Narrow-gauge railways in Hungary

Main article: Rail transport in Hungary

Forest railway depot in Gyöngyös Kecskemét Light Railway

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.

## Field railways

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* Balatonfenyves narrow-gauge railway, active in 2 lines
* Fishery Railway Hortobágy, closed since 2021
* Kecskemét Light Railway [de], only with draisine
* Nyírvidék Light Railway [de], closed in 2009
* Fishery Railway Szeged, active fishery railway
* Hemp Factory Railway Szegvár, closed in 2012
* Fishery Railway Tömörkény, closed in 2021

## Forest railways

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Kemence Forest Museum Railway

* Almamellék State Forest Railway, 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) narrow gauge
* Csömödér State Forest Railway, active forest railway
* Debrecen Forest Railway
* Felsőtárkány National Forest Railway
* Gemenc State Forest Railway, active forest railway
* Gödöllő Forest Railway [de], closed in 2023
* Gyöngyös State Forest Railway, active in 2 lines
* Kaszó Forest Railway
* Kemence Forest Museum Railway, 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) narrow gauge
* Királyrét State Forest Railway
* Lillafüred Forest Train
* Mesztegnyő Forest Railway, closed since 2023
* Pálháza State Forest Railway
* Szilvásvárad Forest Railway [de]
* Szob-Nagybörzsöny forest railway

## Children's railways

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* Budapest Children's Railway
* Mecseki narrow gauge railway
* Széchenyi Railway Museum
* Tiszakécske Children's Railway [de]

## Heritage railway

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* Vál Valley Light Railway

## References

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Hungarian Narrow Gauge Railways

Operational passenger railways|

* Almamellék
* Balatonfenyves
* Budapest
* Csömödér
* Debrecen (forest railway)
* Debrecen (amusement park)
* Felcsút
* Felsőtárkány
* Fertőboz
* Gyöngyös
* Kecskemét (draisine)
* Kemence
* Kismaros (forest railway)
* Kismaros (draisine)
* Mesztegnyő
* Miskolc
* Pécs
* Pálháza
* Pörböly
* Szenta
* Szilvásvárad
* Szob
* Tiszakécske

Industrial and agricultural railways|

* Nyíregyháza
* Szeged

Closed railways|

* Gödöllő
* Hortobágy
* Szegvár
* Tömörkény

Demolished railways|

* Bácsalmás
* Békéscsaba
* Brennbergbánya
* Cegléd
* Csongrád
* Dombóvár
* Dorog
* Dunaújváros
* Eger
* Ercsi
* Fegyvernek
* Felsőpetény
* Franciavágás
* Jánkmajtis
* Kaposvár
* Kapuvár
* Kazincbarcika
* Lepsény
* Miskolc (mine railway)
* Mezőhegyes
* Nagyatád
* Nagyvisnyó
* Oroszlány
* Ózd
* Salgótarján (cog-wheel)
* Sarkad
* Sárospatak
* Sopron
* Süttő
* Szabadkígyós
* Szeged
* Szegvár
* Szigetköz
* Szombathely
* Veszprém
* Villány

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Narrow-gauge railways in Europe

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
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* 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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