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Extensive 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) gauge lines were also built for the sugar-beet industry in the north often using ex-military equipment after the First World War. Decauville was a famous French manufacturer of industrial narrow-gauge railway equipment and equipped one of the most extensive regional 600 mm ( 1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in ) narrow ...
Pages in category "Narrow gauge railways in France" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... Forest Railway Welschbruch; V. Voie ferrée d ...
However, the old narrow-gauge tracks remain in place between Velestino and Palaiofarsalos via Aerino, so that occasional special excursion trains use them. Another small railway which uses narrow gauge 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) is the Mt. Pelion railway, A metric line network existed in Attica, operated by Attica Railways and later by SPAP.
Railway map of France in 2020. Other versions of this map in medium et large formats. This is a list of railway lines in France , belonging either to the national network ( SNCF Réseau ) or to private owners.
Pages in category "600 mm gauge railways in France" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. ... Hardivillers-Breteuil narrow gauge railway;
The culminating point of the railway, shortly after the starting point, is approximately 1,940 m. [3] [4] The line is 10 km (6.2 mi) long and is built to a gauge of 500 mm (19 + 3 ⁄ 4 in). Trains consist of 6 12-seat carriages pulled by a diesel locomotive, and operate from late May or early July until the end of September or early October ...
Caen station. The railway was originally planned as a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge line. The département had actually accepted a tender for the construction of such a line but with interest in 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) narrow gauge lines rising the département had a rethink and the line was built to 600 mm gauge.
The fourteen narrow gauge railways of the Nemours sand pits (French: Réseau des Sablières de Nemours), with a total length of about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) and three different gauges of 500 mm (19 + 3 ⁄ 4 in), 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) and 800 mm (2 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in), ran from several sand pits and underground mines to a depot in Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours and from there to the Canal du ...