2 ft 6 in gauge railways in Japan
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A list of 2 ft 6 in gauge railways in Japan.
Railways
In operation at 762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
- Anbō Forest Railway [jp] (operational status unknown)
- DisneySea Electric Railway (located in Tokyo DisneySea)
- Historical Village of Hokkaido
- Kurobe Gorge Railway
- Kurobe Senyō Railway (private)
- Sangi Railway Hokusei Line
- Western River Railroad (located in Tokyo Disneyland) (separate 914 mm (3 ft) gauge railway named Jolly Trolley previously present)
- Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway Hachiōji Line
- Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway Utsube Line
Defunct or converted
- Hidaka Takushoku Railway (converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge) (operating)
- Jōshin Dentetsu Jōshin Line (converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge) (operating)
- Kabe Line (converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge) (operating)
- Kintetsu Yunoyama Line (converted to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) gauge) (operating)
- Kiso Forest Railway (defunct)
- Kurama-dera Cable (converted to 800 mm (2 ft 7+1⁄2 in) gauge) (operating)
- Kurihara Den'en Railway Line (converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge) (defunct)
- Kururi Line (converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge) (operating)
- Nagareyama Line (converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge) (operating)
- Ōigawa Railway Ikawa Line (dual gauge lines with 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge track previously present) (converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge) (operating)
- Okinawa Prefectural Railways (converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge) (defunct)
- Ryūgasaki Line (converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge) (operating)
- Sakagawa Line (defunct)
- Tobu Kinugawa Line (converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge) (operating)
- Tōbu Yaita Line (converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge) (defunct)
- Tomakomai Light Railway (converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge) (operating)
- Uchiko Line (converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge) (operating)
Influence in former colonies
Taiwan:
- Alishan Forest Railway
- Taiwan Sugar Railways
- TRA Taitung line before 1982[1]
Gallery
- 260 series train at Hinaga Station
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See also
References
- ^ "臺灣鐵路路線建造史". Taiwan Railways Administration. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
External links
- World-wide 30" Gauge Railways and Railroads
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Minimum-gauge railways
- 15 in (381 mm)
- 400 mm (15+3⁄4 in)
- 16 in (406 mm)
- 18 in (457 mm)
- 19 in (483 mm)
- 500 mm (19+3⁄4 in)
- 20 in (508 mm)
- 21 in (533 mm)
- 1 ft 10 in (559 mm)
- 2 foot and 600 mm
- 2 ft 3 in (686 mm)
- 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
- 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in)
- 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
- 1,050 mm (3 ft 5+11⁄32 in),
- 1,055 mm (3 ft 5+1⁄2 in),
- 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
- 1,093 mm (3 ft 7 in),
- 1,100 mm (3 ft 7+5⁄16 in),
- 1,200 mm (3 ft 11+1⁄4 in)
- 4 ft (1,219 mm)
- 4 ft 1 in (1,245 mm), Middleton Railway
- 4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm), Scotch gauge
- 4 ft 6+1⁄2 in (1,384 mm), Scotch gauge
- 4 ft 7+3⁄4 in (1,416 mm)
- 4 ft 8 in (1,422 mm), almost standard gauge
- 4 ft 8+1⁄4 in (1,429 mm)
- 1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in)
- 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in / 1,435 mm, Stephenson gauge
- 1,440 mm (4 ft 8+11⁄16 in)
- 1,445 mm (4 ft 8+7⁄8 in)
- 1,450 mm (4 ft 9+3⁄32 in)
- 4 ft 9+3⁄8 in (1,457 mm)
- 1,458 mm (4 ft 9+13⁄32 in)
- 4 ft 10+7⁄8 in (1,495 mm), Toronto gauge
- 5 ft / 1,524 mm and 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in), Russian gauge.
- 5 ft 2+1⁄4 in / 1,581 mm and 5 ft 2+1⁄2 in / 1,588 mm, Pennsylvania gauge
- 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm), Irish gauge
- 5 ft 4+1⁄2 in (1,638 mm), Baltimore 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
- 8,200 mm (26 ft 10+27⁄32 in), Lärchwandschrägaufzug
- 9,000 mm (29 ft 6+5⁄16 in), Krasnoyarsk ship lift
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