoslavia

The extensive narrow-gauge network with the Bosnian gauge of 760 mm was gradually replaced in some sections by standard gauge lines.

Lithuania / Belarus

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Dūkštas (Polish: Dukszty ) - Druja (Belarus) 600 750 ~ 95 1917 1932 about 70 km in Belarus
Pabradė (Polish: Podbrodzie ) - Łyntupy (Belarusian: Лынтупы ) ~ 42 1895 1916
Łyntupy (Belarusian: Лынтупы ) - Adutiškis (Polish: Hoduciszki ) ~ 32 1895 1919
Adutiškis (Polish: Hoduciszki ) - Waparejewa (Polish: Woropajewo ) ~ 44 1897 1919

Montenegro

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Podgorica – Nikšić 760 1435 56.6 1948 1965


Netherlands

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Borculo - Lochem - Epse 1067 750 1934
Amsterdam – Haarlem – Leiden – The Hague (old route) 1945 1435 1839-1847 -1866
Amsterdam – Utrecht – Arnhem 1945 1435 1839-1847 -1866

Norway

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Trøndelag
Hamar - Trondheim 1067 1435 1877 1917-1941 Rørosbanen Hedmark / Sör Trondelag
North Norge
Finneid - Sulitjelma 750 1067 35.8 1891-1892 1912-1915 1972 Sulitjelmabanen Nordland
Vestlandet
Stavanger - Egersund 1067 1435 74.7 1878 1944 Jærbanen Rogaland
Egersund - Flekkefjord 1067 1435 17.14 1897-1904 May 1, 1944 2002 Flekkefjordbanen , Vest-Agder
Sørlandet
Grimstad - Rise 1067 1435 35.8 1907 1935 1961 Grimstadbanen Aust-Agder
Kristiansand - Grovane 1067 1435 20.4 November 26, 1895 May 14, 1938 Setesdalsbanen , Vest-Agder, part of the Sørlandsbane
Østlandet
Eidanger - Brevik 1067 1435 10.0 1895 1921 Brevikbanen Telemark
Oslo West - Drammen 1067 1435 42 1872 1920 Drammen Line Oslo
Krøderen - Vikersund 1067 1435 25.9 1872 1909 Krøderbanen Buskerud
Drammen - Randsfjord 1067 1435 89.5 1866 1909 Randsfjordbanen Buskerud / Oppland
Drammen - Vestfold - Skien 1067 1435 148 1881-1882 1949 Vestfoldbanen Buskerud / Vestfold
Skoppum - hoarding 1067 1435 7th 1881 1949 2002 Hortenlinjen Vestfold


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Gryfice - Niechorze
Greifenberg in Pomerania-Horst-Seebad		 750 1000 36.4 1896 1905 Greifenberger Kleinbahn
Gryfice - Dargosław
Greifenberg in Pomerania – Dargislaff		 750 1000 20.4 1898 1905 1996 Greifenberger Kleinbahn
Ełk - Turowo / Zawady-Tworki
Lyck – Thurowen / Sawadden		 1000 750 48 1913 1951 Lycker Kleinbahnen , partially closed in 2001
Koszalin - Manowo
Köslin - Manow		 750 1000 11.7 1898 1948 Köslin – Belgarder Bahnen
Rarwino - Lepino Trójkąt
Rarfin – Leppin		 750 1000 6.2 1909 1950 1996 Köslin – Belgarder Bahnen
Warszawa Stalowa - Radzymin
Warsaw – Radzymin		 800 750 20.0 1897 1951 1974
Gniezno - Niechanowo
Gnesen – Niechanowo		 900 600 1883 1896 Witkowo district orbit
Gniezno Wąskotorowe– Anastazewo
Gnesen Narrow Gauge – Anastazewo		 750 1957 Witkowo district orbit
Olesno - Praszka
Rosenberg OS – Praschka		 750 1435 21.8 1895 1928 1994 Rosenberger Kreisbahn
Słupsk - Kępno Słupskie - Dargoleza
Stolp – Kempen – Dargeröse		 750 1435 43.4 1897 1933 1945 Stumbling circular path
Siecie - Smołdzino
Zietzen – Schmolsin		 750 1435 4.2 1902 1913 1945 Stumbling circular path
Kępno - Komnino
Kempen – Kuhnhof		 750 1435 4.8 1897 1913/22 1945 1913–1922 three-rail track, Stolper Kreisbahn
Nasielsk - Sierpc 1435 87.8 1916 1924
Jelenia Góra - Karkonosze
Hirschberg-Giant Mountains		 1435 1000 12.8 1897 1900 Hirschberg valley railway
  • Droga Żelazna Warszawsko-Petersburska 1524 ⇒ 1435 mm
  • Droga Żelazna Warszawsko-Terespolska 1524 ⇒ 1435 mm


Portugal

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Lisbon - Santarém - Spanish border ( Linha do Leste ) 1435 1668 1853
Linha do Sul 1435 1668 1864
Linha de Guimarães , Porto-Trindade - Castêlo da Maia 1000 1435 26th 1883/84 2005 ISMAI – Trofa dismantled
Linha de Guimarães , Lousado - Guimarães 1000 1668 30.8
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meter gauge removed


Sweden

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Christinehamn - Sjöändan 1099 1435 10.7 1850 1873 Christinehamns – Sjöändans Järnväg (Horse-drawn tram), steam operation from 1858, bought by Östra Värmlands järnvägsaktiebolag in 1873 , part of the inland railway
Gammalkroppa - Nykroppa 693 792 9.0 1852 ? Kroppa Jernvägs- och Sjö-transports-Actie-Bolag (Horse tram), steam operation from 1869
Gammalkroppa - Nykroppa 792 802 9.0 ? 1871 Kroppa Jernvägs- och Sjö-transports-Actie-Bolag At 1873 Östra Värmland järnvägsaktiebolag sold
Gammalkroppa - Nykroppa 802 1435 9.0 1873 1964 Östra Värmlands järnvägsaktiebolag Purchased in 1873 by Östra Värmlands järnvägsaktiebolag , part of the Inlandsbahn , Nykroppa – Herrhult in operation.
Helsingborg - Råå - Ramlösa 600 1435 8.2 1891 1906 1967 Helsingborg-Råå-Ramlösa Järnväg (HRRJ) Integrated into the Helsingborg trams ( Hälsingborgs stads spårvägar ) in 1924
Munkedals bruk – Munkedals nedre – Munkedals hamn 600 1435 5.6 1895 1952-1955 Munkedals Järnväg (MJ) The Munkedal – Munkedals bruk section is served by Statens Järnvägar as a connecting railway. Section Munkedals nedre – Munkedals hamn discontinued in the early 1970s, taken over by Munkedals Jernvägsklubb from 1983 and provided with an additional third rail (600 mm gauge), since 1985 as Munkedals Jernväg only used on the narrow-gauge track in museum operations
Vetlanda –Järnforsen / Pauliström 891 1435 37 1906 1985-1987 Statens Järnvägar (SJ) Emådalsbanan - completely new building with extensions partly on the old line, which was closed until 1984
Kalmar - Berga 891 1435 77 1897 1973-1978 Statens Järnvägar (SJ) November 14, 1973: Kalmar – Sandbäckshult
December 9, 1977: Sandbäckshult – Ruda
August 1978: Ruda – Högsby
October 24, 1978: Högsby – Berga
Gårdsjö - Mariestad 891 1435 39 1910 1961 Statens Järnvägar (SJ) built by Västergötland – Göteborgs järnvägsaktiebolag (VGJ), owned by SJ since July 1, 1948
Forshem-Mariestad 891 1435 27 1889 1962 Statens Järnvägar (SJ) built by Mariestad – Kinnekulle järnvägsaktiebolag (MKJ), owned by SJ since July 1, 1948
Gullspång – Torved 891 1435 20th 1917 1963-1964 Statens Järnvägar (SJ) built by Västergötland – Göteborgs järnvägsaktiebolag (VGJ), owned by SJ since July 1, 1948
Hästholmen - Ödeshög 891 1435 4th 1888 1958 1983 Fågelsta-Vadstena-Ödeshögs Järnväg (FVÖJ) Demolished in 1991
Jönköping - Huskvarna 600 1435 2 1844 1935 ? Jönköping Gripenbergs Järnvägs Aktiebolag (JGJ) Standard gauge track was built by SJ as part of the closure of the 600 mm section of the JGJ
Skövde - Gullhögen 891 1435 1.6 1904 1919 Skövde-Axvalls Järnväg (SAJ) Three-rail track
Finspång – Kimstad 891 1435 23 1885 1960/1962 Statens Järnvägar (SJ) 1960: Kimstad – Skarblacka extended with a third rail on three-rail track.
1962: Skarblacka – Finspång converted to standard gauge
Mönsterås – Sandbäckshult 891 1435 12 1902 1972 Statens Järnvägar (SJ) built by Mönsterås nya Järnvägsaktiebolag (MÅJ), owned by SJ since 1940
Motala - Holmsbruk 891 1435 2 1915 1960 1996 Mellersta Östergötlands Järnväg (MÖJ) Three-rail track
Ulricehamn - Vartofta 891 1435 37 1874 1906 1986 Ulricehamns Järnväg (UJ)
Falköping - Uddagården 891 1435 1883 1955 1981 Falköping-Uddagårdens Järnväg (FUJ)
Forshem – Lidköping 891 1435 1897-1898 1954 Statens Järnvägar (SJ) built by Kinnekulle – Lidköpings järnvägsaktiebolag (KiLJ), owned by SJ since July 1, 1948
Lidköping – Håkantorp 891 1435 1877 1953 Statens Järnvägar (SJ) built by Lidköping – Håkantorps järnvägsaktiebolag (HLJ), owned by SJ since July 1, 1948
Långängstorp – Stocksund 1435 891 1.2 1915 1934 1966 Stockholm – Roslagens Järnvägar (SRJ)
Skara-Gössäter 891 1435 27 1887 1953 1984 Statens Järnvägar (SJ) built by Skara – Kinnekulle – Vänerns Järnvägsaktiebolag (SKVJ), owned by SJ since July 1, 1948
Gothenburg horse tram 1000 1435 1889 1902 Gothenburg tram
Kristianstad - Sölvesborg 1067 1435 0.6 1874 1954 Sölvesborg-Kristianstads Järnväg (SCJ)
Sölvesborg - Karlshamn 1067 1435 31 1886 1954 Västra Blekinge Järnväg (VBlJ)
Karlshamn - Karlskrona 1067 1435 70 1889 1957 Mellersta Blekinge Järnväg (MBlJ)
Borås - Herrljunga 1217 1435 42 1863 1898 Borås-Herrljunga Järnväg (BHJ)
Uddevalla - Vänersborg - Herrljunga 1217 1435 92 1867 1899 Uddevalla-Vänersborg-Herrljunga Järnväg (UVHJ)
Bredsjö – Hjulsjö 742 802 7th 1886 1894 1977 Bredsjö – Grängens Trafikaktiebolag Horse tram
Bredsjö – Grängen 802 1435 15th 1894 1907 1977 Nora Bergslags Järnvägsaktiebolag
Dannemora - Hargshamn 891 1435 39 1876 1961-1970 Statens Järnvägar (SJ) built by Dannemora – Hargs Järnvägsaktiebolag (HLJ), owned by SJ since July 1, 1951, in 1961 the standard-gauge siding from Örbyhus near Dannemora was connected to the narrow-gauge line and this was equipped with three-rail track to Gimo, reopened on August 3, 1970 after the gauge had been changed Gimo – Hargshamn section, dismantling of the third rail
Örebro - Skebäck 891 1435 4.1 1904 1908 1951 Örebro-Skebäcks Järnväg (ÖSkbJ) Three-rail track from 1908 to 1951, narrow-gauge rail dismantled, standard gauge in operation by SJ
Karlstad - Skoghall 891 1435 9 1915 1937 Karlstad-Skoghalls Järnväg (KSJ) Three-rail track,
Ängelsberg - Kärrgruvan 1188 1435 18th 1856 1876 Norbergs Järnväg (NJ) partly new routing
Grängen – Striberg 802 1435 28.2 1887 1907 1979 Nora Bergslags Järnvägsaktiebolag
Näs - Västanhede 891 1435 8th 1876 1921 Näs-Morshyttans Järnväg (NMJ)
Åbydal - Norrsundet 891 1435 6.6 1895 1971 Ockelbo-Norrsundets Järnväg (ONJ)
Åtvidaberg - Västervik 891 1435 77 August 1879 1964 Statens Järnvägar (SJ) built by Norsholm – Västervik – Hultsfreds Järnvägar (NVHJ) , owned by SJ since 1949, section of the Bjärka Säby – Västervik railway line
Sundsvall – Torpshammar 1067 1435 57 1874 1886 Statens Järnvägar (SJ) built by Sundsvall-Torpshammars Järnväg (STJ), owned by SJ since 1885, section of the Sundsvall-Storlien railway line
Matfors – Vattjom 1067 1435 4th 1875 1920 1967 Tuna Järnvägsaktiebolag Standard gauge operations opened on January 16, 1920, passenger traffic between Matfors and Vattjom ceased on October 15, 1931, freight traffic between Matfors and Runsvik ceased on October 12, 1931, section of the route dismantled in 1934. Freight traffic between Matfors and Vattjom through the SJ until February 1, 1967.
Söderhamn – Bergviken 1217 1435 15th 1861 1886 Söderhamns Järnväg Purchased by Statens Järnvägar in 1885 , replaced by the new Kilafors – Söderhamn – Stugsund line built on parts of the line.
Hudiksvall – Näsviken 1217 1435 ~ 15 1860 1887 Hudiksvalls Järnväg (HJ) Purchased from Statens Järnvägar in 1887 , re-tracked and partially re-routed. Commissioned in standard gauge in 1888.

Slovakia

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Hronská Dúbrava – Banská Štiavnica 1000 1435 19.7 1873 1949

Spain

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Málaga - Fuengirola 1000 1668 Narrow gauge railway
Palma –Empalme 914 1000 Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca
Madrid - Ciudad Real 1668 1435 1992 replaced by high-speed line Madrid-Seville
Algodor - Toledo 1668 1435 20th 2005 now branching off the high-speed line Madrid-Seville
Tardienta - Huesca 1668 1668
1435		 25th 2003 Three-rail track
Gijón - Laviana 1435 1000 64 1855 1983 Ferrocarril de Langreo
Oviedo - Trubia 1668 1000 12 1883 1999 Replacement for the disused line Oviedo - Fuso de la Reina

Further gauge changes to the standard gauge are planned, Antequera -Santa Ana - Granada is under construction.

Czech Republic

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Prague, Petřín funicular 1000 1435 0.4 1891 1932

Ukraine

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Narrow gauge network Berehove 760 750 1908 1948

Hungary

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Debrecen -Fatelep– Nyírmártonfalva - Nyírbéltek 950 760 49 1892 1960-1961 Debrecen Forest Railway ( Zsuzsi Erdei Kisvasút )

Belarus

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Waparejewa - Glibokaje (Глыбо́кае) ~ 35 1897 1919
Glibokaje (Глыбо́кае) - Karalevchina (Каралеўшчына) ~ 22 1897 1915 1435 + 600 mm

America

Canada

United States

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Alaska
Fairbanks - Nenana 914 1435 94 1905-1919 1923
Hawaii
Hawaiian Agricultural Company Railroad 610 914 approx. 10 1880 ? shut down
New Jersey
West Orange 2438 1435 2.5 1892 1906 1914 Mountain railways on Orange Mountain , electrified with 550 V direct current
California
San Diego Electric Railway 1067 1435 1892 1898 1949 electrified with 600 V overhead line
Maine
Portland - Bangor 1676 1435 176.5 1849-1855 1871
Bangor - Bucksport railway line 1676 1435 31.1 1874 1877 1. Umspurung
Bangor - Bucksport railway line 1435 914 31.1 1880 2. Umspurung
Bangor - Bucksport railway line 914 1435 31.1 1883 3. Re-gauging
New Hampshire border near Gilead - Portland / Maine 1676 1435 approx. 130 1846-1851 1873
Bangor - Vanceboro 1676 1435 185 1868-1871 1877
Canada border - Caribou 1067 1435 approx. 20 1875-1876 1881 1996
New Hampshire
Concord Tram, New Hampshire 914 1435 1881 1902 1933
Laconia tram 914 1435 1882 1903 1915
Manchester (New Hampshire) Tram 914 1435 1877 1895 1940
Vermont border at North Stratford - Maine border at Gilead 1676 1435 approx. 90 1851-1853 1873
Bethlehem Junction – Bethlehem railway line 914 1435 5.5 1881 1896 1924 Profile and Franconia Notch Railroad
Bethlehem Junction – Profile House railway line 914 1435 15.5 1879 1896 1921 Profile and Franconia Notch Railroad
New Jersey
Orange tram 1588 1435 1887 1898/99 1929
new York
Cooperstown - Milford, New York - Colliersville 1829 1435 25.6 1869 1876 Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad
Vermont
New Hampshire border at North Stratford - Canadian border 1676 1435 approx. 60 1853 1873

In the southern states, the broad gauge of 1524 mm (5 English feet) was initially widespread. When converting to standard gauge, at the objection and request of the Pennsylvania Railroad , which used a gauge of 4 ft 9 in (1448 mm), which differed slightly from the standard gauge, it was decided to use this dimension instead of the usual English dimension of 4 ft 8.5 in ( 1435 mm). On Monday, May 31, 1886, tens of thousands of workers moved the west rail of the broad gauge tracks inwards by 76 mm within 36 hours. At the same time, after a long period of preparation, the wheels, axles and brakes on the vehicles were re-tracked everywhere.

List of narrow gauge railways in the US
all with 914 mm (= 3 feet) gauge, exceptions are indicated
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Altoona and Beech Creek Railroad Pennsylvania 1891 1916 converted to standard gauge
Anniston and Atlantic Railroad Alabama 1884 1890 converted to standard gauge
Arizona and New Mexico Railway Arizona, New Mexico 1883 1901 converted to standard gauge
Arkansas Central Railway , then Arkansas Midland Railroad Arkansas 1872 1887 converted to standard gauge
Batesville and Brinkley Railroad Arkansas 1882 1888 converted to standard gauge
Coronado Railroad Arizona 1879 1932 457 mm track width, later 914 mm
Cotton Plant Railroad Arkansas 1879 1882 1067mm by 1881, went to the Batesville and Brinkley Railroad
Easy and West Railroad of Alabama Alabama, Georgia 1871 1890 converted to standard gauge
Fulton County Narrow Gauge Railway Illinois 1880 1905 converted to standard gauge
Hot Springs Branch Railroad Arkansas 1875 1889 converted to standard gauge
Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Halifax River Railway , later Florida East Coast Railway Florida 1883 Converted to standard gauge in 1890
Magma Arizona Railroad Arizona 1914 1923 converted to standard gauge
Maryland Central Railroad , then Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad Maryland, Pennsylvania 1882 1900 converted to standard gauge; became the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
Montgomery Southern Railway Alabama 1882 1889 converted to standard gauge
Montrose Railway Pennsylvania 1872 1903 converted to standard gauge
Oregonian Railway Oregon 1878 1893 went to the Southern Pacific; converted to standard gauge
Talladega and Coosa Valley Railroad Alabama 1884 1889 converted to standard gauge
Seaboard Railway of Alabama , then Tombigbee and Northern Railway Alabama 1891 1904 converted to standard gauge
Tonopah Railroad Nevada 1904 1905 converted to standard gauge
Waynesburg and Washington Railroad Pennsylvania 1877 1944 converted to standard gauge

Barbados

The Bridgetown –Belleplaine line of the Barbados Railway was built in 1881 in 1067 mm and in 1896–1898 re-gauged to 762 mm. In 1937 the railway was closed due to safety deficiencies.

Guatemala

The line San José – Guatemala City, built in meter gauge, was re-gauged to 914 mm in 1890.

Panama

The gauge in Panama was originally 1524 mm, but was replaced by the standard gauge of 1435 mm when it was built in 2000.

Peru

The railway line from Huancayo to Huancavelica was reclassified in 2009 over a length of 147 km from 914 mm to 1435 mm.

Argentina

The suburban line from Buenos Aires between Maipú and Delta ("Tren de la Costa"), which was originally built on the 1676 mm gauge, which is widespread in Argentina, was converted to a standard gauge of 1435 mm in 1995.

Chile

The Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia , initially operated in 760 mm gauge, was converted to meter gauge between 1916 and 1928.

Africa

Democratic Republic of Congo

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Matadi - Kinshasa 765 1067 336 1896 1932 Source: Matadi-Kinshasa-Bahn , also three -rail tracks
Kongolo - Kindu 1000 1067 420 1905-1909 1956 Source: Blanchart, vol. III (Connection to the Cape-gauge railway network of southern Africa; the Stanleyville-Ponthierville line, which is not connected to the rest of the network, was left in meter gauge.)
Kongolo - Kabalo 1000 1067 117 1937 1956 Source: Blanchart, vol. III
Kabalo - Albertville 1000 1067 273 1911-1915 1956 Source: Blanchart, vol. III
Boma - Tshela 610 600 140 1899-1912 1932/1938 1984 Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Mayumbe . 1932 re-gauging Boma – Lukula and 1938 Lukula – Tshela.

Eritrea

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Massaua - Asmara 750 950 1887 1900 Rail transport in Eritrea

Morocco

Various narrow-gauge railways were replaced by the standard gauge.

Nigeria

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Jos to the 1067 mm track in Zaire 762 1067 184 1912/14 1927 1957 Source: Bauchi Light Railway

Asia

Bangladesh

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Kaunia – Dharlla State Railway 762 1000 1881 1901

China

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Hebei , Shanxi Shijiazhuang - Taiyuan 1000 1435 ~ 1900 ~ 1940
Jiangsu , Shanxi Datong - Pukou 1000 1435 1933 ~ 1940
Sichuan Shixi-Huangcunjing 600 762 19.84 1959 1960

India

  • A large part of the narrow gauge network (610, 762 and 1000 mm) has been and is being adapted to the Indian broad gauge (Project Unigauge). Exceptions are 5 railway lines, which are assigned to the world cultural heritage.
  • Status of gauging [4] or [5]
  • Letter after the place name: First letter of the state (sometimes the route is cross-state)
  • iU = changing gauges
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State of Andhra Pradesh
Guntakal (A) - Kalluru (A) 1000 1676 2009
State of Assam
Rangapara North (A) - Tezpur (A) 1000 1676 27 2014
Balipara () - Bhalukpong (Ap) 1000 1676 34 iU
Rangiya (A) - Rangapara (A) - Murkeongs () 1000 1676 449 planned
Lumding (A) - Badarpur Railway Town (A) - Agartala (Tr) 1000 1676 404 planned
Bihar state
Bukhtiarpur (B) - Rajgir (B) 762 1676 1903 1961 Bukhtiarpur Bihar Light Railway
Arrah (B) - Sasaram (B) 762 1676 1914 2006 1978 Martin's Light Railways , rebuilt in 2006
Chhapra (B) - Aunrihar (U) 1676 1990
Sitamarhi (B) - Bairgania (B) 1676 2011
Kaithar () - Tejnarayanpur () 1676 2011
Katihar (B) - Manihari (B) 1676 2011
Muzaffarpur (B) - Sitamarhi (B) 1676 64 2014
Raxaul (B) - Chauradanoa () 1000 1676 24 iU
Narkatiaganj (B) - Raxaul (B) 1000 1676 40 planned
Thawe () - Siwan (B) 1000 1676 28 planned
Hathua (B) - Bathua Bazar () 1000 1676 21st planned
Thawe () - Chhapra (B) 1000 1676 105 planned
Sakri (M) - Jhanjharpur (B) - Nirmali (B) 1000 1676 51 planned
Jhanjharpur (B) - Laukaha (B) 1000 1676 43 planned
Saharsa (B) - Tharbitia () - Forbesganj (B) 1000 1676 112 planned
Dauram Madhepura () - Purnia (B) 1000 1676 78 planned
Chhattisgarh state
Abhanpur (C) - Rajim (C) 762 1676 16.55 planned
Raipur (C) - Dhamtari (C) 610/762 1676 72.89 planned
Gujarat state
Dabhoi (G) - Miyagam Karjan () 762 1676 33
Dabhoi - Chandod () 762 1676 17th
Dabhoi - Chhuchhapura () - Bodeli (G) 762 1676 25th
Dabhoi - Chhuchhapura - Tankhala 762 1676 53
Ambliyasan () - Vijapur (G) - Adraj Moti () 610/762 1676 81.66 planned
Kosamba (G) - Umarpada (G) 762 1676 61.46 planned
Samni () - Pratapnagar (Bangla D?) 610/762 1676 75.06 planned
Bilimora (G) - Waghai (G) 762 1676 62.67 planned
762 1000 1890 1905 Morvi Railway
Mehsana (G) - Viramgamj () 1676 1990
Bharuch (G) - Samni () - Dahej (G) 1676 2011
Bodeli (G) - Chottaudepur () 1676 2011
Ankleshwar (G) - Rajpipla (G) 1676 63 2014 [6]
Himmatnagar (G) - Khed Brahma () 1000 1676 55 planned
Mehsana (G) - Taranga Hill () 1000 1676 57 planned
Veraval (G) - Visavadar (G) - Khijadiya, Gujarat (G) 1000 1676 164 planned
Junagadh (G) - Visavadar (G) 1000 1676 42 planned
Talala () - Kodinar (G) 1000 1676 46 planned
Prachi Road () - Delvada (G) 1000 1676 51 planned
State of Haryana
Delhi - Rewari (H) 1676 1990
State Himachal Pradesh
Kalka (H) - Shimla (HP) 762 --- 94.33 1903 Kalka-Shimla Railway
Pathankot (P) - Joginder Nagar (HP) 762 --- 164 1928/29 Kangra Valley Railway
Pathankot (P) - Dharamshala (H) - Joginder Nagar (H) 762 1676 164.01 planned
Karnataka State
Anandapuram (AP) - Tallow guppa (K) 1676 2011
Anandapuram (AP) - Shimoga (K) 1676 2011
Nanjangud (K) - Chamarajanagar (K) 1676 2011
Bagalkot (K) - Gadag (K) 1000 1676 2011
Mysore (K) - Nanjangud (K) 1676 2011
Bijapur (K) - Bagalkot (K) 1676 2011
Sakleshpur (K) - Subramanya, Karnataka Rd 1676 2011
Kolar (K) - Chikballapur () 1676 85 2013 [7]
State of Kerala
near Munnar (K) Monorail 610 1902 1908 1924 Kundala Valley Railway
Kollam (K) - Punalur (K) 1676 44 2010
State Madhya Pradesh
Balaghat (M) - Nainpur (M) 762 1676 76.41 planned
Nainpur (M) - Jabalpur (M) 762 1676 110.60 planned
Nagpu (Maha) - Chhindwara (M) 610/762 1676 147.62 planned
Chhindwara (M) - Nainpur (M) 610/762 1676 140.90 planned
Nainpur (M) - Mandla Fort (M) 762 1676 42.5 planned
Gwalior (M) - Sherpur Kalan (U) 610 1676 198.3 planned
Ratlam (M) - Fatehabad (M) 1676 85.7 2013 [8th]
Fatehabad (M) - Indore Junction MG (M) 1000 1676 35 2014
Fatehabad, Madhya Pradesh (M) - Ujjain MG (M) 1000 1676 23 planned
Khandwa (M) - Indore Junction MG (M) 1000 1676 141 planned
Khandwa (M) - Akola (Maha) 1000 1676 175 planned
Maharashtra state
Itwari (M) - Umred () - Nagbhir (M) 762 1676 106 planned
Pulgaon (M) - Arvi (M) 762 1676 35 planned
Pachora (M) - Jamner (M) 762 1676 56 planned
Neral (M) - Matheran (M) 610 --- 19.98 1907 Matheran Hill Railway
Nagpur (M) - Chhindwara (MP) 1000 1676 2013?
Achalpur (M) - Chhindwara (MP) - Yavatmal (M) 762 1676 189 1903 iU
Barsi (M) 762 1676 325 199_ Barsi Light Railway
State of Manipur
Katakhal () - Bhairabhi (A?) 1000 1676 93 planned
Baraigram () - Dullabcherra () 1000 1676 74 planned
Arunachal () - Silchar (A) 1000 1676 6th planned
State of Odisha
Parlakimidi (O) - Gunupur (O) 1676 2011
State of Punjab
Bathinda (P) - Rewari (H) 1000 1676 300 1884 1994 Bathinda-Rewari line
Hisar (H) - Sadulpur (R) 1000 1676 70 1911 2009 Bathinda-Rewari line
State of Rajasthan
Mohari () - Tantpur (U) 762 1676 18.21 planned
Dhaulpur (R) - Mohari () - Sirmuttra () 762 1676 70.44 planned
Sawai Madhopur (R) - Jaipur (R) 1676 1990
Mavli (R) - Nathdwara (R) 1676 2011
Ratangarh (R) - Bikaner (R) 1676 2011
Loharu (H) - Sikar (R) 1000 1676 122 iU
Ratangarh (Churu) (R) - Sardarshahar (R) 1000 1676 46 iU
Jaipur (R) - Ringas - Churu (R) 1000 1676 198 planned
Sri Ganganagar (R) - Sadulpur (R) 1000 1676 245 planned
Barisadri - Mavli (R) - Marwar (R) 1000 1676 233 planned
Botad (G) - Gandhigram - Udaipur (R) 1000 1676 179 planned
State of Tamil Nadu
Mettupalayam (T) - Coonoor (T) - Ooty (T) 1000 --- 46 1908 Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Dindigul (T) - Palani (T) 1676 2011
Tirunelveli (T) - Tenkasi (T) 1676 2011
Mayiladuthurai (T) - Tiruvarur (T) 1676 2012
Virudhunagar (T) - Manamadurai (T) 1000 1676 66 1963/64 2013 [9]
Madurai (T) - Bodinayakkanur (T) 1000 1676 88 iU
Karaikudi (T) - Tiruvarur (T) 1000 1676 planned
Palakkad (K) - Palani (T) 1000 1676 2014 [10]
State of Uttar Pradesh
Shahdara (D) - Saharanpur (U) 762 1676 1907 197_ Shahdara Saharanpur Light Railway
Mathura (U) - Kasganj (U) 1000 1676 2009 Distance shortened from 80 km to 60 km
Mathura (U) - Achhnera (U) 1676 2011
Kaptanganj (U) - Thawe (U) 1676 2011
Aunrihar (U) - Jaunpur (U) 1000 1676 2011
Bareilly (U) - Lalkua (Uh) 1676 2012
Anand Nagar (A) - Barhni () 1000 1676 72 iU
Gainsari () - Jarwa (U) 1000 1676 15th iU
Mathura (U) - Vrindavan (U) 1000 1676 12 planned
Gonda (U) - Barhni () 1000 1676 109 planned
Nanpara (U) - Nepalganj (Nepal) 1000 1676 19th planned
Mailani (U) - Gonda (U) 1000 1676 266 planned
Bhojipura (U) - Pilibhit (U) - Sitapur (U) - Luc 1000 1676 301 planned
Shahjahanpur (U) - Pilibhit (U) - Tanakpur (Ut) 1000 1676 planned
West Bengal State
New Jalpaiguri (W) - Darjeeling (W) 610 --- 80.19 Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
Balgona (W) - Katwa (W) 610/762 1676 27.34 planned
Cooch Behar (W) - Gitaldaha (W) 762 1000 86 1893 1910 Cooch Behar State Railway
Barasat (W) - Hasnabad (W) 762 1676 1914 1962 Barasat Basirhat Railway
Ahmedpur (W) - Katwa (W) 762 1676 53 1917 2013 Ahmedpur Katwa Railway
Shantipur (W) - Krishnanagar (W) - Nabadwip Ghat Line 762 1676 28
Krishnanagar (W) - Shantipur (W) - Nabadwip Ghat Line 1676 2011
Bardhaman () - Balgona () 1676 2011
Aluabari Road () - Siliguri (W) 1676 2011


Iran

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Tabriz - Jolfa 1524 1435 1916 19__ Relocated after connecting Tabriz to the national rail network of Iran

Israel

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Jaffa-Jerusalem 1000 1050 67.5 km 1892 1914 Reconstruction of the Lod – Jerusalem section by the Ottoman military railway in Palestine
Jaffa-Jerusalem 1050 1435 67.5 km 1892 1918 Modification of the Lod – Jerusalem section by the British military administration
Jaffa-Jerusalem 600 1435 17 km after 1918 circa 1930 1986 Modification of the Jaffa – Lod section by the Palestine Railways

Japan

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Takahama - Matsuyamashi 762 1067 9.4 km 1888/92 1931? Iyo Railway
Matsuyamashi - Yokogawara 762 1067 13.2 km 1893/99 1931 Iyo Railway
Matsuyamashi - Gunchūko 762 1067 10.7 km 1900 1937 Iyo Railway
Iyo Tachibana - Morimatsu 762 1067 10.7 km 1896 1931 1965 Iyo Railway
Senzu - Ikawa 762 1067 25.5 km 1935 1936 Ikawa line

Pakistan

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Bostan - Zhob 762 1676 2006
Jacobabad - Kashmore 762 1676 1956
Mirpur Khas - Khokhrapar 1000 1676 128 2005
Mirpur Khas - Hyderabad 1000 1676 67


Russia (Asian part)

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Korsakov - Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 600 1067 42.5 1. Umspurung, Sakhalinskaya zhelesnaja doroga
Korsakov - Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 1067 1520 42.5 2. Re-gauging of the railway network on Sakhalin in progress (until 2012)

Sri Lanka

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Kelani Valley Narrow Gauge Railway 762 1676 1900-1912 1996 Rail transport in Sri Lanka

Taiwan

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Hualien - Taitung 762 1067 171.8 1921/26 1982 Hualien – Taitung Line

Thailand

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1435 1000 ~ 1000 1920 [11]

Turkey

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Mudanya - Bursa 1067/1100 1435 41 1871/75 1892 1948 Chemin de Fer Moudania Brousse

Australia and Oceania

Australia

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New South Wales
Zig Zag Railway 1435 1067 1869 1975 abandoned part of the transcontinental connection, re-use as a museum railway
South Australia and Victoria
Port Augusta - Marree 1067 1435 1957 1986 partially re-routed
Port Pirie - Gladstone (South Australia) - Peterborough (South Australia) - Cockburn 1067 1435 1970 The subsequent stretch from Cockburn to Broken Hill (New South Wales) was not re-gauged, but rebuilt
Peterborough (South Australia) –Terowie 1067 1600 1970 circa 1990
Port Pirie - Adelaide 1600 1435 1970
Melbourne - Adelaide 1600 1435 1995
Tasmania
Deloraine - Launceston 1600 1067 1871 1888
Western Australia
Fremantle - Perth - Kalgoorlie
Kalgoorlie - Leonora (Western Australia)
Coolgardie - Esperance 		1067 1435 1968 partially re-routed, Perth– Northam (Western Australia) three-rail track 1067/1435

New Zealand

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South island
Around Christchurch : Canterbury Provincial Railways 1600 1067 1876

Oceania

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Nauru
Phosphate Railway 610 914 3.9 1907 1920

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of the Munkedals Järnväg
  2. ↑ facts at historiskt.nu (swed.)
  3. ↑ "The Day They Changed the Gauge" (Eng.)
  4. ^ G. Pilkington: The History of the Barbados Railway. 2007.
  5. ↑ le-rail.ch: railways in Guatemala.
  6. ^ Trains , March 2009, p68
  7. ↑ The Hindu: Andhra Pradesh: 'Grand Alliance' demands operationalization of railway line. February 21, 2009
  8. ↑ The Hindu: [1]
  9. ^ Section Jaffa – Kar Chabat