List of 2 ft 3 in gauge railways
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A list of known 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) narrow track gauge railways:
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Corris Railway
| Name | Opened | Closed | Length | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway [1][2] | 1877 | 1932[3] | 6 miles (9.7 km) | Mull of Kintyre, Scotland | Remote line serving coal mines and passengers on the Kintyre peninsula. |
| Caphouse Colliery[4] | 1988 | present | c. Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | National Coal Mining Museum, Wakefield | Demonstration funicular railway. |
| Corris Railway | 1859 | present | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). [3] | Machynlleth, Wales | Built to carry slate from the Corris district. Closed after flooding of the Afon Dyfi. Reopened in 2002. |
| Hendra China Stone Quarry[5] | 1860s | 1967 after | Unknown | Nanpean, England | Internal quarry tramway system with cable hauled inclines. |
| Huncoat Colliery | Unknown | 1968?[6] | Unknown | Huncoat, England | National Coal Board mine railway. One diesel was sold to the Talyllyn Railway, and runs as No. 9 Alf.[7][8] |
| Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway[3] | 1897 | 1899 | 7 miles (11.3 km)[3] | Talybont, Wales | Short-lived line serving the lead mines around Hafan. |
| Quarry Close China Stone Works[5] | 1863 | 1973 | Unknown | Nanpean, England | A network of lines connecting several quarries to the GWR branch line from Drinnick Mill. |
| Talyllyn Railway[3] | 1865 | present | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). | Tywyn, Wales | Built to carry slate from Bryneglwys quarry to the coast. |
| York Gasworks Company[9] | 1915 | 1959 | c. Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | York, England | Electrified railway, operated by a locomotive built by Dick, Kerr & Co. |
Similar gauges
No railways of an identical gauge are known outside Britain, though lines of 700 mm (2 ft 3 9⁄16 in) are known in Latvia and Romania (see Narrow gauge railway) and several Cuban sugar cane railways.[10]
Other British railways of similar, but not identical, gauge were:
- Snailbeach District Railways, 2 ft 4 in (711 mm) gauge
- Welbeck Colliery, Nottinghamshire, 2 ft 4 in (711 mm) gauge,[11] which closed in 2010.[12]
- Glyn Valley Tramway, 2 ft 4 1⁄2 in (724 mm) gauge
See also
References
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