Estonia mainly uses a track gauge of 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in) (Russian gauge), inherited from the Russian Empire times.
Russian Gauge
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- Soviet Union
Since Estonia converted relatively late from the Soviet Unions redefinition of the gauge from 1,524 mm (5 ft) to 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in), there are still some sections of 1,524 mm gauge left.
- Post-independence
Estonia after independence redefined its track gauge to 1,524 mm following Finland's technical specifications, though the countries do not share a border.[1] The redefinitions did not mean that a lot of actual railways or rolling stock were changed. It was more a rule change regarding new and renovated tracks.
Standard gauge proposals
There has been a proposal from the EU to build a standard gauge railway from Tallinn to Warsaw, the Rail Baltica. For cost reasons the current plans only see an upgrade of the existing Russian gauge railway to Lithuania over Riga, a new railway through Lithuania, and upgrade through Poland. It will have standard gauge only south of Kaunas, Lithuania, not in Estonia.
Narrow gauge
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Historically Estonia had 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) narrow gauge installations.
Tallinn has tram with 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge.
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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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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| 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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