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Narrow-gauge railways in Hungary

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in many places narrow-gauge railway was the only reasonable way to get around. In 1968 the Communist government started to implement a policy to dismantle the narrow-gauge network in favour of road traffic. Freight haulage on the few remaining lines continued to decline until 1990 from when a
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empire had a narrow-gauge rail network thousands of kilometres in length, most of it using
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patchwork of railways was gradually taken over by associations and forest managements for
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some railways were cut by the new border, many remained on the territory of
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that played a role in regional transport until December 2009.
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purposes. State Railways operated narrow-gauge railways at
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in a national park, 5 km, part of former extensive
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Index

Rail transport in Hungary

MĂĄtra
Gyöngyös

Austria-Hungary
Bosnian gauge
760 mm
600 mm
Treaty of Trianon
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
World War II
tourist
NyĂ­regyhĂĄza
Kecskemét
track gauge
760 mm
Kecskemét narrow-gauge network
NyĂ­regyhĂĄza narrow-gauge network
Balatonfenyves Narrow Gauge Railway

Kemence Forest Railway
Almamellék Forest Railway
600 mm
narrow gauge
Csömödér Forest Railway
Gemenc State Forest Railway
Debrecen Forest Railway

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