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800 mm gauge railways
800 mm gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways built to a track gauge of 800 mm (2 ft 7+1⁄2 in).
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.
| Country/territory | Railway |
|---|---|
| Germany | Ernstbahn (defunct adhesion railway) |
| Museumsfeldbahn Leipzig-Lindenau (preserved adhesion railway) | |
| Zahnradbahn Zuckerfabrik Schulau (defunct rack railway) | |
| Japan | Kurama-dera Cable (funicular) |
| Norway | Mågelibanen (funicular) |
| Poland | Kolej Jabłonowska (defunct adhesion railway) |
| Kolej Wilanowska (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 (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 |
- List of track gauges
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