Metre-gauge railways ( US : meter-gauge railways ) are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of 1,000 mm ( 3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in ) or 1 metre .
4-560: Rajputana–Malwa Railway was a 1,000 mm ( 3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in ) ( metre gauge ) railway line which ran from Delhi to Ajmer and from Ajmer to Indore and Ahmedabad . It was earlier known as Rajputana State Railway until 1882 when it was renamed. It was opened on 18 August 1876. The railway was renamed as Rajputana–Malwa Railway when a new line from Ajmer to Khandwa via New Ujjain Junction , Indore Junction , Indore New Rajendra Nagar Terminus and Mhow
8-671: The world. It was used by several European colonial powers including France, Britain and Germany in their colonies. In Europe, large metre-gauge networks remain in use in Switzerland, Spain and many European towns with urban trams , but most metre-gauge local railways in France , Germany and Belgium closed down in the mid-20th century, although some still remain. With the revival of urban rail transport, metre-gauge light metros were built in some cities. The slightly-wider 1,009 mm ( 3 ft 3 + 23 ⁄ 32 in ) gauge
12-734: Was added to it. On 9 March 1885 Jodhpur was connected to this network from Marwar Junction with metre gauge track and later became part of the Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway. F-734 , the first locomotive built in India, was built by the Ajmer workshop of the Rajputana Malwa Railway in 1895. This locomotive with outside connecting and side rods was used on Rajputana Malwa as well as Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway systems. The management of Rajputana-Malwa Railway
16-513: Was taken over by the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway (B.B.C.I.) in 1889 and it was absorbed into BBCI in 1900. The railway lines were converted to 1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in ) broad gauge in sections from 1994 till 2017. This Indian rail transport related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Metre gauge Metre gauge is used in around 95,000 kilometres (59,000 mi) of tracks around
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