800 mm gauge railways
# 800 mm gauge railways

By transport mode :

Tram · Rapid transit Miniature · Scale model :

By size (list) :

Minimum :

| Minimum | Minimum | Minimum |
| - | - | - |
| Fifteen inch | 381 mm | (15 in) |
| Narrow | Narrow | Narrow |
| 600 mm Two foot Two foot three inch | 600 mm 610 mm 686 mm | (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) (2 ft) (2 ft 3 in) |
| 750 mm Bosnian gauge Two foot six inch | 750 mm 760 mm 762 mm | (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in) (2 ft 6 in) |
| Swedish three foot 900 mm Three foot Italian metre | 891 mm 900 mm 914 mm 950 mm | (2 ft 11+3⁄32 in) (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in) (3 ft) (3 ft1+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 0 in) |
| Four foot six inch | 1,372 mm | (4 ft 6 in) |
| 1432 mm | 1,432 mm | (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in) |
| Standard | 1,435 mm | (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
| Broad | Broad | Broad |
| Italian broad gauge Dresden gauge | 1,445 mm 1,450 mm | (4 ft 8+7⁄8 in) (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 Five foot | 1,520 mm 1,524 mm | (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) (5 ft) |
| Pennsylvania gauge Pennsylvania gauge Five foot three inch | 1,581 mm 1,588 mm 1,600 mm | (5 ft 2+1⁄4 in) (5 ft 2+1⁄2 in) (5 ft 3 in) |
| Baltimore gauge | 1,638 mm | (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) |
| Iberian gauge Five foot six inch | 1,668 mm 1,676 mm | (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in) (5 ft 6 in) |
| Six foot | 1,829 mm | (6 ft) |
| Brunel | 2,140 mm | (7 ft 1⁄4 in) |

Change of gauge :

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By location :

North America · South America · Europe · Australia :

800 mm gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways built to a track gauge of 800 mm (2 ft 7+1⁄2 in).

Whilst this gauge is uncommon amongst adhesion railways, some of the world's best known rack railways are built to it. Six of these are in Switzerland, including the world's steepest rack line (the Pilatus Railway) and the world's longest pure rack line (the Wengernalp Railway), whilst the United Kingdom's only rack railway (the Snowdon Mountain Railway) is also to this gauge. A few funicular railways are also built to this gauge.

## Installations

| Country/territory | Railway |
| - | - |
| Germany | Ernstbahn [de] (defunct adhesion railway) Museumsfeldbahn Leipzig-Lindenau [de] (preserved adhesion railway) Zahnradbahn Zuckerfabrik Schulau [de] (defunct rack railway) |
| Japan | Kurama-dera Cable (funicular) |
| Norway | Mågelibanen (funicular) |
| Poland | Kolej Jabłonowska [pl] (defunct adhesion railway) Kolej Wilanowska [de; pl] (regauged to 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) in 1936; defunct) Marecka Kolej Dojazdowa (regauged to 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) in 1951; defunct adhesion railway) |
| Romania | Waldbahn Moldovița [de] (regauged to 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in) in 1909) |
| Switzerland | Brienz–Rothorn railway (rack railway) Monte Generoso railway (rack railway) Montreux–Glion–Rochers-de-Naye railway (rack railway) Parsenn funicular (funicular) Pilatus railway (rack railway) Riffelalp tram (adhesion tramway) Schynige Platte railway (rack railway) Wengernalp railway (rack railway) |
| United Kingdom | Snowdon Mountain Railway (rack railway) Trafalgar Colliery tramway, Forest of Dean |
