Bosnian-gauge railways

Railway track gauge (760 mm)

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Track gauge

By transport mode

* Rapid transit
* Tram
* Miniature
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By size (list)

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| Minimum
| Fifteen inch | 381 mm | (1 ft 3 in)

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| Narrow
| 600 mm | 600 mm | (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)
Two foot | 610 mm | (2 ft)
Two foot three inch | 686 mm | (2 ft 3 in)
| 750 mm | 750 mm | (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Bosnian gauge | 760 mm | (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in)
Two foot six inch | 762 mm | (2 ft 6 in)
| Swedish three-foot | 891 mm | (2 ft 11+3⁄32 in)
900 mm | 900 mm | (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in)
Three-foot | 914 mm | (3 ft)
Italian metre | 950 mm | (3 ft 1+13⁄32 in)
| Metre | 1,000 mm | (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
| Three foot six inch | 1,067 mm | (3 ft 6 in)
| Four foot | 1,219 mm | (4 ft)
| Four foot six inch | 1,372 mm | (4 ft 6 in)
| 1432 mm | 1,432 mm | (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in)

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| Standard | 1,435 mm | (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

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| Broad
| Italian broad gauge | 1,445 mm | (4 ft 8+7⁄8 in)
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 | 1,520 mm | (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in)
Five foot | 1,524 mm | (5 ft)
| Pennsylvania gauge | 1,581 mm | (5 ft 2+1⁄4 in)
Pennsylvania gauge | 1,588 mm | (5 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Five foot three inch | 1,600 mm | (5 ft 3 in)
| Baltimore gauge | 1,638 mm | (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
| Iberian gauge | 1,668 mm | (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in)
Five foot six inch | 1,676 mm | (5 ft 6 in)
| Six foot | 1,829 mm | (6 ft)
| Brunel | 2,140 mm | (7 ft 1⁄4 in)
| Breitspurbahn | 3,000 mm | (9 ft 101⁄8 in)
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Bosnian-gauge railways are railways with track gauge of 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in).[1][2] These were found extensively in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire as a standardised form of narrow gauge. The name is also used for lines of the same gauge outside Bosnia, for example in Austria.[3] Similar track gauges are the 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) and 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge.

## History

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See also: Narrow-gauge railways in Bosnia and Herzegovina

After a British proposal the 1878 Berlin Congress permitted Austria-Hungary to occupy and govern Bosnia-Herzegovina instead of Turkey, the 190 km (120 mi) long Brod–Zenica military railway was built to support manoeuvres and supply troops.[4] It was completed in 1879, using the 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in) temporary tracks and rolling stock used during the construction of the recently finished Timisoara–Oršava line. The Zenica–Sarajevo extension opened in 1882, with a loading gauge the same as that used on 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge railways, which was thought to be sufficient for general traffic including passenger services.[5]

Narrow-gauge railway that once reached Dubrovnik, southern Croatia (photo from 1967).

The Brod–Zenica–Sarajevo Bosna Bahn provided the basis for the narrow-gauge railway network which was later established in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In barely two decades a national 760 mm network was built. By the 1890s this stretched through Mostar to the Dalmatian border at Metković, and to Gruž, a suburb of Dubrovnik, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. This narrow gauge main line carried much heavier traffic than many of the minor 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge main lines across the Austro-Hungarian Empire. At the time of their introduction, the Bosnia-Herzegovian National Railways' 2-4-2 express locomotives of 1894-96 were the fastest narrow gauge locomotives in Europe, with a 60 km/h (37 mph) permitted top speed.[5]

The establishment of the fast-growing network, whose length by the start of the 20th centuries exceeded 1,000 km (620 mi) making it the once largest interconnected narrow gauge network[5] in Europe, secured a high reputation for the Monarchy's engineering corps amongst international professional circles.

It was the success of the Bosnian narrow gauge net which gave impetus after the turn of the century to the large-scale building of 760 mm gauge lines across other territories of the Monarchy. The technical solutions pioneered there were used later on all the narrow-gauge railways of Austria-Hungary.[5][6]

## Railways

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Country/territory  | Railway

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Argentina |

* Península Valdés Railway

Austria |

Main article: Narrow-gauge railways in Austria

Bosnia and Herzegovina |

Main article: Narrow-gauge railways in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria |

* Few railways, of which only Septemvri-Dobrinishte narrow gauge line (125.3 km or 77.9 mi) remains in operation

Croatia |

* Parenzana
* Samoborček

Czech Republic |

* Jindřichohradecké místní dráhy
* Třemešná ve Slezsku – Osoblaha Railway

DR Congo |

* Matadi–Kinshasa Railway

Dominican Republic | Dominican Central Railway, (later Ferrocarriles Unidos Dominicanos) 109 km (68 mi), in operation from 1897-c.1957 (defunct) [7]
Hungary |

Main article: Narrow-gauge railways in Hungary

In operation:

* Children's railway, Budapest
* Balatonfenyves Light Railway
* Szob–Nagybörzsöny Forest Railway
* Csömödér State Forest Railway
* Debrecen Fun-Fair Railway
* Felsőtárkány State Forest Railway
* Gemenc State Forest Railway
* Hortobágy-fishpond Light Railway
* Kaszó State Forest Railway
* Királyrét Forest Railway
* Lillafüred State Forest Railway
* Mátra Railway
* Mecsek Light Railway
* Mesztegnyő State Forest Railway
* Pálház State Forest Railway
* Széchenyi Museum Railway, Nagycenk
* Szilvásvárad Forest Railway
* Tömörkény Fishing Railway
* Vál Valley Light Railway
* Zsuzsi Forest Railway

Operation suspended since 2009:[8]

* Kecskemét Light Railway
* Nyír Area Light Railway
* Tiszakécske Children's Railway

Italy |

* Fleims Valley Railway
* Lokalbahn Mori–Arco–Riva
* Parenzana
* Val Gardena Railway (Grödner Railway)

Romania |

Main article: Mocăniță

* Vaser Valley line
* Covasna-Comandău line, tourist heritage railway
* Agnita railway line, tourist heritage railway over 7km Cornatel-Hosman section
* Turda-Abrud Narrow-Gauge Railway (operation suspended)
* Transylvanian mining railway (dismantled)
* Viseu – Valea Vaserului (operating)
* Brad–Criscior (operating)
* Covasna–Comandau (operating)
* Moldovita–Argel (operating)
* Abrud–Campeni (operating)
* Sovata – Campu Cetatii (operating)

Serbia |

* Šargan Eight tourist heritage railway

Slovakia |

* Čierny Hron River Railway
* Historical Logging Switchback Railway in Vychylovka
* Trenčianske Teplice tram line
* Several other logging railroads

Slovenia |

* Parenzana
* Railway Poljčane–Slovenske Konjice–Zreče

Uruguay |

* Ferrocarril Pan de Azucar - Piriapolis (defunct)

## See also

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* Trains portal

* List of town tramway systems in Croatia
* List of track gauges
* Sarajevo Tramway

## References

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1. ^ "Railroad Gauge Width". Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
2. ^ David Turnock (2006). The economy of East Central Europe 1815-1989: stages of transformation in a peripheral region. Routledge. p. 98.
3. ^ "Über das Unternehmen SLB Pinzgauer Lokalbahn". SLB Pinzgauer Lokalbahn. Archived from the original on 2012-07-03.
4. ^ "BosnianGauge - 760mm railway from 19th century". ciro.touripo.de. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
5. ^ a b c d Sándor Malatinszky. "A MÁV legnagyobb teljesítményű keskeny nyomtávolságú gőzmozdonyai" (in Hungarian). Magyar Közlekedési Közművelődésért Alapítvány (Hungarian Foundation for the Transportational Public Knowledge).
6. ^ "175 Years Railway in Austria". Privatbahn Magazin.
7. ^ Dominican Republic public service railways, 1870-1990 (Los ferrocarriles de servicio público de República Dominicana, 1870-1990) by Antonio Santamaría García (1993), table 4 "Empresas ferroviarias de servicio público de República Dominicana", pp. 13
8. ^ hu:2009-es magyarországi vasútbezárások

## External links

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* History of Bosnian railways

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Track gauge (list)

Minimum gauge|

* 15 in (381 mm)
* 400 mm (15+3⁄4 in)
* 16 in (406 mm)
* 18 in (457 mm)
* 19 in (483 mm)
* 500 mm (19+3⁄4 in)
* 20 in (508 mm)
* 21 in (533 mm)
* 1 ft 10 in (559 mm)

Narrow gauge|

* 2 foot and 600 mm
* 2 ft 3 in (686 mm)
* 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
* 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in)
* 2 ft 6 in (762 mm)
* 800 mm (2 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
* 891 mm (2 ft 11+3⁄32 in) Swedish three foot
* 900 mm (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in)
* 3 ft (914 mm)
* 950 mm (3 ft 1+3⁄8 in) Italian metre gauge
* 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
* 1,050 mm (3 ft 5+11⁄32 in),
* 1,055 mm (3 ft 5+1⁄2 in),
* 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
* 1,093 mm (3 ft 7 in),
* 1,100 mm (3 ft 7+5⁄16 in),
* 1,200 mm (3 ft 11+1⁄4 in)
* 4 ft (1,219 mm)
* 4 ft 1 in (1,245 mm), Middleton Railway
* 4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm), Scotch gauge
* 4 ft 6+1⁄2 in (1,384 mm), Scotch gauge
* 4 ft 7+3⁄4 in (1,416 mm)
* 4 ft 8 in (1,422 mm), almost standard gauge
* 4 ft 8+1⁄4 in (1,429 mm)
* 1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in)

Standard gauge|

* 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in / 1,435 mm, Stephenson gauge

Broad gauge|

* 1,440 mm (4 ft 8+11⁄16 in)
* 1,445 mm (4 ft 8+7⁄8 in)
* 1,450 mm (4 ft 9+3⁄32 in)
* 4 ft 9+3⁄8 in (1,457 mm)
* 1,458 mm (4 ft 9+13⁄32 in)
* 4 ft 10+7⁄8 in (1,495 mm), Toronto gauge
* 5 ft / 1,524 mm and 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in), Russian gauge.
* 5 ft 2+1⁄4 in / 1,581 mm and 5 ft 2+1⁄2 in / 1,588 mm, Pennsylvania gauge
* 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm), Irish gauge
* 5 ft 4+1⁄2 in (1,638 mm), Baltimore gauge
* 1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in), Iberian gauge
* 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm), Indian gauge
* 1,945 mm (6 ft 4+9⁄16 in), De Arend
* 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm), Brunel gauge
* 3,000 mm (9 ft 10+1⁄8 in), Breitspurbahn
* 8,200 mm (26 ft 10+27⁄32 in), Lärchwandschrägaufzug
* 9,000 mm (29 ft 6+5⁄16 in), Krasnoyarsk ship lift

List of track gauge articles|

* List of track gauges
* List of tram track gauges
* Miniature railways
* Minimum-gauge railways
* Large amusement railways

Gauge differences|

* Bogie exchange
* Break of gauge
* Dual gauge
* Gauge conversion
* list
* Variable gauge

Transport mode|

* Tram and light rail
* Rapid transit
* Miniature
* Scale model

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