page_title: Narrow-gauge railways in Russia
section_title: Overview
hierarchical_section_title: Narrow-gauge railways in Russia / Overview
caption_attribution_description: English: Д2 in SokolРусский: Дизель-поезд Д2 поворачивает из Сокола в сторону станции Быков, Сахалинский регион ДВЖД
context_page_description: The Imperial Russian narrow railway track gauge was 3 ft 6 in, the current track gauge is predominantly 750 mm. In Soviet Russia, narrow-gauge railways were mostly common in forestry and peat industries in low inhabited places. Usually they have one main line and number of temporary branches. There was commonly a passenger service to villages and towns for workers.
  As of the mid 2010s, a number of industrial railways survive in places with bad roads, but every year some railways are closing.
  A government railway operator, RZD, closed all owned common 750 mm railways, but still have a number of children's railways with standard rolling stock.
  The most well-known narrow-gauge railways are Alapayevsk narrow-gauge railway, Apsheronsk narrow-gauge railway, and Karinskaya narrow-gauge railway. Also children's railways are located in many big cities.
caption: D2-002, Sakhalin Railway
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