From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Railway 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 . Despite attempts to convert the entire country into broad-gauge many Metro systems and Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor are done under Standard-gauge railway .[ 1]
In 2007, India had 45 narrow-gauge lines in operation and most of these lines were made in pre-independence era predominantly in territories controlled by Princely states or terrain with steep gradient.[ 2]
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)[ 3] [ 4] 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 (most lines 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)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)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 (being converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm ) broad gauge)[ 5] [ 6] Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm ) broad gauge)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 (to be 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 (under conversion to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm ) broad gauge)[ 7] [ 8] Shakuntala Railway (under conversion to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm ) broad gauge) (Yavatmal - Murtizapur - Achalpur section and Arvi - Pulgaon section).[ 9] Abhanpur - Rajim /Dhamtari (under conversion to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm ) broad gauge)Itwari - Nagbhir (under conversion to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm ) broad gauge)[ 10] [ 11] List of operational lines [ edit ]
