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Narrow gauge railways in the Netherlands


Numerous industrial narrow-gauge lines were built for peat extraction, clay extraction for brickworks and construction sites. The dominant gauge for industrial lines was 700 mm (2 ft 3 916 in), contrary to the 600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in) gauge used in neighbouring countries.

Nowadays, a lot of this industrial rail heritage is preserved in museums or in theme parks, such as the Efteling Steam Train Company.

The majority of the Dutch narrow-gauge railways were built as steam tram networks, predominantly with 750 mm (2 ft 5 12 in) and 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) track gauge.


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