Most of these lines are tourist lines, which are often heritage railways or industrial lines, such as the Festiniog Railway in Wales and the Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad in Colorado.
World War I trench railways produced the greatest concentration of {{RailGauge|600mm}} gauge railways to date. In preparation for World War II, the French Maginot Line and Alpine Line also used {{RailGauge|600mm}} gauge railways for supply routes to the fixed border defenses.
Australia has over {{convert|4000|km}} of {{RailGauge|2ft}} gauge sugar cane railway networks in the coastal areas of Queensland, which carry more than 30 million tonnes of sugarcane a year.
Many {{RailGauge|2ft}} gauge and {{RailGauge|600mm}} gauge railways are used in amusement parks and theme parks worldwide.
The interchange of rolling stock between these similar track gauges occasionally occurred; for example, the South African Class NG15 2-8-2 locomotives started their career on the {{RailGauge|600mm}} gauge. The Otavi Mining and Railway Company in South-West Africa (now Namibia) were transferred to the 2 ft gauge railways in South Africa and currently some surviving locomotives reside in Wales on the {{RailGauge|1ft11.5in}} gauge Welsh Highland Railway and the {{RailGauge|1ft11.75in}} gauge Brecon Mountain Railway.
| Country/territory | Railway | Gauge | | Albania{{main|Narrow gauge railways in Albania}} | 600mm}} |
Angola- Moçâmedes Railway (converted to {{Track gauge|3ft6in|lk=on|disp=or}} gauge) (operating)
- Porto Amboim–Gabela line (defunct)
| 600mm}} |
Argentina- Ferrocarril Económico Correntino (defunct)
- Paseo con Ciencia tramway[1] (operating)
- Rainforest Ecological Train (operating)
- Republic of the Children (operating)
- Ushuaia Prison Railway[2] (rebuilt as the {{RailGauge|500mm}} gauge Southern Fuegian Railway) (operating)
- Various construction, mining, and agricultural railways[3] (defunct)
| 600mm}} |
| Australia{{Main|Two foot gauge railways in Australia}} | 2ft}} |
| Austria{{main|Narrow gauge railways in Austria}} | 600mm}} |
Belarus- Narrow gauge railways in Belarus
| 600mm}} |
Belgium- MusicXpress (located in Walibi Belgium) (operating)
| 2ft}} |
- Sourbrodt - Elsenborn Camp;[4] 3.2 km (defunct)
- Stoomcentrum Maldegem (standard gauge lines also present) (operating)
600mm}} |
Brazil- {{Interlanguage link multi|Estrada de Ferro Perus-Pirapora|pt|lt=Perus-Pirapora Railway}} (operating)
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Estrada de Ferro São Mateus|pt|lt=São Mateus Railway}} (defunct)
| 600mm}} |
| Brunei{{main|Transport in Brunei}} | 2ft}} |
| Bulgaria{{main|Narrow gauge railways in Bulgaria}} | 600mm}} |
Burundi- Port of Bujumbura railway (defunct)
| 600mm}} |
Cambodia- Phnom Krom railway (defunct)
| 600mm}} |
Canada- Assiniboine Park Railroad (located in Assiniboine Park) (operating)
- Centreville Train (located in Centreville Amusement Park) (operating)
- Columbia Cranberries Railway[5] (operational status unknown)
- Erie Peat Railway;[6] {{convert|3|km|mi|adj=on}} (defunct)
- Fort George Railway[7] (located at the Exploration Place Museum and Science Centre) (operating)
- Greater Vancouver Zoo Railway (located in Greater Vancouver Zoo) (operating)
- Port Elgin and North Shore Railroad; {{convert|1.6|km|mi|adj=on}} (operating)
- Sooke Flowline (aqueduct) construction railway; {{convert|44|km|mi|adj=on}}, (defunct)
- Wildlife Express (located in BC Wildlife Park) (operating)
| 2ft}} |
Cameroon- West African Planting Society Victoria (defunct)
| 600mm}} |
Central African Republic- Zinga–Mongo railway (defunct)
| 600mm}} |
Chile- {{Interlanguage link multi|Ramal Chillán - Recinto|es|lt=Chillán—Recinto railway}} (defunct)
- Chiloe railway[8] (defunct)
- Puente Alto-El Volcan Railway[8] (defunct)
- FC del Cajon de Maipo[8] (defunct)
- Putagán—Colbún railway (defunct)
| 600mm}} |
| China{{main|Narrow gauge railways in China}} | 600mm}} |
Comoros- Société Comores Bambaoa (defunct)
| 600mm}} |
Czech Republic- {{Interlanguage link multi|Werkbahn Kateřina|de|lt=Dráha Kateřina}}; 15 km (operating)
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Kolínská řepařská drážka|de}}; 10.6 km (operating)
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Mladějovská úzkorozchodná železnice|cs|lt=Mladějovská železnice}}; 10.5 km (operating)
- Muzeum Průmyslových Železnic (Zbýšov, Czech Republic) ca 2.7 km (operating) (converted from standard gauge)
| 600mm}} |
Democratic Republic of the Congo- Mayumbe line (converted from {{RailGauge|2ft}} gauge) (defunct)
- Vicicongo line (operational status unknown)
| 600mm}} |
| Denmark{{main|Narrow gauge railways in Denmark}} | 600mm}} |
Egypt- Sugar cane railways in Kurna (operating)
| 2ft}} |
Eritrea- Potash Transport Railway (defunct)
| 600mm}} |
| Estonia | 600mm}} |
| Falkland Islands | 2ft}} |
| Fiji{{main|Rail transport in Fiji}} | 2ft}} |
| Finland{{main|Narrow gauge railways in Finland}} | 600mm}} |
| France{{main|Narrow gauge railways in France}} | 600mm}} |
| Germany{{Main|600 mm gauge railways in Germany}} | 600mm}} |
Greece- Pelion railway (dual gauge lines with {{RailGauge|1000mm|allk=on}} track also present) (operating)
- Some industrial lines (operational status unknown)
- World War I military railways (defunct)
| 600mm}} |
Greenland- Qoornoq X-press (defunct)
| 600mm}} |
Guatemala- Transcostero (located in Xetulul) (operating)
| 2ft}} |
Hong Kong- Sha Tau Kok Railway (defunct)
| 2ft}} |
Hungary- Kemence Forest Museum Railway
- Almamellék Forest Railway
- several other mining and industrial railways, most of them defunct
| 600mm}} |
Iceland- Korpúlfsstaðir Farm Railway (defunct)
| 600mm}} |
India- Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (operating)
- Matheran Hill Railway (operating)
- Gwalior Light Railway (operating)
| 2ft}} |
Indonesia- Sugar cane railways in Java in Cepiring (defunct), Jatibarang (operating), Jatiwangi (defunct), Jatiwarna (Bekasi) (defunct), Kalijereng (East Jakarta) (defunct), Pandji (operating), Pangka (operating), Soedhono (operating), Sragi (operating), Sukamakmur (Bogor) (defunct) and Tulangan (operating)[9]
| 600mm}} |
Isle of Man- Groudle Glen Railway (operating)
- South Barrule quarry, windmill-powered incline (defunct)
| 2ft}} |
Italy- {{Interlanguage link multi|Ferrovia Cividale-Tarcetta|it|lt=Cividale-Tarcetta Railway}} (defunct)
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Ferrovia Montevecchio Sciria-San Gavino Monreale|it|lt=Montevecchio Sciria-San Gavino Monreale Railway}} (defunct)
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Tranvia Porto Empedocle-Lucia|it|lt=Porto Empedocle-Lucia}} (defunct)
| 600mm}} |
Japan- Musashino-Mura Railway[10][11] (located in {{Interlanguage link multi|Musashino-Mura|jp|3=むさしの村}}) (operating)
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Narita Yume Bokujō Railway|jp|3=羅須地人鉄道協会}}[12][13] (Located in {{Interlanguage link multi|Narita Yume Bokujō|jp|3=成田ゆめ牧場}}) (operating)
- Tateyama Sabō Erosion Control Works Service Train (private) (operating)
| 2ft}} |
Laos- Don Det – Don Khon narrow gauge railway (converted to {{RailGauge|1000mm|allk=on}}) (defunct)
| 600mm}} |
| Latvia{{Main|Narrow gauge railways in Latvia}} | 600mm}} |
Lithuania- World War I military railways (converted to {{RailGauge|750mm}} gauge – Narrow-gauge railways in Lithuania) (operational status unknown)
| 600mm}} |
|
Macedonia- Skopje - Ohrid line; 167 km (partially converted to standard gauge)
- Gradsko - Bitola (defunct)
| 600mm}} |
Madagascar- Sugar cane, industrial and military railways[14] (defunct)
| 600mm}} |
Mauritius- A network of sugar cane railways[15] (defunct)
| 600mm}} |
Mexico- Atlamaxac Railroad (converted to {{RailGauge|2ft6in}} and called the Zacatlán Railroad)[16]
- Cazadero and San Pablo Railroad (defunct)
- Córdoba and Huatusco Railroad (defunct)
- Hornos Railroad (defunct)
| 2ft}} |
- Tacubaya Railroad (converted to standard gauge) (defunct)
600mm}} |
Montenegro- Podgorica - Plavnica railway (defunct)
| 600mm}} |
| Morocco{{main|History of rail transport in Morocco}} | 600mm}} |
Mozambique- Beira Railroad Corporation (crosses into Zimbabwe) (converted to {{RailGauge|3ft6in}} gauge) (operating)
| 2ft}} |
Myanmar- Burma Mines Railway (operating)
| 2ft}} |
Namibia- Otavi Mining and Railway Company (converted to {{RailGauge|3ft6in}} gauge) (defunct)
- Swakopmund–Windhoek line (converted to {{RailGauge|3ft6in}} gauge) (operating)
| 600mm}} |
Nauru- Rail transport in Nauru (converted to {{RailGauge|3ft}} gauge) (operating)
| 2ft}} |
Netherlands- Efteling Steam Train Company (located in Efteling) (operating)
| 600mm}} |
New Zealand- Blenheim Riverside Railway (operating)
- Ferrymead Two Foot Railway (located in Ferrymead Heritage Park) (separate standard gauge railway named Ferrymead Tramway and separate {{RailGauge|3ft6in}} gauge railway named Ferrymead Railway also present) (operating)
| 2ft}} |
Norway- Åmdals Verk Gruver;[19] 0.6 km (operating)
- Gruvemuseet pa Litlabo[19] (operating)
- Høyanger funicular (operating)
- Kristiansand Kanonmuseum[19] (operating)
- Lommedalsbanen;[17] 0.6 km (operating)
- Sulitjelma Besøksgruve[17] (operating)
- Stiftelsen Konnerudverket;[17] 0.5 km (operating)
| 600mm}} |
Palestine- Palestine Military Railway ({{RailGauge|1050mm|lk=on}} lines also present) (defunct)
| 600mm}} |
Papua New Guinea- Plantation railways constructed during the German Colonial period (defunct)
| 600mm}} |
Pakistan- Changa Manga Forestry Railway[18] (operating)
- Dandot Light Railway (operating)
- Khewra Salt Mines Railway (operating)
- Gangapur Tram (operating)
| 2ft}} |
| Poland{{main|Narrow gauge railways in Poland}} | 600mm}} |
Portugal- {{Interlanguage link multi|Comboio da Praia do Barril|pt|3=Comboio da Praia do Barril}} (operating)
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Minicomboio da Caparica|pt}} (operating)
| 600mm}} |
Rwanda- Régie d’Exploitation et de Développement des Mines (operational status unknown)
| 600mm}} |
Somalia- Decauville line between Villabruzzi and the Somalia-Ethiopia border (defunct)
| 600mm}} |
| South Africa{{Main|Two-foot-gauge railways in South Africa}} | 2ft}} |
South Korea- EcoLand Resort Forest Train[19] (located in {{Interlanguage link multi|EcoLand Theme Park|ko|3=에코랜드}}) (operating)
| 2ft}} |
Spain- {{Interlanguage link multi|Ferrocarril Turístic de l'Alt Llobregat|ca}}
- Funicular de Capdella[20]
- Funicular de Molinos[20] (private) (operating)[21]
- Tren Minero de Utrillas [22]
| 600mm}} |
Sudan- Gezira Light Railway (operating)
| 2ft}} |
- Tokar - Trinkitat Light Railway (defunct)
600mm}} |
| Sweden{{main|Narrow gauge railways in Sweden}} | 600mm}} |
Switzerland- Bärschwil gypsum railway (defunct)
- Tramway Bellavista (defunct)
- Puschlaver Geisterbahn[20] (operating)[23]
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Schinznacher Baumschulbahn|de}}; 3 km (operating)
| 600mm}} |
Taiwan- Nairobi Express (located in Leofoo Village Theme Park) (operating)
| 2ft}} |
Tanzania- Southern Province Railway (defunct)
| 2ft}} |
Thailand- Siam Park City Railway (closed)
| 2ft}} |
Togo- German colonial railway (defunct)
| 600mm}} |
| Turkey{{Main|Narrow gauge railways in Turkey}} | 600mm}} |
| United Kingdom{{Main|2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways in the United Kingdom}} | 2ft}};
{{RailGauge|1ft11.75in}};
{{RailGauge|600mm}};
{{RailGauge|1ft11.5in}} |
| United States{{Main|2 ft gauge railroads in the United States}} | 2ft}} |
Zimbabwe- Shurugwi Peak Railway[24][25] (operating)
| 2ft}} |
1. ^The Very Special Electric Tramway in Valle Hermoso, Argentina
2. ^Railways of the Far South - The Ushuaia prison railway & the FCAF
3. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20060822001415/http://members.shaw.ca/twofooter/ww2ftrrA-C.htm#Argentina#Argentina World Wide Listing of Two foot, 1' 11 1/2", 600 mm (60cm) & 610mm Railroads (from archive.org) - Argentina]
4. ^The Vennbahn: Belgium’s railway through Germany
5. ^Canadian Rail No, 439 - The Magazine of Canada's Railway History
6. ^{{Cite web |url=http://home.cogeco.ca/~trains/rrcx.htm |title=Niagara Rails - Other Lines |access-date=2014-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221105633/http://home.cogeco.ca/~trains/rrcx.htm |archive-date=2014-02-21 |dead-url=yes |df= }}
7. ^Exploration Place Museum and Science Centre - official website
8. ^1 2 Railways of the Far South - Chiloe Island
9. ^[https://archive.is/20050206232332/http://members.shaw.ca/twofooter/ww2ftrr.htm World Wide Listing of Two foot, 1' 11 1/2", 600 mm (60cm) & 610mm Railroads (from archive.org) - Java]
10. ^RailScape - Musashino-Mura
11. ^Musashino-Mura - official website
12. ^Steamlocomotive.info - Chiba
13. ^Narita Yume Bokujō Railway - official website
14. ^Industrial Heritage in Madagascar, 2012
15. ^Narrow Gauge Railway Relics in Mauritius, 2012
16. ^Preserved Narrow Gauge Steam in Mexico 2012, Part 2
17. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{Cite web |url=http://www.scanrailsoc.org.uk/ng.html |title=Directory of preserved narrow gauge railways in Norway |access-date=2014-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222034622/http://www.scanrailsoc.org.uk/ng.html |archive-date=2014-02-22 |dead-url=yes |df= }}
18. ^Changa Manga Forest Railway
19. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.severn-lamb.com/news_archive.asp |title=Severn Lamb - News Archive |access-date=2014-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111202163731/http://www.severn-lamb.com/news_archive.asp |archive-date=2011-12-02 |dead-url=yes |df= }}
20. ^1 2 {{Cite web|title=Trams of the World 2017|url=http://blickpunktstrab.net/wordpress2/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/tramsderwelt2017.pdf|publisher=Blickpunkt Straßenbahn|date=January 24, 2017|accessdate=February 16, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216202427/http://blickpunktstrab.net/wordpress2/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/tramsderwelt2017.pdf|archivedate=February 16, 2017}}
21. ^Listadotren.es - Funicular de Molinos (Lleida)
22. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/museoyferrocarrildeutrillas/|title=Tren Minero de Utrillas|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2018-07-24}}
23. ^Funimag - "Die Puschlaver Geisterbahn" Cavaglia
24. ^610 mm gauge Shurugwi Railway
25. ^[https://www.flickr.com/photos/geoff-cooke/sets/72157641812264283/ Shurugwi Peak Railway, Zimbabwe]
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