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.
Operational lines +ZoneNameFromToOperational lengthOther informationSouthern RailwayNilgiri Mountain Railway 1000mmMettupalayam (MTP)Udhagamandalam(UAM)46 km UNESCO Heritage SiteWestern RailwayPatalpani–Kalakund section 1000mm15 kmNorth Eastern RailwayMailani–Nanpara section 1000mmMailaniNanpara171 kmNorthern RailwayKalka–Shimla Railway 762mmKalkaShimla96.6 km UNESCO Heritage SiteNorthern RailwayKangra Valley Railway 762mmPathankotJoginder Nagar164 km UNESCO Heritage Site (tentative list)Western RailwayBilimora–Waghai section 762mmBilimoraWaghai63 km Heritage airconditioned train service in operation since 2021.Northeast Frontier RailwayDarjeeling Himalayan Railway 610mmNew Jalpaiguri (NJP)Darjeeling83.9 km UNESCO Heritage SiteCentral RailwayMatheran Hill Railway 610mmNeral Matheran21 km UNESCO Heritage Site (tentative list)
Defunct lines
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)
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)
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)
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