# 2 ft 6 in gauge railways

Track gauge :
By transport mode :
Rapid transit
Tram
Miniature
Scale model :
By size (list) :
Change of gauge :
Bogie exchange
Break of gauge
Dual gauge
Conversion
list
Variable gauge :
By location :
North America
South America
Europe
Australia :
2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge railways are narrow gauge railways with track gauge of 2 ft 6 in (762 mm). This type of rail was promoted especially in the colonies of the British Empire during the second half of the nineteenth century by Thomas Hall and Everard Calthrop.
Several Bosnian-gauge railways with 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in) are found in south-eastern Europe. 760 mm (29.92 in) is well within tolerances of 762 mm (30.00 in).

## Railways

| Country/territory | Railway |
| Afghanistan | Kabul–Darulaman Tramway (defunct) |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 80 km long sugar cane plantation network (defunct) |
| Australia | Crowes railway line (defunct) Gembrook railway line (Puffing Billy Railway) (operating) Palmwoods-Buderim Tramway (defunct) Tyers Valley tramway (defunct) Walhalla Goldfields Railway (operating) Walhalla railway line (defunct) Welshpool Jetty railway line (defunct) Whitfield railway line (defunct) |
| Barbados | Barbados Railway (converted from 3 ft 6 in or 1,067 mm gauge) (defunct) |
| Brazil | Estrada de Ferro Oeste de Minas (operating) |
| Chile | FC Caleta Coloso a Aguas Blancas (defunct) FC de Junin (defunct) FC de Antofagasta a Bolivia (crosses into Bolivia) (converted to 1,000 mm or 3 ft 3+3⁄8 in metre gauge) (operating) |
| China | Main article: Narrow gauge railways in China |
| Curaçao | Horse-drawn tram in Willemstad (Curaçao tramway [nl]) |
| Cyprus | Cyprus Government Railway (defunct) |
| Haiti | Main article: History of rail transport in Haiti |
| India | Kalka–Shimla Railway (operating) Kangra Valley Railway (operating) |
| Iraq | Main article: Iraqi Republic Railways |
| Japan | Main article: 2 ft 6 in gauge railways in Japan |
| Mexico | Zacatlán Railroad (defunct) |
| Mozambique | Gaza Railway (operating) |
| Myanmar | Arakan Light Railway (operational status unknown) Madaya Light Railway (defunct) |
| Nepal | Janakpur and Kurtha (converted to 1,676 mm or 5 ft 6 in gauge in 2022) |
| Nigeria | Bauchi Light Railway (3 ft 6 in or 1,067 mm gauge lines also present) (defunct) |
| North Korea | Changjin Line (operating) Kanggye Line (operating) Paengmu Line (operating) Poch'ŏn Line (operating) Samjiyŏn Line (operating) Sinhŭng Line (operating) Ŭllyul Line (operating) Unsan Line (operating) |
| Pakistan | Bannu–Tank Branch Line (opened 1913, closed 1995) Daud Khel–Lakki Marwat Branch Line (opened 1913, closed 1995) Larkana–Jacobabad Light Railway (opened 1924, converted to 5 ft 6 in or 1,676 mm 1956, closed 2005) Zhob Valley Railway (opened 1929, closed 1986) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | St. Kitts Scenic Railway (operating) |
| Sierra Leone | Sierra Leone Government Railway (defunct) |
| South Africa | Namaqualand Railway (defunct) Sheba Tramway (defunct) |
| South Korea | Suin Line (closed and later rebuilt to 1,435 mm or 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in standard gauge) |
| Sri Lanka | Kelani Valley Line (converted to 1,676 mm or 5 ft 6 in gauge in 1992) |
| Taiwan | Alishan Forest Railway (operating) Hualien–Taitung Line (converted to 3 ft 6 in or 1,067 mm gauge) (operating) Taiwan Sugar Railways (operating) |
| United Kingdom | Main article: 2 ft 6 in gauge railways in the United Kingdom |
| United States | Main article: 2 ft 6 in gauge railroads in the United States |