Narrow-gauge railways in Hungary

Main article: Rail transport in Hungary

Mátra railway in Gyöngyös Kecskemét narrow-gauge network

The former Austria-Hungary empire had a narrow-gauge rail network thousands of kilometres in length, most of it using Bosnian gauge 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in) or 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) gauge, constructed between 1870 and 1920. Landlords, mines, agricultural and forest estates established their own branch lines which, as they united into regional networks, increasingly played a role in regional passenger traffic. Following the Treaty of Trianon some railways were cut by the new border, many remained on the territory of Romania, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. Due to a lack of intact roads, following World War II in many places narrow-gauge railway was the only reasonable way to get around. In 1968 the Communist government started to implement a policy to dismantle the narrow-gauge network in favour of road traffic. Freight haulage on the few remaining lines continued to decline until 1990 from when a patchwork of railways was gradually taken over by associations and forest managements for tourist purposes. State Railways operated narrow-gauge railways at Nyíregyháza and Kecskemét that played a role in regional transport until December 2009.

Most railways have a track gauge of 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in), unless otherwise specified.

## Common carrier railways

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* Kecskemét narrow-gauge network (no operation since 2009)
* Nyíregyháza narrow-gauge network (no operation since 2009)
* Balatonfenyves Narrow Gauge Railway

## Forest railways

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Kemence Forest Railway and narrow-gauge museum

* Almamellék Forest Railway, 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) narrow gauge
* Csömödér Forest Railway
* Gemenc State Forest Railway
* Debrecen Forest Railway
* Felsőtárkány Forest Railway, Southern Bükk Mountains, near Eger, now a tourist railway, (see below).
* Kemence Forest Museum Railway, 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) narrow gauge
* Királyrét Forest Railway – Kismaros
* Lillafüred Forest Train, now a tourist railway, 2 lines Miskolc – Lillafüred – Újmassa and Miskolc – Mahóca.
* Mesztegnyő Forest Railway
* Nagybörzsöny Forest Railway – Nagyírtás \- Márianosztra \- Szob
* Pálháza Forest Railway
* Mátra railway, 2 lines, Gyöngyös–Mátrafüred / Lajosháza

## Children's railways

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* Budapest Children's railway, the 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in) Gyermekvasút.[1][2]
* Mecsek Children's railway, Pécs
* Tiszakécske Children's railway (Suspended in 2009, Reopened in 2021)
* Széchenyi Museum Railway (operated by children)

## Heritage railways

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* Szalajka-Eisenbahn Szilvasvarad – Szalajka-völgy, tourist railway in a national park, 5 km, part of former extensive Felsőtárkány Forest Railway
* Széchenyi Museum Railway
* Vál Valley Light Railway

## References

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1. ^ Children's Railway
2. ^ Zsuzsi Scenic Railway Debrecen

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Hungarian Narrow Gauge Railways

Operational passenger railways|

* Almamellék
* Balatonfenyves
* Csömödér
* Debrecen (Amusement Park)
* Debrecen (Zsuzsi)
* Felcsút
* Felsőtárkány
* Gemenc
* Gödöllő (under construction)
* Gyermekvasút
* Hortobágy
* Kaszó
* Kemence
* Királyrét
* Királyréti Hajtánypálya
* Lillafüred
* Mátravasút
* Mesztegnyő
* Nagycenk
* Pálháza
* Pécs
* Szilvásvárad
* Szob–Nagybörzsöny

Industrial and agricultural railways|

* Fehér-tó
* Szegvár Hemp Factory
* Tömörkény

Closed railways|

* Kecskeméti Kisvasút
* Nyírvidéki Kisvasút
* Tiszakécske

Lifted railways|

* Alföld Network
* Bácsalmás
* Brennbergbánya
* Cegléd
* Csongrád
* Dombóvár
* Dorog
* Dunaújváros
* Eger
* Ercsi
* Fegyvernek
* Felsőpetény
* Franciavágás
* Bodrogköz-Hegyköz
* Jánkmajtis
* Kaposvár
* Kapuvár
* Kazincbarcika
* Lepsény
* Lyukó
* Mezőhegyes
* Nagyvisnyó
* Oroszlány
* Ókígyós
* Ózd–Borsodnádasd
* Pereces
* Ropoly
* Salgótarján
* Sarkad
* Simongát
* Tram of Sopron
* Süttő
* Szeghalom
* Szegvár
* Szeged
* Szigetköz
* Trams of Szombathely
* Veszprém
* Villány

Relaid with standard gauge track|

* Bánréve–Ózd-vasútvonal
* Kazincbarcika–Rudabánya-vasútvonal
* Experimental tram line on Grand Boulevard
* Pestszentlőrinc

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Sovereign states|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
*   * Italy
* Kazakhstan
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
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* Malta
* Moldova
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* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom

States with limited
recognition|

* Abkhazia
* Kosovo
* Northern Cyprus
* South Ossetia
* Transnistria

Dependencies and
other entities|

* Åland
* Faroe Islands
* Gibraltar
* Guernsey
* Isle of Man
* Jersey
* Svalbard

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