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 .
2-803: Patalpani–Kalakund Heritage Train is a metre-gauge passenger train of the Indian Railways, which runs between Patalpani railway station , Mhow in Madhya Pradesh and Kalakund in Madhya Pradesh . It is being operated with 52965/52966 train numbers, which operates three days a week i.e Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The halts of the train are: The Patalpani–Kalakund Heritage Train runs with an average speed of 6 km/h and completes 15 km in 2 hours 20 minutes. The 52966/Kalakund–Patalpani Heritage Train runs with an average speed of 16 km/h and completes 15 km in 56 minutes. The train consist of 6 coaches: Both trains are hauled by
4-744: A Mhow Loco Shed based YDM-4 diesel locomotive from Patalpani to Kalakund and vice versa. A Banker locomotive is attached from Kalakund to Patalpani due to steep incline of 1:40 gradient. Metre-gauge Metre gauge is used in around 95,000 kilometres (59,000 mi) of tracks around 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
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