Narrow-gauge railways in Slovenia
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Most Slovenian railway lines were built during the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Overview
1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge
- Ljubljana tram system; 18.5 km (11.5 mi), 1901-1958
760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in) gauge
- Poljčane - Zreče; 20.8 km (12.9 mi), closed.
- Piran tram system; 5 km (3.1 mi) 750 V DC electrified tram, 1907-1952
- Parenzana railway; Triest - Škofije - Sečovlje border - Poreč, 33 km (21 mi), 1902-1935.
750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge
- Kobarid - Pojana border - Cividale del Friuli, 9 km (5.6 mi), Società Veneta 1915-1932
620 mm (2 ft 13⁄32 in) gauge
- Postojna Cave railway in Postojna; 2.5 km (1.6 mi) double track, opened in 1872.[citation needed]
600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) gauge
- Brestanica to the north; 6 km (3.7 mi), closed construction railway.
See also
- List of steam locomotives in Slovenia
- Ljubljana Castle funicular, 70 m (230 ft), opened in 2006.
- Slovenian Railway Museum