2 ft 6 in gauge railways in Japan

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)   Four foot zero inch 1,219 mm (4 ft 0 in)   Four foot six inch 1,372 mm (4 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)
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A list of two foot six inch gauge railways in Japan.

Installations[]

In operation at 762 mm (2 ft 6 in)[]

•  [jp] (operational status unknown)
• DisneySea Electric Railway (located in Tokyo DisneySea)
•  [jp]
• Kurobe Gorge Railway
• Kurobe Senyō Railway (private)
• Sangi Railway Hokusei Line
• Western River Railroad (located in Tokyo Disneyland) (separate 914 mm (3 ft) gauge railway named Jolly Trolley previously present)
• Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway Hachiōji Line
• Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway Utsube Line

Defunct or converted[]

• Hidaka Takushoku Railway (converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge) (operating)
• Jōshin Dentetsu Jōshin Line (converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge) (operating)
• Kabe Line (converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge) (operating)
• Kintetsu Yunoyama Line (converted to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) gauge) (operating)
• Kiso Forest Railway (defunct)
• Kurama-dera Cable (converted to 800 mm (2 ft 7+1⁄2 in) gauge) (operating)
• Kurihara Den'en Railway Line (converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge) (defunct)
• Kururi Line (converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge) (operating)
• Nagareyama Line (converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge) (operating)
• Ōigawa Railway Ikawa Line (dual gauge lines with 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge track previously present) (converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge) (operating)
• Okinawa Prefectural Railways (converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge) (defunct)
• Ryūgasaki Line (converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge) (operating)
• Sakagawa Line (defunct)
• Tobu Kinugawa Line (converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge) (operating)
• Tōbu Yaita Line (converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge) (defunct)
• Tomakomai Light Railway (converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge) (operating)
• Uchiko Line (converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge) (operating)

Influence in former colonies[]

Taiwan:

• Alishan Forest Railway
• Taiwan Sugar Railways
• TRA Taitung Line before 1982^[1]

Gallery[]

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  260 series train at Hinaga Station

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  Kurobe Gorge Railway

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  Nishihino Station on the Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway Hachiōji Line

See also[]

• Heritage railway
• List of track gauges

References[]

External links[]

• World-wide 30" Gauge Railways and Railroads