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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 .
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)
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 )
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