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Narrow gauge railways in Croatia

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There are currently no operational narrow-gauge railway lines in Croatia. In some cities there are still metre-gauge tram networks.

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Metre gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)

Osijek–Donji Miholjac, 51 km, closed 1970.

Bosnian gauge 760 mm (2 ft 5 15⁄16 in)

  • Parenzana railway, Trieste (Italy) – Capodistria–Koper (Slovenia)–Parenzo (Poreč, Croatia). Dismantled, in formerly Italian territory. Single track, 122,88 km.
  • Samoborček railway, Zagreb–Samobor via Podsused. Single track, 19 km. Later extended to Bregana, now dismantled.
  • The former Steinbeis railway starting in Knin and crossed the border to Bosnia and Herzegovina, replaced with the standard-gauge "Unska pruga" route in 1948.
  • Sinjska rera railway, Split–Sinj, dismantled 1963
  • Railway from Gabela to Zelenika
  • Branch: Uskoplje–Dubrovnik–Gruž

    • Decauville 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in)

  • Raša (Štalije)–Mine, single track, ~ 7 km
  • Plomin Luka to mine, single track, ~12 km

    • Metre-gauge trams

    Current

  • Osijek tram system
  • Zagreb Tramway

    • Former

  • Dubrovnik tram
  • Opatija tram
  • Trams in Pula
  • Trams in Rijeka

    • References

    Narrow-gauge railways in Croatia Wikipedia
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