The French National Railways used to run a considerable number of lines, a few of which still operate mostly in tourist areas, such as the St Gervais-Vallorcine (Alps) and the "Petit Train Jaune" (little yellow train) in the Pyrenees. The original French scheme was that every sous-prefecture should be rail connected. Extensive gauge lines were also built for the sugar-beet industry in the north often using ex-military equipment after the First World War. Decauville was a famous French manufacturer of industrial narrow-gauge railway equipment and equipped one of the most extensive regional narrow-gauge railway, the Chemins de fer du Calvados. Corsica has a narrow-gauge network of two lines following the coast line, that are connected by one line crossing the island through highly mountainous terrain. The petit train d'Artouste, a tourist line in the Pyrenees, uses gauge.
Narrow-gauge funiculars
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- Chemin de Fer de la Vallée de l'Ouche;
- Chemin de Fer de Saint-Eutrope; 2.5 km, defunct
- Chemin de fer des Chanteraines; 5.5 km, operating
- Chemin de Fer des Combes; operating
- ; 4 km, operating
- ; 1.3 km, operating
- Chemin de fer du Val de Passey at Choloy-Ménillot
- Chemins de fer du Calvados; (1891-1944)
- Compagnie du chemin de fer de Semur en Vallon
- Conservatoire provençal de patrimoine de véhicules anciens
- Froissy Dompierre Light Railway; operating
- Le petit train de Bligny sur Ouche
- ; 2.5 km, operating
- ; 6 km, operating
- ; 3 km, operating
- Rail Rebecq Rognon
- ; 2.5 km, operating
- ; 3 km, operating
- ; 1.8 km, operating
- Tramway de Deauville; (1876-1905)
- Tramway de Pithiviers ÃÂ Toury; 80 km, part (30 km) operating as a heritage railway
- Tramway de Royan
- Tramway du Cap-Ferret; operating
- Trianon tramway; (1906-11)
- Towing tramway along the Marne-Rhine Canal between Arzviller and Niderviller.
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- Train de l'Andorge en Cevennes
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