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A narrow-gauge sugar cane train in Queensland during 2015. Rail transport in Australia involves a number of narrow-gauge railways.In some states they formed the core statewide network, but in the others they were either a few government branch lines, or privately owned and operated branch lines, often for mining, logging or industrial use.
The straighter standard gauge line was built on a big budget in 1970 to allow long, heavy standard-gauge trains to travel at faster speeds. (Click to enlarge.) The 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) narrow gauge was introduced to Australia in 1865, when the Queensland Railways opened its first railway from Ipswich to Grandchester.
Trains portal Wikimedia Commons has media related to Narrow gauge railways in Australia . Narrow Gauge in Australian usage can refer to 3 ft 6 in / 1,067 mm and narrower gauges
Menangle Narrow Gauge Railway [1] (operating) Newington Armaments Depot (defunct) Timbertown Heritage Railway (located in Timbertown) (operating) Pete's Hobby Railway (located in Junee) (Private 2 ft gauge railway that is operating. Public admittance is not allowed under the Rail Safety National Law (NSW), No. 82a of 2012) Queensland
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) gauge unless otherwise stated. See also Transport Heritage NSW [2] Byron Bay Train [3] Campbelltown Narrow Gauge Railway— 610 mm (2 ft) gauge [4] Cooma Monaro Railway [5] (railway not yet operational) Crookwell Heritage Railway [6] (railway not yet operational) Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum [7] (railway not yet ...
In some countries, narrow gauge is the standard: Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, New Zealand, South Africa, and the Australian states of Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania have a 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge, whereas Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand have metre-gauge railways. Narrow-gauge trams, particularly metre-gauge, are common in Europe.
1865 – Queensland – narrow gauge Ipswich to Bigges Camp (renamed Grandchester in honour of occasion) on the way to Toowoomba railway opened, first narrow gauge main line in the world. [6] 1871 – Tasmania – Deloraine to Launceston railway opened as broad gauge, converted to narrow gauge in 1888
Queensland, Western Australia, and Tasmania constructed for narrow-gauge railways. The other colonies built either standard-gauge or broad-gauge railways, maintaining only limited narrow-gauge rail lines, except for South Australia, which built both narrow and broad gauge. As a result of this legacy, Australian railways are a mix of all three ...