Narrow-gauge railways in India

This is a list of former and current narrow-gauge railways in India. All railways except the heritage ones are closed or under conversion/are converted to the nation-wide standard 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) gauge, under Project Unigauge.

1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)

• Assam Bengal Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Bareilly–Pilibheet Provincial State Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Bengal Nagpur Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Bhavnagar State Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Bikaner State Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Cawnpore–Barabanki Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Cochin State Forest Tramway (closed)
• Cooch Behar State Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Dhrangadhra Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Gondal State Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Jaipur State Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Jamnagar & Dwarka Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Jetalsar–Rajkot Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Jodhpur State Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Junagadh State Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Kathiawar State Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Lucknow–Sitapur–Seramow Provincial State Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Mashrak–Thawe Extension Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Morvi Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Mysore State Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Nawabganj Sugar Factory Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Nilgiri Mountain Railway (operational)
• Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Okhamandal State Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Porbandar State Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Rajputana–Malwa Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Southern Mahratta Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• West of India Portuguese Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)

2 ft 6 in (762 mm)

• Barsi Light Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Bengal Provincial Railway (closed)
• Bhavnagar Tramway (closed)
• Cherra Companyganj State Railways (closed)
• Cooch Behar State Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Cutch State Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Dehri Rohtas Light Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Dholpur–Sarmathura Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Kalka–Shimla Railway (operational)
• Kangra Valley Railway (operational)
• Martin's Light Railways (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Mayurbhanj State Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• McLeod's Light Railways (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Morvi Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Nasik Tramway (closed)
• Pachora–Jamner railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Parlakimedi Light Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Rajpipla State Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Satpura Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Shakuntala Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)

2 ft (610 mm)

• Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (operational)
• Gwalior Light Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Jorehaut Provincial Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Kundala Valley Railway (closed)
• Martin's Light Railways (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)
• Matheran Hill Railway (operational)
• Ryam Sugar Factory Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge)

References

1. Narrow-gauge locomotives of India
2. Narrow-gauge railways in Asia
3. Track gauge
4. 5 ft 6 in gauge railway
5. Mountain railways of India
6. Kalka–Shimla Railway
7. Rail transport in Greece
8. New Jalpaiguri Junction railway station
9. Metre-gauge railway
10. Locomotives of India
11. Broad-gauge railway
12. McLeod's Light Railways
13. 2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways
14. Martin's Light Railways
15. List of British private narrow-gauge railways
16. Shakuntala Railway
17. Narrow-gauge lines of the Victorian Railways
18. Standard-gauge railway
19. Gwalior Light Railway
20. List of track gauges