Numerous industrial narrow-gauge lines were built for peat extraction, clay extraction for brickworks and construction sites. The dominant gauge for industrial lines was , contrary to the gauge used in neighbouring countries.
Nowadays, much of this industrial rail heritage is preserved in museums or in theme parks, such as the Efteling Steam Train Company.
The majority of the Dutch narrow-gauge railways were built as steam tram networks, predominantly with and track gauge.
Tram
Narrow-gauge heritage railways
- Amsteltrein; , 3,7 km, park railway
- Decauville Spoorweg Museum (Permanently closed in 2014)); 1,2 km and running line and , , , , , , , , , and collection, mainly focused on (Decauville) field railways.
- Eerste Drentse vereniging van Stoomliefhebbers in the peat heritage museum in Barger-Compascuum; 4 km, .
- Efteling Steam Train Company, , amusement park
- Gelderse Smalspoor Stichting; , brickworks
- Industrieel Smalspoor Museum; , a former peat railway
- Stichting Rijssens Leemspoor; , industrial and park
- Stichting voorheen RTM; , preserves the heritage of the Rotterdamse Tramweg Maatschappij.
- Stoomtrein Valkenburgse Meer; , 4.5 km, part of the Nationaal Smalspoormuseum (National Narrow-gauge Railway Museum)
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