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 Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". or 1 metre.[1]
Metre gauge is used in around Script error: No such module "convert". of tracks around the world.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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 Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". gauge is used in Sofia, Bulgaria. Another similar gauge is Template:TrackGauge.
Examples of metre-gauge
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| Argentina | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| Austria |
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| Bangladesh | Script error: No such module "convert"., out of which Script error: No such module "convert". are dual gauge with Template:RailGauge gauge |
| Belgium |
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| Benin | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| Bolivia | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| Brazil |
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| Bulgaria | Script error: No such module "convert". of Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". gauge
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| Burkina Faso |
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| Burma | Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
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| Cambodia | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| Cameroon | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| Chile | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| China |
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| Croatia |
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| 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 |
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| Finland |
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| France | Historically used in many local and regional railways, only a few of which remain today.
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| Germany |
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| 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. |
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| India | Nilgiri Mountain Railway (operating) |
| Iraq | Mesopotamian Railways |
| Israel | Sections of Template:RailGauge railways, later converted to Template:RailGauge or Template:RailGauge gauge |
| Italy |
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| Ivory Coast |
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| Kenya |
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| 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 | Script error: No such module "convert".. There are two unconnected systems operated by Madarail |
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| Mali |
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| Malta | Malta Railway |
| Morocco | Several industrial railways in former Spanish Morocco |
| New Zealand | Wellington Cable Car (operating) |
| Norway |
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| Pakistan |
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| Poland |
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| 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: Script error: No such module "convert".[2]
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| Romania |
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| Russia |
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| Senegal | Dakar–Niger Railway – Script error: No such module "convert". |
| Serbia | Belgrade Tram (operating) |
| Singapore | Singapore span of the Keretapi Tanah Melayu (Malayan Railway) for shuttle service. |
| Slovakia |
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| Spain |
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| Sweden | Skansens bergbana (operating) |
| Switzerland | Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote".
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| Tanzania | Tanzania Railways Corporation – about Script error: No such module "convert". (break of gauge with Template:RailGauge TAZARA Railway) |
| Thailand | State Railway of Thailand, Script error: No such module "convert".. |
| Togo | Script error: No such module "convert".. |
| Tunisia | Script error: No such module "convert". used along with standard gauge (Script error: No such module "convert".) |
| Turkey |
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| Uganda |
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| Ukraine |
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| United Kingdom |
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| Vietnam | Vietnam Railways and KunHe Railway |
See also
References
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ «Los ferrocarriles de uso público en Puerto Rico (1870-1990)», Antonio Santamaría García (1994). Revista Complutense de Historia de América XX: pp. 207-228
- ↑ Contexto histórico e inventario del ferrocarril en Puerto Rico, 1850-1953 - Primera parte: Trasfondo histórico
- ↑ «Conservando una Romántica Tradición», Dave Deyo, Railroading, Number 43, Second Quarter (1972): pp. 6-18]
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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External links
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