Metre-gauge railway

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Template:Short description Template:Sidebar track gauge Template:Use British English Metre-gauge railways (US: meter-gauge railways) are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of Template:Track gauge or 1 metre.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Metre gauge is used in around Template:Convert of tracks around the world.Template:Cn It was used by several European colonial powers including France, Britain and Germany in their colonies. In Europe, large metre-gauge networks remain in use in Switzerland, Spain and many European towns with urban trams, but most metre-gauge local railways in France, Germany and Belgium closed down in the mid-20th century, although some still remain. With the revival of urban rail transport, metre-gauge light metros were built in some cities. The slightly-wider Template:Track gauge gauge is used in Sofia, Bulgaria. Another similar gauge is Template:TrackGauge.

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Examples of metre-gauge

Country/territory Railway
Argentina Template:Convert

Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano

Austria
Bangladesh Template:Convert, out of which Template:Convert are dual gauge with Template:RailGauge gauge
Belgium
Benin Template:Convert
Bolivia Template:Convert
Brazil

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  • Mostly in cargo railways, including E.F Vitoria-Minas Passenger/Cargo Line and R.R. (operating)
  • Fortaleza Metro (operating)
  • Teresina Metro (operating)
Bulgaria Template:Convert of Template:Track gauge gauge
Burkina Faso
Burma Template:Convert Template:Convert
Cambodia Template:Convert
Cameroon Template:Convert
Chile Template:Convert
China
Croatia
Czech Republic Like other Sudeten cities, the trams of Liberec used metre gauge in the past. All lines however have been rebuilt to standard gauge.
Democratic Republic of the Congo Several metre gauge railways
Denmark See Metre gauge railways in DenmarkTemplate:Broken anchor and Narrow-gauge railways in Denmark. A few local railways. Only one remains, but regauged to standard gauge.

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Egypt
Finland
France Historically used in many local and regional railways, only a few of which remain today.
Germany
Greece The Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways used to be the largest metre-gauge network in Europe but are now largely abandoned. Only the suburban rail service of Patras, and the Olympia–Katakolo tourist railway still use the network.
Hungary
India Nilgiri Mountain Railway (operating)

Mailani - Nanpara Railway (operating)

Iraq Mesopotamian Railways
Israel Sections of Template:RailGauge railways, later converted to Template:RailGauge or Template:RailGauge gauge
Italy
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Laos A 3.5 km extension of the metre-gauge State Railway of Thailand network across the border into Laos
Latvia Liepāja tramway (operating)
Madagascar Template:Convert. There are two unconnected systems operated by Madarail
Malaysia
Mali

Template:Convert Dakar–Niger Railway

Malta Malta Railway
Morocco Several industrial railways in former Spanish Morocco
New Zealand Wellington Cable Car (operating)
Norway
Pakistan
Poland
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. Metro de Mirandela and Vouga line remain in use. Other metric networks include Funchal rack railway (defunct in 1943), Coimbra trams (defunct in 1980), and Sintra trams.
Puerto Rico Full network of Puerto Rican 1000mm railways in 1920: Template:Convert<ref>«Los ferrocarriles de uso público en Puerto Rico (1870-1990)», Antonio Santamaría García (1994). Revista Complutense de Historia de América XX: pp. 207-228</ref>
Romania
Russia
Senegal Dakar–Niger RailwayTemplate:Convert
Serbia Belgrade Tram (operating)
Singapore Singapore span of the Keretapi Tanah Melayu (Malayan Railway) for shuttle service.
Slovakia
Spain
Sweden Skansens bergbana (operating)
Switzerland Template:See also
Tanzania Tanzania Railways Corporation – about Template:Convert (break of gauge with Template:RailGauge TAZARA Railway)
Thailand State Railway of Thailand, Template:Convert.
Togo Template:Convert.
Tunisia Template:Convert used along with standard gauge (Template:Convert)
Turkey
Uganda
  • Uganda Railway run by Uganda Railways Corporation. Metre gauge link from Malaba to Kampala city centre (operating, under rehabilitation)
  • Metre gauge link from Malaba to Tororo (operating)
  • Metre gauge link from Tororo - Gulu - Pakwach to Tororo (under rehabilitation)
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Vietnam Vietnam Railways and KunHe Railway

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References

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