page_title: Narrow-gauge railways in Asia
section_title: Hong Kong
hierarchical_section_title: Narrow-gauge railways in Asia / Hong Kong
caption_attribution_description: Kowloon-Canton Railway Bagnall locomotive No. 2227 Author: Gwernol
context_page_description: Asia has many narrow-gauge railways. The railways of Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines are predominantly 1,067 mm narrow gauge. Those in mainland Southeast Asia, which includes Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar and Malaysia, are predominantly metre gauge. The proposed ASEAN Railway would be standard or dual gauge, using metre- and standard-gauge regional railway networks and linking Singapore through Malaysia, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam to China's standard-gauge rail network. In Western Asia, Jordan uses 1,050 mm narrow gauge.
context_section_description: In Hong Kong, the Kowloon-Canton Railway was partially laid with 2 ft (610 mm) and 3 ft (914 mm) gauge during its 1910 construction but was soon converted to standard gauge. The Sha Tau Kok Railway had a 2 ft (610 mm) gauge for much of its existence. The Hong Kong Tramways are 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge and the territory's metro, the MTR, runs on 1,432 mm (4 ft 8 ³⁄₈ in) except for its leased, standard-gauge KCR network.
caption: Preserved Kowloon-Canton Railway locomotive
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