The former Victorian Railways, the state railway authority in Victoria, Australia, built a number of experimental 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow-gauge lines...

Melbourne, Australia. The railway was one of the five narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways which opened around the beginning of the 20th century. It...

thousand British narrow-gauge railways ranging from large, historically significant common carriers to small, short-lived industrial railways. Many notable...

over their operations. Most of the lines operated by the Victorian Railways were of 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm). However, the railways also operated up to five...

since the 19th century. As of 2022[update], there are 11,914 kilometres (7,403 mi) of narrow-gauge railways, 18,007 kilometres (11,189 mi) of standard...

triplication Narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways Railway accidents in Victoria Railways in Melbourne Regional Rail Link Victorian broad gauge Bradshaw's...

Standard Gauge" (3 ft [914 mm] narrow gauge) and together they comprise about 65 miles (105 km) of Victorian railways and tramways. The Isle of Man Railway Museum...

The T class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for the Victorian Railways between 1955 and 1968. In July 1954, the...

number of narrow-gauge railways. In some states they formed the core statewide network, but in the others they were either a few government branch lines, or...

403 mi) of narrow gauge (1067 mm / 3 ft 6 in) lines. Additionally, about 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) of 610 mm / 2 ft gauge lines support the sugar-cane...

A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in). The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George...

from the main line to Port Fairy at Colac to Beech Forest and later to Crowes. It was the third of four narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways, opening...

Railways with a track gauge of 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) fall within the category of broad gauge railways. As of 2022[update], they were extant in Australia...

narrow gauge lines that have been regauged into 1,435 mm or 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in standard gauge) and some private railways in Japan (including some lines of...

outlines the history and types of passenger rolling stock and guards vans on the narrow-gauge lines of the Victorian Railways in Australia. The types were...

destination of Walhalla. Construction began in 1904. The line closed in sections from 1944 to 1954. The last of the four narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways...

Unlike the broad-gauge, the Victorian Railways' 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow-gauge network never had four-wheeled trucks (aside from a handful of trollies)...

The B class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for the Victorian Railways in 1952–1953. Ordered and operated by the...

subsequent Victorian lines were built to broad gauge (1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in), gauge). In 1856, the government-owned South Australian Railways opened its...

The Victorian Railways L class was a class of electric locomotives built by English Electric and operated by the Victorian Railways and later V/Line from...

addition, the individual carriages were narrower and shorter in both length and width against their predecessors, to fit the Melbourne loading gauge. Altogether...

Billy Railway), one of the five narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways. In 1954, the narrow gauge line was closed. However, the line as far as Belgrave...

are all of 1435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge. The country railways were initially owned by South Australian Railways. The narrow gauge lines north...

Whitfield railway line operated in the King Valley from 1899 to 1953. One of four narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways, the 50-kilometre line operated...

on standard gauge transfer bogies. Sprinters feature a mix of 3x2 and 2x2 economy seats arranged so that half of them face the direction of travel at any...

on the narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways, works regularly on the Puffing Billy Railway in the Dandenong Ranges outside Melbourne. The Puffing...

narrow-gauge railways, which took up less space, were lighter and easier to build and enabled tight curves to be laid, were preferred. These were the...

with the Victorian Government, in addition to upgrade works necessary for the operation of the trains. The HCMTs currently run all services on the Cranbourne...

majority of railway lines were government built and operated, but there were also several private railways, some of which operate to this day. During the 20th...

locomotives from gauge-isolated branch lines to main maintenance centres. The South Australian and Victorian Railways used broad gauge transporter wagons...