2 ft 6 in gauge railways

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
The Barbados Railway.
The Chinese Shibanxi Railway.
The Kalka–Shimla Railway is one of three Mountain Railways of India designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Alishan Forest Railway geared Shay locomotive in Taiwan.

The 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) rail gauge is similar to 760 mm (2 ft 5 15⁄16 in) Bosnian gauge and 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) gauge. This gauge was promoted by Thomas Hall and Everard Calthrop to reduce costs.

Installations

Country/territory Railway
Afghanistan
Antigua and Barbuda
  • 80 km long sugar cane plantation network (defunct)[1]
Australia
Bangladesh
Barbados
Brazil
Chile
China
Cyprus
Haiti
India
Iraq
Japan
Mexico
  • Zacatlán Railroad[2] (defunct)
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nepal
  • Nepal Railways (crosses into India) (5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) lines also present) (5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) lines converted from 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge) (operating)
Nigeria
North Korea
Pakistan
  • Zhob Valley Railway (defunct)
  • Mari Indus Bannu Railway (defunct)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Sierra Leone
South Africa
  • Sheba Tramway[4] (defunct)
Sri Lanka
  • Kelani Valley Line (5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) lines and dual gauge lines with 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) track also present) (operating)
Taiwan
United Kingdom
United States

See also

References

  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

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