The Piaseczno and Grójec Narrow-gauge Railway (

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: ''Piaseczyńska Kolej Wąskotorowa''), until 2004 known as the Grójec Commuter Railway (

: ''Grójecka Kolej Dojazdowa'') is the tourist

narrow-gauge railway A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge (distance between the rails) narrower than . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter cur ...

service in

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, operated by the Piaseczno–Grójec Narrow-Gauge Railway Society, with the

metre-gauge railway Metre-gauge railways ( US: meter-gauge railways) are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre. Metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by several European colonial powers including France, Britain and ...

(1,000 mm) line. It was originally opened in 1900, and operated as a local transit railway line in Warsaw and it suburbia. Currently, most of the historical lines has been closed, with the remaining stations serving as a tourist attraction.Ryszard Mączewski: Warszawa między wojnami. Łódź: Księży Młyn, p. 61. ISBN 978-83-61253-51-8.

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