Mountain railway
A mountain railway is a railway that operates in a mountainous region. It may operate through the mountains by following mountain valleys and tunneling beneath mountain passes, or it may climb a mountain to provide transport to and from the summit.
Mountain railways often use narrow gauge tracks to allow for tight curves in the track and reduce tunnel size and structure gauge, and hence construction cost and effort. Where mountain railways need to climb steep gradients, they may use steep grade railway technology, or even operate as funicular railways.
List of mountain railways
Argentina
- Mendoza to Los Andes, Chile, see Chile below
Australia
Austria
- Achensee Railway
- Arlberg Railway
- Mariazell Railway
- Pöstlingberg Railway
- Semmering Railway – A World Heritage Site
Bolivia
- Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia
- Ferrocarril de [Arica a La Paz], Arica–La Paz
- Rio Mulatos-Potosí line
Brazil
Canada
- BC Rail, crosses the Pacific Coast Range of the Coast Mountains
- Kicking Horse Pass
- Rogers Pass
- White Pass and Yukon Route
- Yellowhead Pass
Chile
- Ferrocarill Arica La Paz, Arica–La Paz
- Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia
- El [Transandine Railway|Ferrocarril Trasandino Los Andes – Mendoza], Los Andes – Mendoza. The rebuild will be adhesion only.
China
Colombia
Croatia
Eritrea
France
- Artouste (Petit train d')
- La Rhune (Petit train de)
- Mont Blanc Tramway
- Saint Gervais-Vallorcine (Ligne de)
- Ligne de Cerdagne
Germany
- Harz Railway or
- *Rübeland Railway
- *Harz Narrow Gauge Railways
- **Brocken Railway
- **Selke Valley Railway
- Schwarza Valley Railway
Georgia
India
- Darjeeling Himalayan Railway – A world Heritage Site
- Nilgiri Mountain Railway – A world Heritage Site
- Kalka-Shimla Railway – A world Heritage Site
- Kangra Valley Railway
- Matheran Hill Railway
- Jammu–Baramulla line
Isle of Man
Israel
Japan
- Aizu Railway
- Chuo Main Line
- Dosan Line
- Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line
- Eizan Electric Railway
- Etsumi North Line
- Hakone Tozan Railway
- Hakubi Line
- Hisatsu Line
- Hohi Main Line
- Iida Line
- Joetsu Line
- Fujikyuko Line
- Geibi Line
- Hokuetsu Express Hokuhoku Line
- Kamaishi Line
- Keihan Keishin Line
- Kintetsu Nara Line
- Kisuki Line
- Kobe Electric Railway
- Kurobe Gorge Railway
- Minobu Line
- Nagaragawa Railway
- Nankai Koya Line
- Ou Main Line, including Yamagata Shinkansen through services
- Oito Line
- Seibu Chichibu Line
- Sekisho Line
- Shinonoi Line
- The former Shin'etsu Main Line over the Usui Pass
- Tadami Line
- Takayama Main Line
- Yagan Railway
Mexico
New Zealand
- Rimutaka Incline Commenced operation in 1878 and ceased operation in 1955.
Norway
Peru
- Empresa nacional de ferrocarriles del Peru
- Ferrocarril Central Andino
- Ferrocarril Huancayo - Huancavelica,
- Ferrocarril del sur de Peru Arequipa – Puno,
- Cusco - Machu Picchu, Cusco – Machu Picchu
Romania
- Ploiești – Brașov railway
- Brașov – Sibiu – Arad railway
- Râmnicu Vâlcea – Sibiu railway
- Târgu Jiu – Simeria railway
- Drobeta-Turnu Severin – Caransebeș railway
- Oravița – Anina railway
- Cluj-Napoca – Oradea railway
- Brașov – Miercurea Ciuc – Deda railway, and Brașov – Întorsura Buzăului
- Salva – Sighetu Marmației railway
- Adjud – Siculeni railway
- Suceava – Ilva Mică railway, and Vama – Moldovița
- Arad – Ineu – Brad
- Buzău – Nehoiașu
Russia
- Apsheronsk narrow-gauge railway – located in the Krasnodar Krai, gauge of.
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Switzerland
- Appenzell Railways
- Lauterbrunnen–Mürren Mountain Railway
- Rheineck–Walzenhausen mountain railway
- Lötschberg railway
- Bernese Oberland Railway
- Chemin de fer Aigle-Sépey-Diablerets
- Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans
- Montreux–Glion–Rochers-de-Naye railway line
- Chemin de fer Nyon-St-Cergue-Morez
- Emmental-Burgdorf-Thun-Bahn
- Gornergratbahn
- Gotthardbahn
- Jungfraubahn
- Harderbahn
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
- Monte Generoso Railway
- Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line
- Pilatusbahn
- Rhätische Bahn
- Rheineck–Walzenhausen mountain railway
- Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn
- Schynige Platte Bahn
- Transports de Martigny et Régions
- Trogenerbahn
- Uetlibergbahn
- Wädenswil–Einsiedeln railway
- Wengernalpbahn
- Waldenburgerbahn
- Zentralbahn
Taiwan
United Kingdom
- Brecon Mountain Railway
- Cairngorm Mountain Railway
- Conwy Valley line
- Ffestiniog Railway
- Highland Main Line
- Settle–Carlisle line
- Snowdon Mountain Railway
- Welsh Highland Railway
- West Highland Line
United States
- Alamogordo and Sacramento Mountain Railway
- Boca and Loyalton Railroad
- Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company
- Cascade Tunnel
- Cass Scenic Railroad State Park
- Central Pacific Railroad
- Denver and [Rio Grande Western Railroad]
- Denver and Salt Lake Railway
- Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
- Feather River Route
- Green Mountain Cog Railway
- Georgetown Loop Railroad
- Gilpin Railroad
- Lookout Mountain Incline Railway in Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Michigan-California Lumber Company
- Mount Lowe Railway
- Mount Tom Railroad
- Mountain Division
- Northwestern Pacific Railroad
- Otis Elevating Railway
- Raton Pass
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad
- San Diego and Arizona Railway
- Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
- Silver City, Pinos Altos and Mogollon Railroad
- Silverton Railroad
- Tehachapi Loop
- Uintah Railway
- White Pass and Yukon Route