750 mm 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

Locomotive 99 1746 of the Weisseritz Valley Railway in Germany

TU8 diesel locomotive in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia

750 mm (2 ft 5 ¹⁄₂ in) narrow gauge railways are very similar to 760 mm (2 ft 5 ¹⁵⁄₁₆ in) and 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge.

Installations

Country/territory	Railway
Algeria	Societe Anonyme des Mines du Zaccar^[1]
Argentina	Central Chubut Railway Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano; stretch of 48 mi (77.2 km)^[2] now probably 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in), like the rest of the network La Trochita; 174 mi (280.0 km) Ramal Ferro Industrial de Río Turbio
Austria	International Rhine Regulation Railway
Armenia	Yerevan Children's railway
Belarus	Children's Railroad (Minsk); Rudensk peat railway, field railway from Dukštas, (Lithuania) to Druja
Chile	Ferrocarril Yungay - Barrancas
Czech Republic	Frýdlant–Heřmanice Railway
Egypt	Egyptian Delta Light Railways, Fayoum Light Railway
Ecuador^[2]	FC El Oro, Southern line FC de Bahia a Chone
Estonia	Main article: Narrow gauge railways in Estonia
Finland	Formerly numerous privately owned railways, Jokioinen Railway
France	CF Economiques Forestiers des Landes
Georgia	A children's railway in Mushthaid Park in Tbilisi^[3]
Greece	Diakofto–Kalavryta Railway between Diakopto and Kalavryta in Peloponnese
Germany	Döllnitzbahn GmbH Lößnitzgrundbahn Weißeritztalbahn Zittauer Schmalspurbahn
Indonesia	Used by sugar mills in Java: Bandjaratma, Ceper, Colomadu, Tasikmadu, Pakis Baru and Trangkil; only Tasikmadu in use
Kazakhstan	Main article: Narrow gauge railways in Kazakhstan
Latvia	Main article: Narrow gauge railways in Latvia
Lithuania	Main article: Narrow gauge railways in Lithuania
Morocco	Industrial and mine railways in former Spanish Morocco (all defunct)
Netherlands	Various tram systems (all defunct)
Norway	Nesttun–Os Line; 1894-1935 Sulitjelma Line; 1892-1915, converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in), dismantled 1972 Urskog–Høland Line; heritage
Poland	Main article: Narrow gauge railways in Poland
Russia	Main article: Narrow gauge railways in Russia
Spain	FC de Flassa a Palamos, Gerona y Banolas FC de Onda al Grao de Castellon y Villareal-Puerto de Burriana FC de San Feliu de Guixois a Gerona FC Granada a Sierra Nevada FC Valdepenas a Puertollano
Switzerland	International Rhine Regulation Railway Marzilibahn funicular Waldenburgerbahn
Turkey	Samsun–Çarşamba Railway Line
Ukraine	Main article: Narrow gauge railways in Ukraine
Uzbekistan	A railway in National Park of Uzbekistan in Tashkent

References

↑ Standard steam locomotives
1 2 Jane's World Railways. 1969–1970.
↑ Children's Railways of the former USSR – Past and Present

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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750 mm gauge railways

Installations

See also

References