900 mm gauge railways

900 mm (2 ft 11 7⁄16 in) narrow-gauge railways are generally found in Europe. This gauge is mostly used for light urban rail networks, industrial and agricultural railways.

Track gauge
By transport mode
Tram · Rapid transit
Miniature · Scale model
By size (list)
Minimum
  Fifteen inch 381 mm (15 in)
Narrow
  600 mm
Two foot		 600 mm
610 mm		 (1 ft ​11 5⁄8 in)
(2 ft)
  750 mm
Bosnian gauge
Two foot six inch		 750 mm
760 mm
762 mm		 (2 ft ​5 1⁄2 in)
2 ft ​5 15⁄16 in
(2 ft 6 in)
  Swedish three foot
900 mm
Three foot		 891 mm
900 mm
914 mm		 (2 ft ​11 3⁄32 in)
(2 ft ​11 7⁄16 in)
(3 ft)
  Metre 1,000 mm (3 ft ​3 3⁄8 in)
  Three foot six inch 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
  Standard 1,435 mm (4 ft ​8 1⁄2 in)
Broad
  Dresden gauge 1,450 mm (4 ft ​9 3⁄32 in)
  Leipzig gauge 1,458 mm (4 ft ​9 13⁄32 in)
  Toronto gauge 1,495 mm (4 ft ​10 7⁄8 in)
  1520 mm
Five foot		 1,520 mm
1,524 mm		 (4 ft ​11 7⁄8 in)
(5 ft)
  Pennsylvania gauge
Pennsylvania gauge
Five foot three inch		 1,581 mm
1,588 mm
1,600 mm		 (5 ft ​2 1⁄4 in)
(5 ft ​2 1⁄2 in)
(5 ft 3 in)
  Baltimore gauge 1,638 mm (5 ft ​4 1⁄2 in)
  Iberian gauge
Five foot six inch		 1,668 mm
1,676 mm		 (5 ft ​5 21⁄32 in)
(5 ft 6 in)
Change of gauge
Break-of-gauge · Dual gauge ·
Conversion (list) · Bogie exchange · Variable gauge
By location

North America · South America · Europe · Australia

Installations
Country/territory Railway
Australia
  • Yallourn 900 mm Railway (defunct)
Austria
Estonia
  • Vaivara–Viivikonna mine railway (converted to 1,435 mm or 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in standard gauge, then converted to 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in) Russian gauge)
Finland
Georgia
Germany
Guernsey
Iceland
Indonesia
  • Used by Rendeng sugar mill for sugar cane transport
Ireland
Main article: List of narrow-gauge railways in Ireland
Norway
  • Used by the Germans up to 1945, called Feldbahn (field railway), for industrial plants or other temporary uses. In Norway during the WW2 the Germans built a 15 km railway between the harbour at Årdalstangen and the industrial plant of Øvre Årda. It closed in 1959, by then used only at the iron works. One steam locomotive was lost into the sea, but was found by divers around 1990 and is restored and exhibited at Aardalstangen.
Poland
  • Cracow tramways (converted to 1,435 mm or 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in standard gauge)
Portugal
  • Lisbon funiculars (from 1913) and tramways (from 1901) and their preceding mule cars (regauged in 1888–1894 from 1,435 mm or 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in standard gauge)
  • Braga tramways (1914–1963)
  • Linha do Porto à Póvoa e Famalicão and its branch lines (Leixões and São Gens), built in 1871–1893 and regauged to 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge in 1930

In Sweden there has been an extensive network of railways with 891 mm (2 ft 11 3⁄32 in) gauge, Swedish three foot gauge railways. Some of them remain. This is so close to 900 mm (2 ft 11 7⁄16 in) that they are more or less compatible, and some sales of rolling stock between the gauges have taken place.

See also
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