Track gauge
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Tram · Rapid transit
Miniature · Scale model |
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Minimum |
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Fifteen inch |
381 mm |
(15 in) |
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Narrow |
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600 mm,
Two foot |
597 mm
600 mm
603 mm
610 mm |
(1 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
(1 ft 11 5⁄8 in)
(1 ft 11 3⁄4 in)
(2 ft) |
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750 mm,
Bosnian,
Two foot six inch,
800 mm |
750 mm
760 mm
762 mm
800 mm |
(2 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
(2 ft 5 15⁄16 in)
(2 ft 6 in)
(2 ft 7 1⁄2 in) |
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Swedish three foot,
900 mm,
Three foot |
891 mm
900 mm
914 mm |
(2 ft11 3⁄32 in)
(2 ft 11 7⁄16)
(3 ft) |
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Metre |
1,000 mm |
(3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) |
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Three foot six inch,
Cape, CAP, Kyōki |
1,067 mm |
(3 ft 6 in) |
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Four foot six inch |
1,372 mm |
(4 ft 6 in) |
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Standard |
1,435 mm |
(4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
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Broad |
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Russian,
Five foot |
1,520 mm
1,524 mm |
(4 ft 11 27⁄32 in)
(5 ft) |
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Irish |
1,600 mm |
(5 ft 3 in) |
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Iberian |
1,668 mm |
(5 ft 5 21⁄32 in) |
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Indian |
1,676 mm |
(5 ft 6 in) |
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Six foot |
1,829 mm |
(6 ft) |
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Brunel |
2,140 mm |
(7 ft 1⁄4 in) |
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| Change of gauge |
Break-of-gauge · Dual gauge ·
Conversion (list) · Bogie exchange · Variable gauge |
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A list of two foot six inch gauge railways in the United Kingdom.
Installations
Gallery
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Statfold Barn narrow gauge railway by Mike Bardill.jpg
The private Statfold Barn Railway in England runs railway equipment with two different track gauges.
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See also
References
External links
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Minimum-gauge
Minimum-gauge railways |
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| Narrow gauge |
- 2 foot and 600 mm
- 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
- 760 mm (2 ft 5 15⁄16 in)
- 2 ft 6 in (762 mm)
- 800 mm (2 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
- 891 mm (2 ft 11 3⁄32 in) Swedish three foot
- 900 mm (2 ft 11 7⁄16 in)
- 3 ft (914 mm)
- 950 mm (3 ft 1 3⁄8 in) Italian metre gauge
- 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge
- 1,050 mm (3 ft 5 11⁄32 in),
- 1,055 mm (3 ft 5 1⁄2 in),
- 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
- 1,093 mm (3 ft 7 in),
- 1,100 mm (3 ft 7 5⁄16 in),
- 1,200 mm (3 ft 11 1⁄4 in)
- 4 ft (1,219 mm)
- 4 ft 1 in (1,245 mm), Middleton Railway
- 4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm), Scotch gauge
- 4 ft 6 1⁄2 in (1,384 mm), Scotch gauge
- 4 ft 7 3⁄4 in (1,416 mm)
- 4 ft 8 in (1,422 mm), almost standard gauge
- 4 ft 8 1⁄4 in (1,429 mm)
- 1,432 mm (4 ft 8 3⁄8 in)
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| Standard gauge |
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| Broad gauge |
- 1,440 mm (4 ft 8 11⁄16 in)
- 1,445 mm (4 ft 8 7⁄8 in)
- 1,450 mm (4 ft 9 3⁄32 in)
- 4ft9.375in
- 1,458 mm (4 ft 9 13⁄32 in)
- 4 ft 10 7⁄8 in (1,495 mm), Toronto gauge
- 5 ft/1,524 mm and 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in), Russian gauge.
- 5 ft 2 1⁄4 in/1,581 mm and 5 ft 2 1⁄2 in/1,588 mm, Pennsylvania gauge
- 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm), Irish gauge
- 5 ft 4 1⁄2 in (1,638 mm), Baltimore gauge
- 1,668 mm (5 ft 5 21⁄32 in), Iberian gauge
- 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm), Indian gauge
- 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm), Brunel gauge
- 3,000 mm (9 ft 10 1⁄8 in), Breitspurbahn
- 8,200 mm (26 ft 10 27⁄32 in), Lärchwandschrägaufzug
- 9,000 mm (29 ft 6 5⁄16 in), Krasnoyarsk ship lift
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