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'''Metre-gauge railways''' ([[American English|US]]: '''meter-gauge railways''') are [[narrow-gauge railway]]s with [[track gauge]] of {{Track gauge|1000mm}} or 1 [[metre]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Raja|first1=K|title=Complete information on Railway Gauges|url=http://www.preservearticles.com/2012020422668/complete-information-on-railway-gauges.html|access-date=April 30, 2017}}</ref>

The metre gauge is used in around {{convert|95000|km|mi}} of tracks around the world. It was used by European colonial powers, such as the French, British and German Empires in their colonies. In Europe, large metre-gauge networks remain in use in [[Switzerland]], [[Spain]] and many [[List of town tramway systems in Europe|European towns with urban trams]], but most metre-gauge [[voie ferrée d'intérêt local|local railways in France]], Germany and [[Vicinal tramway|Belgium]] closed down in the mid-20th century, although many still remain. With the revival of urban rail transport, metre-gauge [[Medium-capacity rail transport system|light metros]] were established in some cities, and in other cities, metre gauge was replaced by [[standard gauge]]. The slightly-wider {{Track gauge|1009mm}} gauge is used [[trams in Sofia|in Sofia]].

==Examples of metre-gauge==
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!Country/territory
!Railway
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|[[Rail transport in Argentina|Argentina]]
|{{convert|11080|km|mi|abbr=on}}
[[Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano]]
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|[[Rail transport in Austria|Austria]]
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*[[Innsbruck Tramway]] (operating)
*[[Gmunden Tramway]] (operating)
*[[Stubaitalbahn]] (operating)
*[[Achenseebahn]] (operating)
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|[[Rail transport in Bangladesh|Bangladesh]]
|{{convert|1830|km|mi|abbr=on}}, out of which {{convert|365|km|mi|abbr=on}} are [[dual gauge]] with {{RailGauge|1676mm|lk=on}} gauge
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|[[Rail transport in Belgium|Belgium]]
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* [[National Company of Light Railways]] — ceased operations, except:
** [[Coast Tram (Belgium)|Belgian Coast Tram]] (operating)
** [[Charleroi Metro|Charleroi Light Metro]] (operating)
* [[Antwerp Tram]] (operating)
* [[Ghent Tram]] (operating)
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|[[Rail transport in Benin|Benin]]
| {{convert|578|km|mi|abbr=on}}
*[[Rail transport in Benin|National rail network]].
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|[[Rail transport in Bolivia|Bolivia]]
| {{convert|3600|km|mi|abbr=on}}
*[[Rail transport in Bolivia|National rail network]].
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|[[Rail transport in Brazil|Brazil]]
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{{convert|23,489|km|mi|abbr=on}}
*Mostly in cargo railways, including E.F Vitoria-Minas Passenger/Cargo Line and R.R. (operating)
*[[Fortaleza Metro]] (operating)
*[[Teresina Metro]] (operating)
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|[[Rail transport in Bulgaria|Bulgaria]]
|{{convert|154|km|mi|abbr=on}} of {{Track gauge|1009mm}} gauge
*Entire [[Sofia Tramway]] system, except for three lines that use [[standard gauge]]. (operating)
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|[[Rail transport in Burkina Faso|Burkina Faso]]
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*[[Abidjan-Ouagadougou railway]] (operating)
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|[[History of rail transport in Myanmar|Burma]]
|{{convert|3200|km|mi}} {{convert|160|km|mi}}
*Burmese railways, except for the [[Burma Mines Railway]].
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|[[Rail transport in Cambodia|Cambodia]]
|{{convert|612|km|mi|abbr=on}}
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|[[Rail transport in Cameroon|Cameroon]]
|{{Convert|1,104|km|mi|abbr=on}}
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|[[Rail transport in Chile|Chile]]
|{{convert|2923|km|abbr=on}}
*[[Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado]] ([[Ferronor]]), [[Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia]], [[Arica–La Paz railway]].
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|[[Narrow-gauge railways in China|China]]
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*[[Kunming–Hai Phong Railway|Kunhe Railway]] (formerly the Yunnan–Vietnam Railway) (operating).
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|[[Rail transport in Croatia|Croatia]]
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*[[Zagreb Tramway]] (operating)
*[[Osijek tram system]] (operating)
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|[[Rail transport in the Czech Republic|Czech Republic]]
|Like other [[Sudetenland|Sudeten]] cities, the trams of [[Trams in Liberec and Jablonec|Liberec]] used metre gauge in the past. All lines however have been [[Track gauge conversion|rebuilt]] to [[standard gauge]].
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|[[Rail transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
|Several metre gauge railways
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|[[Narrow gauge railways in Denmark#Metre gauge railways|Denmark]]
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A few [[List of town tramway systems in Denmark|local railways]]. Only one remains, but [[Track gauge conversion|regauged]] to standard gauge.
*[[Århus tramway]] (closed), [[Danish Tramway Museum]].
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|[[Rail transport in Egypt|Egypt]]
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*[[Trams in Greater Cairo|Cairo tram]] (ceased operations)
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|[[Rail transport in Finland|Finland]]
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*[[Helsinki tram]] (operating)
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|[[Narrow-gauge railways in France|France]]
|Historically used in many local and regional railways, only a few of which remain today.
* Blanc-Argent Railway, from Salbris to Valençay (operating)
* Chemins de fer de la Provence ([[Train des pignes]]) (operating)
* [[Chemins de fer de la Corse]]; [[Chemin de fer de La Mure]] (operating)
* [[Rack railway of Puy de Dôme|Panoramique des Domes]] (operating)
* [[Tramway de Lille]] (operating)
* [[Saint-Étienne tramway|Tramway de Saint-Etienne]] (operating)
* [[Chemin de fer du Finistère]] (operating)
* Chemin de fer de la Baie de Somme (operating)
* ''[[Ligne de Cerdagne]]'', ''Le Petit Train Jaune'' (Little Yellow Train), operating in the French Pyrenees.
*[[Mont-Blanc Express]] line between St Gervais (France) and Martigny (Switzerland) (operating)
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|[[Narrow-gauge railways in Germany|Germany]]
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*[[Trams in Augsburg]]
*[[Trams in Bad Schandau]]
*[[Bielefeld Stadtbahn]]
*[[Trams in Bochum/Gelsenkirchen]]
*[[Trams in Brandenburg]]
*[[Trams in Cottbus]]
*[[Trams in Darmstadt]]
*[[Erfurt Stadtbahn]]
*[[Trams in Essen]]
*[[Trams in Frankfurt (Oder)]]
*[[Trams in Freiburg im Breisgau]]
*[[Trams in Görlitz]]
*[[Trams in Gotha]]
*[[Trams in Halberstadt]]
*[[Trams in Halle (Saale)]]
*[[Trams in Heidelberg]]
*[[Trams in Jena]]
*[[Trams in Krefeld]]
*[[Trams in Mainz]]
*[[Trams in Mannheim/Ludwigshafen]]
*[[Trams in Mülheim/Oberhausen]]
*[[Trams in Naumburg (Saale)]]
*[[Trams in Nordhausen]]
*[[Trams in Plauen]]
*[[Schöneiche bei Berlin tramway|Trams in Schöneiche]]
*[[Trams in Ulm]]
*[[Trams in Würzburg]]
*[[Trams in Zwickau]]
*[[Harzer Schmalspurbahnen]] (operating)
*[[Bavarian Zugspitze Railway|Bavarian Zugspitzbahn]] (operating)
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|[[Railways of Greece|Greece]]
|The [[Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways]] used to be the largest metre-gauge network in Europe but are now largely abandoned. Only the [[Proastiakos#Proastiakos Patras|suburban rail]] service of [[Patras]], and the Olympia–Katakolo tourist railway still use the network.
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|[[Hungary]]
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* [[Szombathely]] tram (1897-1974)
* [[Sopron]] tram (1900-1923)
* [[Borsodnádasd]] record factory (defunct)
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|[[Rail transport in India|India]]
|[[Nilgiri Mountain Railway]] (operating)
[[Mailani Junction railway station|Mailani]] - [[Nanpara]] Railway (operating)
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|[[Rail transport in Iraq|Iraq]]
|[[Iraqi Republic Railways#History|Mesopotamian Railways]]
|-
|[[Rail transport in Israel|Israel]]
|Sections of {{RailGauge|1000mm}} railways, later converted to {{RailGauge|1050mm}} or {{RailGauge|standard}} gauge
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|[[Narrow-gauge railways in Italy|Italy]]
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*[[Trento–Malè–Marilleva railway]], owned by Trentino Trasporti (operating)
*[[Genova–Casella railway|Ferrovia Genova–Casella]] (operating)
*[[Domodossola–Locarno railway|Domodossola–Locarno international railway]] (operating)
*[[Trieste–Opicina tramway]] (operating)
*[[Rittnerbahn]]-ferrovia del Renon tramway (operating)
*Laas-Lasa marble quarry railway (operating)
*[[Bernina railway]] (crosses into [[Switzerland]]) ([[World Heritage Site|UNESCO World Heritage Site]] status shared with [[Albula Railway]] in [[Switzerland]]) (operating)
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|[[Rail transport in Côte d'Ivoire|Ivory Coast]]
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*[[Abidjan-Ouagadougou railway]] (operating)
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|[[Rail transport in Kenya|Kenya]]
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*[[Uganda Railway]] run by [[Kenya Railways Corporation]]. Metre gauge link from [[Nairobi Terminus|Nairobi Standard Gauge station]] to city centre (operating)
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|[[Rail transport in Laos|Laos]]
|A 3.5 km extension of the metre-gauge [[State Railway of Thailand]] network across the border into Laos
|-
|[[Rail transport in Latvia|Latvia]]
|[[Liepāja tramway]] (operating)
|-
|[[Rail transport in Madagascar|Madagascar]]
|{{Convert|875|km|mi|abbr=on}}. There are two unconnected systems operated by [[Madarail]]
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|[[Rail transport in Malaysia|Malaysia]]
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* [[Keretapi Tanah Melayu]] ([[Malayan Railway]]) - [[KTM Intercity]], [[KTM ETS]] and [[KTM Komuter]]
* [[Sabah State Railway]]
* [[Penang Hill Railway]].
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|[[Rail transport in Mali|Mali]]
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{{convert|641|km|abbr=on}} 
[[Dakar–Niger Railway]]
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|[[Rail transport in Malta|Malta]]
|[[Malta Railway]]
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|[[Rail transport in Morocco|Morocco]]
|Several industrial railways in [[Narrow-gauge railways in former Spanish Morocco|former Spanish Morocco]]
|-
|[[Rail transport in New Zealand|New Zealand]]
|[[Wellington Cable Car]] (operating)
|-
|[[Rail transport in Norway|Norway]]
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*[[Trondheim Tramway]] (operating)
*[[Fløibanen]] (operating)
*[[Thamshavn Line]] (operating as a museum railway)
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|[[Rail transport in Pakistan|Pakistan]]
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* [[Mirpur Khas–Nawabshah Railway]] (defunct)
* One section of [[Hyderabad–Khokhrapar Branch Line]] (converted to broad gauge)
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|[[Narrow-gauge railways in Poland|Poland]]
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* [[Trams in Bydgoszcz]] (operating)
* [[Trams in Toruń]] (operating)
** there are plans to interconnect both cities' systems
* [[Trams in Elbląg]] (operating)
* [[Tramways in Grudziądz]] (operating)
* [[Trams in Łódź]] (including suburban lines) (operating)
* [[Trams in Olsztyn]] (defunct 1965, newly-built system in 2015 is standard gauge)
* [[Gryficka Kolej Wąskotorowa]] (operating as a tourist railway)
* [[Koszalińska Kolej Wąskotorowa]] (operating as a tourist railway)
* [[Piaseczyńska Kolej Wąskotorowa]] (operating as a tourist railway)
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|[[Narrow-gauge railways in Portugal|Portugal]]
|Several mainly mountainous branch lines, mostly abandoned in the 1990s, never fully interconnected — connected to the [[Rede Ferroviária Nacional|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]].
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|[[Rail transport in Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]]
|[[Rail transport in Puerto Rico#National railroad system|Full network of Puerto Rican 1000mm railways]] in 1920: {{convert|654|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref>[https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RCHA/article/view/RCHA9494110207A/29232 «Los ferrocarriles de uso público en Puerto Rico (1870-1990)»], Antonio Santamaría García (1994). [http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RCHA/issue/view/RCHA949411/showToc Revista Complutense de Historia de América XX: pp. 207-228]</ref>

*[[American Railroad Company]] – {{convert|417|km|mi|abbr=on}}, (1891-c.1957) (defunct). After 1957, some tracks of [[Rail transport in Puerto Rico#National railroad system|American Railroad Company]] were acquired by [[List of government-owned corporations of Puerto Rico|Land Authority of Puerto Rico]] for sugar cane hauling: the [[Arecibo, Puerto Rico|Arecibo]] network ([[Cambalache Bridge|Central Cambalache]]: 1957-1981) (defunct) and the [[Aguada, Puerto Rico|Aguada]]-Mayagüez line ([[Central Coloso]]: 1957-c.1970) (defunct)
*[[Fajardo Development Company]] – {{convert|59.9|km|mi|abbr=on}} for sugar cane hauling between [[Carolina, Puerto Rico|Carolina]] to [[Naguabo, Puerto Rico|Naguabo]] in eastern Puerto Rico (1902-1977) (defunct)<ref>[https://redescubriendoapuertorico.blogspot.com/2014/01/contexto-historico-del-ferrocarril-en-puerto-rico-primera-parte.html Contexto histórico e inventario del ferrocarril en Puerto Rico, 1850-1953 - Primera parte: Trasfondo histórico]</ref>
*[[Ferrocarril Histórico de Puerto Rico]], [[Fajardo, Puerto Rico|Fajardo]] – {{convert|7.4|km|mi|abbr=on}} tracks of [[List of government-owned corporations of Puerto Rico|Central Fajardo Railroad]] from [[Puerto Rico Highway 3|Fajardo outskirts]] to [[El Yunque National Forest|El Yunque foothills]] used as right-of-way for this heritage railroad since 1971. Destroyed by [[Fajardo River]] flooding in 1974 (defunct)<ref>[http://ferrocarrilespr.rogerseducationalpage.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/DaveArticle.pdf «Conservando una Romántica Tradición»], Dave Deyo, Railroading, Number 43, Second Quarter (1972): pp. 6-18]</ref>
*[[Ponce and Guayama Railroad]] – {{convert|97|km|mi|abbr=on}} for sugar cane hauling between Ponce to [[Arroyo, Puerto Rico|Arroyo]] in southern Puerto Rico (1904-1990) (defunct)
*[[Train of the South]] – {{convert|6.4|km|mi|abbr=on}} tracks of [[Ponce and Guayama Railroad]] from [[Guayama, Puerto Rico|Guayama]] to Arroyo used as right-of-way for this heritage railroad between 1984-1988 and reused between 1996-2005 (defunct)
*[[Caguas, Puerto Rico|Caguas]] Tramway (Río Piedras-Caguas Railway) – {{convert|28|km|mi|abbr=on}} (1908-1928) (defunct)
*[[Mayagüez, Puerto Rico|Mayagüez]] Tramway (1915-1927) (defunct)
*[[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Ponce]] Tramway (1902-1927) (defunct)

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|[[Rail transport in Romania|Romania]]
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*[[Arad, Romania|Arad]] tram (operating)
*[[RATP Iaşi|Iaşi]] tram (operating)
*[[Sibiu]] tram (operating)
*Was used in [[Galaţi]] tram until fully replaced by [[Standard Gauge|standard gauge]] in 1975.
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|[[Rail transport in Russia|Russia]]
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*[[Trams in Kaliningrad|Kaliningrad tramway]] (operating)
*[[Pyatigorsk]] tramway (operating)
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|[[Rail transport in Senegal|Senegal]]
|[[Dakar–Niger Railway]] – {{convert|1287|km|abbr=on}}
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|[[Rail transport in Serbia|Serbia]]
|[[Transport in Belgrade|Belgrade Tram]] (operating)
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|[[Rail transport in Singapore|Singapore]]
|Singapore span of the [[Keretapi Tanah Melayu]] ([[Malayan Railway]]) for [[KTM Intercity|shuttle service]].
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|[[Narrow-gauge railways in Slovakia|Slovakia]]
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*[[Bratislava]] trams/streetcars (operating)
*[[Tatra Electric Railway]] (Tatranské elektrické železnice), a [[mountain railway|mountain railroad]] and a [[rack railway]] in the area of the [[High Tatras]]. (operating)
* [[Košice Children's Heritage Railway]] in [[Košice]]. (operating)
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|[[Narrow-gauge railways in Spain|Spain]]
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*[[Euskotren Trena]] inter-city, commuter & metro lines and [[Euskotren Tranbia]] ([[Bilbao tram|Bilbao]] and [[Vitoria-Gasteiz tram|Vitoria-Gasteiz]]) tram lines
*[[Renfe Feve]] lines in north-west Spain, including the ''[[Transcantábrico]]'' (operating)
*[[Barcelona Metro line 8]]; [[Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya]] suburban lines S4, S8, R5 and R6 (operating)
*[[Metro Bilbao]] (operating)
*[[C-9 (Cercanías Madrid)|Cercanías Madrid C-9]] (Cercedilla–Cotos) (operating)
*[[Palma de Mallorca Metro]] (operating)
*[[Metrovalencia|Valencia Metro]] (operating)
*[[Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana]] (operating)
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|[[Rail transport in Sweden|Sweden]]
|[[Skansens bergbana]] (operating)
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|[[Rail transport in Switzerland|Switzerland]]
|Many [[List of railway companies in Switzerland#Narrow gauge|narrow-gauge railways]]: [[suburban rail]]ways, [[Mountain railway#Switzerland|mountain railway]]s, [[Rack railways#Switzerland|rack railway]]s, some long-distance railways and [[List of town tramway systems in Switzerland|trams]].
*[[Albula Railway]] and [[Bernina railway|Bernina railway (crosses into)]] [[Italy]]). These railways share [[World Heritage Site|UNESCO World Heritage Site]] status as part of the [[Rhaetian Railway]] (operating)
*[[Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen railway]], [[Altstätten–Gais railway line]], [[Gossau–Wasserauen railway line]], runs in the cantons of St. Gallen, Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden (operating)
*[[Dolderbahn]], Funicular railway in Zurich converted into a rack railway and extended in the early 1970s. (operating)
*[[Forch railway|Forchbahn]], runs as a tram in Zürich city and as a train outside the city (operating)
*[[Zentralbahn]], merged with Luzern Stans Engelbergbahn, [[Brünigbahn]] and Meiringen Innertkirchen Bahn (operating)
*[[Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn]], (operating)
*[[Chemins de fer du Jura]], (operating)
*[[La Chaux-de-Fonds–Glovelier line]], (operating)
*[[La Chaux-de-Fonds–Les Ponts-de-Martel railway]], (operating)
*[[Saignelégier–La Chaux-de-Fonds Railway]], (operating)
*[[Le Locle–Les Brenets line]], (operating)
*[[Trams in Neuchâtel]], (operating)
*[[Centovalli railway]], (operating)
*[[Lugano–Ponte Tresa Railway]], (operating)
*[[Martigny–Châtelard Railway]], (operating)
*[[Chemin de fer Nyon-St-Cergue-Morez]], (operating)
*[[Chemin de fer Bière-Apples-Morges]], (operating)
*[[Chemin de fer Yverdon–Ste-Croix]], (operating)
*[[Chemin de fer Lausanne–Echallens–Bercher]], (operating)
*[[Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line]], (operating)
*[[Transports Publics du Chablais]], (operating)
*[[Frauenfeld-Wil-Bahn]], (operating)
*[[Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn]], (operating)
*[[Biel–Täuffelen–Ins railway]], (operating)
*[[Trams in Basel]], (operating)
*[[Baselland Transport]], (operating)
*[[Trams in Bern]], (operating)
*[[Trams in Geneva]], (operating)
*[[Berner Oberlandbahn]], (operating)
*[[Montreux–Glion–Rochers-de-Naye railway line]], (operating)
*[[Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line]], (operating)
*[[Gornergratbahn]], (operating)
*[[Trams in Zürich]], trams in Zürich city and Glattal (operating)
*[[List of narrow-gauge railways in Switzerland]]
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|[[Rail transport in Tanzania|Tanzania]]
|[[Tanzania Railways Corporation]] – about {{convert|2600|km|abbr=on}} ([[break of gauge]] with {{RailGauge|3ft6in}} [[TAZARA|TAZARA Railway]])
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|[[Rail transport in Thailand|Thailand]]
|[[State Railway of Thailand]], {{convert|4346|km|mi|abbr=on}}.
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|[[Rail transport in Togo|Togo]]
|{{Convert|568|km|mi|abbr=on}}.
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|[[Rail transport in Tunisia|Tunisia]]
|{{convert|1674|km|abbr=on}} used along with standard gauge ({{convert|471|km|abbr=on}})
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|[[Rail transport in Turkey|Turkey]]
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*[[Trams in Bursa#T3 Line characteristics|T3 Line of Burtram]] (operating)
*[[EsTram]] (operating)
*[[Istanbul nostalgic tramways]] (operating)
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|[[Rail transport in Uganda|Uganda]]
|[[Uganda Railway]] run by [[Uganda Railways Corporation]]
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|[[Rail transport in Ukraine|Ukraine]]
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*[[Trams in Lviv|Lviv tram]] (operating)
*[[Vinnytsia Tramway]] (operating)
*[[Zhytomyr tram]] (operating)
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|[[Rail transport in Great Britain|United Kingdom]]
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*[[Waltham Iron Ore Tramway]]
*[[Wellingborough Tramway]]
*[[Davington Light Railway]]
*[[National Tramway Museum|Crich Tramway]] (apparently the first metre-gauge railway in the world{{Citation needed|date=May 2017|reason=Need to verify claim.}})
*[[Butts Tramway, Butts Extension Tramway, Lindal Moor Tramway, Eure Pits Tramway]] (coherent group of lines serving iron ore mines near Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, built 1849–1862)
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|[[Rail transportation in the United States|United States]]
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*Sierra Lumber Company Railroad. A metre-gauge railway built in 1881 from [[Lyonsville, California]] into the [[Sequoioideae|redwood]] forests. It used three steam locomotives and worked until 1907.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Sierra Lumber Company |first=Andrew |last=Brandon |url=http://www.pacificng.com/template.php?page=roads/ca/slco/index.htm |publisher=Pacific Narrow Gauge}}</ref>
*Honda Express at [[Six Flags Magic Mountain]]
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|[[Rail transport in Vietnam|Vietnam]]
|[[Vietnam Railways]] and [[Kunming–Hai Phong Railway|KunHe Railway]]
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== See also ==
* [[Track gauge in Italy#1000 mm|Italian metre gauge]]
* [[List of rail gauges#Narrow gauge|Narrow-gauge railways]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://archive.today/20120713100348/http://parovoz.com/spravka/gauges-en.php Railroad Gauge Width]

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