narrow-gauge railway

rail track gauges narrower than standard track gauge (1435 mm, 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
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narrow-gauge railway

Summary

narrow-gauge railway has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • narrow-gauge railway is a type of railway line[2].
  • narrow-gauge railway's Commons category is recorded as Narrow gauge railways[3].
  • narrow-gauge railway's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Narrow-gauge railways[4].
  • narrow-gauge railway's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as railway=narrow_gauge[5].
  • narrow-gauge railway's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • narrow-gauge railway's has characteristic is recorded as track gauge[7].

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Definition and Type

narrow-gauge railway is a type of railway line[2].

Influence

Things named for narrow-gauge railway include Ferrocarriles de Vía Estrecha[8], a public enterprise[9], in Spain[10], founded in 1965[11], headquartered in Madrid[12] and Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway[13], a rail company (Japan)[14], in Japan[15], founded in 2015[16], headquartered in Yokkaichi[17].

Why It Matters

narrow-gauge railway has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Entities named for it include Ferrocarriles de Vía Estrecha[8], a public enterprise[9], in Spain[10], founded in 1965[11], headquartered in Madrid[12] and Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway[13], a rail company (Japan)[14], in Japan[15], founded in 2015[16], headquartered in Yokkaichi[17].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Q24499344. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Q24499344. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [9] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Q6664
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  2. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0005321-uzkorozchodne-trate
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  3. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → railway line
    Has characteristic → track gauge
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007560602905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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