Track gauges
Gauge | Country | Firms / Operator / Company |
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381 mm | England | Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch: Miniature railway carrying passengers. |
457 mm | England | Crewe works. |
500 mm | The whole world | Military and industrial Railways. |
520 mm | Sweden | Industrial railway at Sandvikens Järnverk. |
600 mm | Sweden, Wales, Namibia, the whole world | Decauville gauge. Military and industrial railways. The Festiniog Railway in Wales, among other places, In Namibia after World War II was converted to 1067 mm. |
610 mm | India, the whole world | Widespread narrow gauge, industrial and military Railways. |
650 mm | Marocco | |
686 mm | British Commonwealth | Equal to 2 feet 3 inches (English). |
693 mm | Sweden | Industrial Railway at Kvarnsvedens Pappersbruk. |
700 mm | The whole world | Military and industrial Railways. |
750 mm | The former USSR, Argentina, the whole world | In the USSR widespread narrow gauge system. Industrial and military railways. In Argentina, among other places, the Rio Turbio railway for ore transport. |
760 mm | Bosnia, Austria, India, Cuba, Dubrovnik | Bosnian Narrow Gauge Railway. Widespread in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. |
762 mm | India, South Africa, Cuba | In South Africa converted to 1067 mm. |
785 mm | Germany | The Rhein-Sieg-Railway (east of Bonn), was closed in 1967. |
785 mm | Poland, Eastern Europe | Various small railways. |
791 mm | Denmark | Faxe Railway. |
800 mm | Switzerland, Sweden | e.g. Wengernalpbahn. |
802 mm | Sweden | e.g. Bredsjö-Degerfors Railway. |
838 mm | British Commonwealth | Equal to 2 feet 9 inches (English). |
880 mm | Norway | Works railway at Sundland Torvstrofabrikk. |
891 mm | Sweden | Equal to 3 foot (Swedish). |
900 mm | Linz, Lisbon | Industrial Railways. |
900 mm | Germany | In the public railways on the North Sea island of Borkum and between Bad Doberan and Baltic Sea resort of Kühlungsborn. |
914 mm | New Zealand, Isle of Man, USA, Kuba, ganze Welt | Gleich 3 Fuss (englisch). In den USA u.a. die Denver & Rio Grande Western. |
915 mm | Peru | |
925 mm | Germany | Chemnitz Tramways until 1988. |
950 mm | Eritrea, Italy | Standard narrow gauge track width in Italy, which also once occupied Eritrea. |
991 mm | British Commonwealth | Equal to 3 feet 3 Inches (English). |
1000 mm | Switzerland, India, Africa, Vietnam | A track width, which has been used all over the world. Equal to 3 feet 3 3/8 inches (English). |
1009 mm | Sofia | |
1050 mm | Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia | Among other places, the Mecca Railway destroyed by Lawrence of Arabia, south of Amman, Jordan. |
1055 mm | French Colonies | |
1065 mm | South Africa | After 1990, Spoornet (The South African Railway) standardised on this gauge instead of 1067 mm. |
1067 mm | South Africa, Japan, Norway, New Zealand, Indonesia, Australia (Queensland and W. Australia), Tallinn in Estonia, RTM in Rotterdam | Kap-Spur. |
1093 mm | Sweden | For example, Nykoping Uttersberg Railway. The Surahammar-Lisjo works Railway. |
1099 mm | Sweden | |
1100 mm | Belgium | The Antwerp Ghent Railway until 1896, then rebuilt in standard gauge. |
1100 mm | Germany | The tramways in Braunschweig, also the now closed routes in Kiel and Lübeck were built to this gauge. |
1101 mm | Sweden | Fryckstad Clara Pixie Railway. Equal to 3 feet 8 1/2 inches (Swedish). |
1106 mm | Austria | The Horse Tramway (today the Ceske Budejovice in the Czech Republic) - Linz (200 km long). Converted to standard gauge. |
1188 mm | Sweden | Equal to 4 foot (Swedish). |
1219 mm | Sweden | Equal to 4 foot (English). |
1372 mm | Japan and Tokio | In Japan, including the trams in Tokyo and Hakodate. |
1422 mm | England | The track gauge used at the beginning by George Stepgenson: 4 feet 8 Inches (English). He discovered that everything ran better after he made the gauge half an Inch wider. |
1431 mm | Sweden | The Stockholm Underground was built to his gauge. Later extensions and conversions were done in Standard gauge. |
1432 mm | Europe, Japan | The track gauge used at the beginning by George Stephenson: 4 feet 8 inches (English). He discovered that everything ran better after he made the gauge half an inch wider. |
1435 mm | The whole world - with exceptions | The standard gauge (equal to 4 feet 8 1/2-inches, English). |
1440 mm | Belgium, France | Converted to Standard gauge. |
1445 mm | Italy | For Italian Trams, e.g. in Milan and Rome. |
1450 mm | Germany | It is the official gauge of Dresden Tramways. |
1458 mm | Germany | It is the official gauge of Leipzig Tramways. |
1473 mm | USA | Camden & Amboy, NJ & Ohio, both converted to Standard gauge. |
1524 mm | USSR, China, Finland, USA, Poland | Standard in the USA southern states until 1886. The first transcontinental railway line (Union Pacific/Western Pacific) was to have been built with this gauge. It was decided, however, before work started to choose standard gauge. Converted to standard gauge in Poland in 1918. |
1581 und 1588 mm | USA | Used on the tram and subway in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania). |
1587 mm | USA | The track gauge of the tramways in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania). |
1600 mm | Ireland, Australia (South Australia, Victoria) | “Irish" track. Opened in Baden (Baden Main Railway) but within one year (1854/55) was converted into standard gauge. |
1672 mm | Spain | Later converted to 1676 mm. |
1676 mm | Spain, India, Canada, Portugal | In Canada (and a line across the border to Portland, Maine, USA) until 1870, then converted to standard gauge. Equal to 5 feet 6 inches (English). |
1814 mm | Russia, USA | In Russia converted to 1524 mm. In the USA (New York to St. Louis, Erie and others) 1865 - 1871, then converted to standard gauge. |
1829 mm | USA | Converted to Standard gauge. |
1940 mm | Netherlands | |
3000 mm | Germany | Planned by Hitler's Third Reich during the Second World War as a super highway with two-storey locomotives and wagons. First line was to be from Berlin to Munich. Construction never got started. |
2134 mm | England | Great Western Railway (or God's Wonderful Railway - as it was also called!) Retained until 1892, but was then converted to standard gauge. |