Narrow-gauge railways in India

This is a list of former and current narrow-gauge railways in India. All railways except the heritage ones are closed or under conversion/are converted to the nationwide standard gauge, under Project Unigauge.

Despite attempts to convert the entire country into broad-gauge all Metro systems and Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor are done under standard-gauge railway.

Defunct lines

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• Assam Bengal Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Bareilly–Pilibheet Provincial State Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Bengal Nagpur Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Bhavnagar State Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Bikaner State Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Cawnpore–Barabanki Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Cochin State Forest Tramway (closed)
• Cooch Behar State Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Dhrangadhra Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway (most lines converted to broad gauge)
• Gondal State Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Jaipur State Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Jamnagar & Dwarka Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Jetalsar–Rajkot Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Jodhpur State Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Junagadh State Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Kathiawar State Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Lucknow–Sitapur–Seramow Provincial State Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Mashrak–Thawe Extension Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Morvi Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Mysore State Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Nawabganj Sugar Factory Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Okhamandal State Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Porbandar State Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Rajputana–Malwa Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Southern Mahratta Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• West of India Portuguese Railway (converted to broad gauge)

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• Barsi Light Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Bengal Provincial Railway (closed)
• Bhavnagar Tramway (closed)
• Cherra Companyganj State Railways (closed)
• Cooch Behar State Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Cutch State Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Dehri Rohtas Light Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Dholpur–Sarmathura Railway (being converted to broad gauge)
• Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Martin's Light Railways (converted to broad gauge)
• Mayurbhanj State Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• McLeod's Light Railways (converted to broad gauge)
• Morvi Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Nasik Tramway (closed)
• Pachora–Jamner railway (to be converted to broad gauge)
• Parlakimedi Light Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Rajpipla State Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Satpura Railway (under conversion to broad gauge)
• Shakuntala Railway (under conversion to broad gauge) (Yavatmal - Murtizapur - Achalpur section and Arvi - Pulgaon section).
• Abhanpur - Rajim/Dhamtari (under conversion to broad gauge)
• Itwari - Nagbhir (under conversion to broad gauge)

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• Gwalior Light Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Jorehaut Provincial Railway (converted to broad gauge)
• Kundala Valley Railway (closed)
• Martin's Light Railways (converted to broad gauge)
• Ryam Sugar Factory Railway (converted to broad gauge)

List of operational lines

References