Pelgorskoye peat railway

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Pelgorskoye peat railway is a small, narrow-gauge railway in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It runs on 750 mm (2 ft 5 1/2 in) gauge for about 20 kilometers. The line opened in 1950, starting from the village of Ryabovo and reaching peat fields in the Tosnensky District to haul peat and workers year-round.

At its peak, the railway stretched more than 25 kilometers, but about 20 kilometers remain in use. In 2001, the Pelgorskoe-M Peat Company began upgrading the line between the mine and the processing facilities, and a peat factory was opened in 2004. The track was repaired again in 2016, and the railway continues to operate year-round.