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electrification">Tram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridable_miniature_railway" title="Ridable miniature railway">Miniature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_modelling_scales" title="Rail transport modelling scales">Scale model</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#ddd;"> By size (<a href="/wiki/List_of_track_gauges" title="List of track gauges">list</a>)</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <table class="nowrap"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Track_gauge.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Graphic list of track gauges"><img alt="Graphic list of track gauges" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Track_gauge.svg/240px-Track_gauge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Track_gauge.svg/360px-Track_gauge.svg.png 1.5x, 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mm gauge railways">600 mm</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">600 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(1 ft <span class="frac">11<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">5</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> in) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2_ft_and_600_mm_gauge_railways" title="2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways">Two foot</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">610 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(2 ft) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_2_ft_3_in_gauge_railways" title="List of 2 ft 3 in gauge railways">Two foot three inch</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">686 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(2 ft 3 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color:#ff8a37;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/750_mm_gauge_railways" title="750 mm gauge railways">750 mm</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">750 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(2 ft <span class="frac">5<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Bosnian-gauge_railways" title="Bosnian-gauge railways">Bosnian gauge</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">760 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(2 ft <span class="frac">5<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">15</span>⁄<span class="den">16</span></span> in) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2_ft_6_in_gauge_railways" title="2 ft 6 in gauge railways">Two foot six inch</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">762 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(2 ft 6 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#e1392f;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Swedish_three_foot_gauge_railways" class="mw-redirect" title="Swedish three foot gauge railways">Swedish three foot</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">891 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(2 ft <span class="frac">11<span 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in) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#c55e8d;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Metre-gauge_railway" title="Metre-gauge railway">Metre</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,000 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(3 ft <span class="frac">3<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> in) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#6a51b7;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/3_ft_6_in_gauge_railways" title="3 ft 6 in gauge railways">Three foot six inch</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,067 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(3 ft 6 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#6a51b7;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Narrow-gauge_railway#Around_4_ft_gauge" title="Narrow-gauge railway">Four foot</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,219 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(4 ft) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#6a51b7;"> </td> <td 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class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Broad-gauge_railway" title="Broad-gauge railway">Broad</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#335c33;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_in_Italy" title="Track gauge in Italy">Italian broad gauge</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,445 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">7</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> in) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Trams_in_Dresden" title="Trams in Dresden">Dresden gauge</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,450 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(4 ft <span class="frac">9<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">32</span></span> in) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#335c33;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Trams_in_Leipzig" title="Trams in Leipzig">Leipzig gauge</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,458 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(4 ft <span class="frac">9<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">13</span>⁄<span class="den">32</span></span> in) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#335c33;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Toronto-gauge_railways" title="Toronto-gauge railways">Toronto gauge</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,495 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(4 ft <span class="frac">10<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">7</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> in) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#335c33;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/5_ft_and_1520_mm_gauge_railways" title="5 ft and 1520 mm gauge railways">1520 mm</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,520 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(4 ft <span class="frac">11<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">27</span>⁄<span class="den">32</span></span> in) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/5_ft_and_1520_mm_gauge_railways" title="5 ft and 1520 mm gauge railways">Five foot</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,524 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(5 ft) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color:#5abf56;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_in_the_United_States#Pennsylvania_trolley_gauges" title="Track gauge in the United States">Pennsylvania gauge</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,581 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(5 ft <span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> in) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">Pennsylvania gauge</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,588 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(5 ft <span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/5_ft_3_in_gauge_railways" title="5 ft 3 in gauge railways">Five foot three inch</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,600 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(5 ft 3 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#bbdf94;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Streetcar_Museum#Streetcar_service" title="Baltimore Streetcar Museum">Baltimore gauge</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,638 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(5 ft <span class="frac">4<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#bbdf94;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Iberian-gauge_railways" title="Iberian-gauge railways">Iberian gauge</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,668 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(5 ft <span class="frac">5<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">21</span>⁄<span class="den">32</span></span> in) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Five foot six inch</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,676 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(5 ft 6 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#dceba3;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_in_the_United_States#Broad_gauges" title="Track gauge in the United States">Six foot</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,829 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(6 ft) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#dceba3;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway#Brunel's_7-foot_gauge_and_the_"gauge_war"" title="Great Western Railway">Brunel</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,140 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(7 ft <span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> in) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#dceba3;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Breitspurbahn" title="Breitspurbahn">Breitspurbahn</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,000 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(9 ft 10<span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> in) </td></tr></tbody></table></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#ddd;"> Change of gauge</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bogie_exchange" title="Bogie exchange">Bogie exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Break_of_gauge" title="Break of gauge">Break of gauge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dual_gauge" title="Dual gauge">Dual gauge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_conversion" title="Track gauge conversion">Conversion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_gauge_conversions" title="List of gauge conversions">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Variable_gauge" title="Variable gauge">Variable gauge</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#ddd;"> By location</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_in_North_America" title="Track gauge in North America">North America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_in_South_America" title="Track gauge in South America">South America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_in_Europe" title="Track gauge in Europe">Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_gauge_in_Australia" title="Rail gauge in Australia">Australia</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rail_gauge_world.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="World map, rail gauge by region"><img alt="World map, rail gauge by region" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Rail_gauge_world.svg/264px-Rail_gauge_world.svg.png" decoding="async" width="264" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Rail_gauge_world.svg/396px-Rail_gauge_world.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Rail_gauge_world.svg/528px-Rail_gauge_world.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2754" data-file-height="1398" /></a></span></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><b><span class="nowrap">5 ft 6 in</span></b> (1,676 mm) is a <a href="/wiki/Broad_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Broad gauge">broad track gauge</a>, used in <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_India" title="Rail transport in India">India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Railways" title="Pakistan Railways">Pakistan</a>, western <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Rail transport in Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Argentina" title="Rail transport in Argentina">Argentina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Empresa_de_los_Ferrocarriles_del_Estado" title="Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado">Chile</a>, and on <a href="/wiki/Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit" title="Bay Area Rapid Transit">BART</a> (<a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area" title="San Francisco Bay Area">San Francisco Bay Area</a>). </p><p>In North America, it is called <b>Indian</b>, <b>Provincial</b>, <b>Portland</b>, or <b>Texas gauge</b>. In Argentina and Chile, it is known as "trocha ancha" (Spanish for "broad gauge"). In the <a href="/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" title="Indian subcontinent">Indian subcontinent</a> it is simply known as "broad gauge". It is the widest gauge in use of heavy-duty mainline railways in the world. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Asia">Asia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=5_ft_6_in_gauge_railway&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="India">India</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=5_ft_6_in_gauge_railway&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_India" title="Rail transport in India">Rail transport in India</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Indian_Railways" title="Indian Railways">Indian Railways</a></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, the initial freight railway lines were built using <a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a>. In the 1850s, the <a href="/wiki/Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway" title="Great Indian Peninsula Railway">Great Indian Peninsula Railway</a> adopted the gauge of <span class="nowrap">1,676 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">5 ft 6 in</span>) for the first passenger railway in India between <a href="/wiki/Bori_Bunder_railway_station" title="Bori Bunder railway station">Bori Bunder</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thane_railway_station" title="Thane railway station">Thane</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Up-Down-India_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Up-Down-India-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-irsff_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-irsff-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was then adopted as the standard for the nationwide network. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Indian_Railways" title="Indian Railways">Indian Railways</a> today predominantly operates on <span class="nowrap">1,676 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">5 ft 6 in</span>) broad gauge. Most of the metre gauge and narrow gauge railways have been converted to broad gauge. Small stretches of the network that remain on metre and narrow gauges are also <a href="/wiki/Project_Unigauge" title="Project Unigauge">being converted to broad gauge</a>. <a href="/wiki/Rapid_transit_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Rapid transit in India">Rapid transit lines</a> are mostly on standard gauge, although some initial lines use <span class="nowrap">1,676 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">5 ft 6 in</span>) broad gauge. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=5_ft_6_in_gauge_railway&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Bangladesh"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Railway" title="Bangladesh Railway">Bangladesh Railway</a></div> <p>Bangladesh Railways uses a mix of <span class="nowrap">1,676 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">5 ft 6 in</span>) broad gauge and <a href="/wiki/Metre-gauge_railway" title="Metre-gauge railway">metre gauge</a>. The broad gauge network is primarily located to the west of the <a href="/wiki/Jamuna_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Jamuna River">Jamuna River</a>, while the metre gauge network is primarily located to its east. The <a href="/wiki/Jamuna_Bridge" title="Jamuna Bridge">Jamuna Bridge</a> is a mixed-use bridge that contains a <a href="/wiki/Dual_gauge" title="Dual gauge">dual gauge</a> connection across the river linking both networks. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nepal">Nepal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=5_ft_6_in_gauge_railway&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Nepal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Nepal_Railway_Company_Limited" title="Nepal Railway Company Limited">Nepal Railway Company Limited</a></div> <p>In Nepal, all services currently operate on <span class="nowrap">1,676 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">5 ft 6 in</span>) broad gauge only. Its predecessor, <a href="/wiki/Nepal_Government_Railway" title="Nepal Government Railway">Nepal Government Railway</a> used <span class="nowrap">762 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">2 ft 6 in</span>) narrow gauge from 1927 to 1965. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pakistan">Pakistan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=5_ft_6_in_gauge_railway&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Pakistan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Railways" title="Pakistan Railways">Pakistan Railways</a></div> <p>In Pakistan, all services currently operate on <span class="nowrap">1,676 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">5 ft 6 in</span>) broad gauge only, except for a 27.1 km (16.8 mi) line of <a href="/wiki/Lahore_Metro" title="Lahore Metro">Lahore metro</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sri_Lanka">Sri Lanka</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=5_ft_6_in_gauge_railway&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Sri Lanka"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Railways" title="Sri Lanka Railways">Sri Lanka Railways</a></div> <p>In Sri Lanka, all services currently operate on <span class="nowrap">1,676 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">5 ft 6 in</span>) broad gauge only. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Europe">Europe</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=5_ft_6_in_gauge_railway&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=5_ft_6_in_gauge_railway&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <span class="nowrap">1,676 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">5 ft 6 in</span>) broad gauge was first used in <a href="/wiki/Scotch_gauge#5_ft_6_in_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Scotch gauge">Scotland</a> for two short, isolated lines, the <a href="/wiki/Dundee_and_Arbroath_Railway" title="Dundee and Arbroath Railway">Dundee and Arbroath Railway</a> (1836-1847) and the <a href="/wiki/Arbroath_and_Forfar_Railway" title="Arbroath and Forfar Railway">Arbroath and Forfar Railway</a> (1838-). Both the lines were subsequently <a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_conversion" title="Track gauge conversion">converted</a> to <a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spain_and_Portugal">Spain and Portugal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=5_ft_6_in_gauge_railway&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Spain and Portugal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Iberian-gauge_railways" title="Iberian-gauge railways">Iberian-gauge railways</a>, that service much of Spain and Portugal, have a track gauge of <span class="nowrap">1,668 mm</span> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="nowrap">5 ft <span class="frac">5<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">21</span>⁄<span class="den">32</span></span> in</span>), just <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027">8 mm (<span class="frac"><span class="num">5</span>⁄<span class="den">16</span></span> in) different from <span class="nowrap">1,676 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">5 ft 6 in</span>). Used rolling stock from Iberia has been employed on broad-gauge lines in Argentina and Chile. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="North_America">North America</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=5_ft_6_in_gauge_railway&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: North America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_in_North_America" title="Track gauge in North America">Track gauge in North America</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Canada">Canada</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=5_ft_6_in_gauge_railway&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_in_Canada" title="Track gauge in Canada">Track gauge in Canada</a></div> <p>Canada became the first British colony, in the 1850s, to use <span class="nowrap">1,676 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">5 ft 6 in</span>) broad gauge. It was known as the "Provincial gauge" in Canada. </p><p>The earliest railways in Canada, including the 1836 <a href="/wiki/Champlain_and_St._Lawrence_Railroad" title="Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad">Champlain and St. Lawrence</a> and 1847 <a href="/wiki/Montreal_and_Lachine_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Montreal and Lachine Railway">Montreal and Lachine Railway</a> however, were built to <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span>) <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-lavallee_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lavallee-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Grand_Trunk_Railway" title="Grand Trunk Railway">Grand Trunk Railway</a> which operated in several Canadian provinces (<a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>) and American states (<a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont</a>) used it, but was <a href="/wiki/Gauge_conversion" class="mw-redirect" title="Gauge conversion">changed</a> to standard gauge in 1873. The Grand Trunk Railway operated from headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, Quebec, although corporate headquarters were in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>. The <a href="/wiki/St._Lawrence_and_Atlantic_Railroad" title="St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad">St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad</a> which operated in <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine also used it but was converted in 1873. </p><p>There is a longstanding rumour that the Provincial gauge was selected specifically to create a <a href="/wiki/Break-of-gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Break-of-gauge">break-of-gauge</a> with US railways, the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a> still being a fresh memory. However, there is little supporting evidence for this, and this story appears to be traced to a single claim from the late 1800s.<sup id="cite_ref-lavallee_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lavallee-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=5_ft_6_in_gauge_railway&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_in_the_United_States" title="Track gauge in the United States">Track gauge in the United States</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit" title="Bay Area Rapid Transit">Bay Area Rapid Transit</a> system is the only operating railroad in the United States to use <span class="nowrap">1,676 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">5 ft 6 in</span>) broad gauge, with 120 miles (190 km) of double tracked routes. The original engineers chose the wide gauge for its "great stability and smoother riding qualities"<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and intended to make a state-of-the-art system for other municipalities to emulate. The use of <span class="nowrap">1,676 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">5 ft 6 in</span>) broad gauge rails was one of many unconventional design elements included in its design which, in addition to its unusual gauge, also used flat-edge rail, rather than typical rail that angles slightly inward<sup id="cite_ref-gafni_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gafni-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (although the shape of BART wheels and rail has been modified since then<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). This has complicated maintenance of the system, as it requires custom wheelsets, brake systems, and track maintenance vehicles.<sup id="cite_ref-gafni_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gafni-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans,_Opelousas_and_Great_Western_Railroad" title="New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad">New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad</a> (NOO&GW) used <span class="nowrap">1,676 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">5 ft 6 in</span>) <a href="/wiki/Broad_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Broad gauge">broad gauge</a> until 1872, and the <a href="/wiki/Texas_and_New_Orleans_Railroad" title="Texas and New Orleans Railroad">Texas and New Orleans Railroad</a> used <span class="nowrap">1,676 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">5 ft 6 in</span>) broad gauge ("Texas gauge") until 1876. The <a href="/wiki/Grand_Trunk_Railway" title="Grand Trunk Railway">Grand Trunk Railway</a> predecessor <a href="/wiki/St._Lawrence_and_Atlantic_Railroad" title="St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad">St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad</a> which operated in <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine also used <span class="nowrap">1,676 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">5 ft 6 in</span>) broad gauge ("Canadian gauge", "Provincial gauge" or <a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_in_the_United_States#5_ft_6_in_(1,676_mm)_gauge" title="Track gauge in the United States">"Portland gauge"</a>) but was <a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_conversion" title="Track gauge conversion">converted</a> in 1873. Several Maine railroads connected to the Grand Trunk Railway shared its "Portland Gauge". The <a href="/wiki/Androscoggin_and_Kennebec_Railroad" title="Androscoggin and Kennebec Railroad">Androscoggin and Kennebec Railroad</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Buckfield_Branch_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Buckfield Branch Railroad">Buckfield Branch Railroad</a> were later consolidated as the <a href="/wiki/Maine_Central_Railroad" title="Maine Central Railroad">Maine Central Railroad</a> which converted to <a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a> in 1871. <a href="/wiki/John_A._Poor" title="John A. Poor">John A. Poor's</a> chief engineer <a href="/w/index.php?title=Alvin_C._Morton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alvin C. Morton (page does not exist)">Alvin C. Morton</a> compiled the following advantages of "Portland Gauge" for Maine railways in 1847:<sup id="cite_ref-holt_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-holt-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frost_heaving" title="Frost heaving">Frost heaves</a> (swelling of wet soil upon freezing) produce an uneven running surface causing an irregular rocking motion as trains moved past. A wider wheelbase offered a steadier ride with less wear on the machinery and roadbed.</li> <li>Wider cars offered more room for passengers and cargo. Train length would be reduced for cars carrying the same amount of cargo. Shorter trains would lessen the effects of side winds, and permit more efficient application of power.</li> <li>Wide gauge locomotives offered more room to place reciprocating machinery inside, rather than outside the driving wheels. Reciprocating machinery was a source of vibration before <a href="/wiki/Mechanical_engineering" title="Mechanical engineering">mechanical engineering</a> encompassed a good understanding of <a href="/wiki/Dynamics_(physics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dynamics (physics)">dynamics</a>; and keeping such vibration close to the center of mass reduced the <a href="/wiki/Angular_momentum" title="Angular momentum">angular momentum</a> causing rocking.</li> <li>Wider fireboxes and <a href="/wiki/Boiler" title="Boiler">boilers</a> allowed more powerful locomotives. The alternative of longer boilers held the disadvantage of poor firebox draft through the increased frictional resistance of longer boiler tubes.</li> <li>More powerful locomotives carrying fewer, larger cars would have reduced manpower requirement for engine crews and shop personnel.</li> <li>For locomotives of equal power, fuel consumption increased as gauge decreased, especially in colder outside temperatures.</li> <li>More powerful wide gauge locomotives would be more capable for plowing <a href="/wiki/Snow" title="Snow">snow</a>; and thereby provide more reliable winter service.</li> <li>Several gauges were in widespread use, and none had yet come into clear dominance.</li> <li>Freight transfer was preferable to exchange of cars between railways because unowned cars were abused on foreign railways.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Grand_Trunk_Railway" title="Grand Trunk Railway">Grand Trunk Railway</a> system feeding the seaport of <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Maine" title="Portland, Maine">Portland, Maine</a> offered little need for gauge transfer prior to loading on export shipping.</li> <li>Potential advantages of freight transfer to the standard gauge railroad from Portland to <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> seemed insignificant as long as competitive rates were available for transport on steamships between the two ports.</li> <li>The majority of Canadian freight anticipated to be carried over rail lines to Portland was heavy and bulky in comparison to its value, and must be transported cheaply in large quantities to maintain profitability for producers and transporters.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="South_America">South America</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=5_ft_6_in_gauge_railway&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: South America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Argentina">Argentina</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=5_ft_6_in_gauge_railway&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Argentina"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Argentina" title="Rail transport in Argentina">Rail transport in Argentina</a></div> <p>The national railway network is predominantly on <span class="nowrap">1,676 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">5 ft 6 in</span>) broad gauge. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chile">Chile</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=5_ft_6_in_gauge_railway&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Chile"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_in_Chile" title="Track gauge in Chile">Track gauge in Chile</a></div> <p>Most links of <span class="nowrap">1,676 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">5 ft 6 in</span>) broad gauge railways are in the center-south of the country. Only a few lines of the Ferrocarril del Sur (Southern Railroad Network) were <span class="nowrap">1,000 mm</span> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="nowrap">3 ft <span class="frac">3<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> in</span>) <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Metre_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Metre gauge">metre gauge</a></span> or <span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span>) <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a></span>, the notable exceptions being one of the few active links: the <a href="/wiki/Ramal_Talca-Constituci%C3%B3n" title="Ramal Talca-Constitución">Ramal Talca-Constitución</a> branch and the <a href="/wiki/Metro_de_Santiago" class="mw-redirect" title="Metro de Santiago">Metro de Santiago</a>. On the contrary, just a few branches of the FCN (Ferrocarril del Norte) were broad gauge, most notably the Mapocho-Puerto mainline between Santiago and Valparaiso, the <a href="/wiki/Santiago%E2%80%93Valpara%C3%ADso_railway_line" title="Santiago–Valparaíso railway line">Santiago–Valparaíso railway line</a>. This link was directly connected to the southern railroad network using the Matucana tunnel that connected Mapocho and the Central Station in <a href="/wiki/Santiago" title="Santiago">Santiago</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Transandine_Railway" title="Transandine Railway">Transandine Railway</a> that connected both Argentinean and Chilean broad gauge networks through the Uspallata pass in the Andes mountains was actually a <span class="nowrap">1,000 mm</span> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="nowrap">3 ft <span class="frac">3<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> in</span>) narrow gauge link. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Similar_gauges_and_compatibility">Similar gauges and compatibility</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=5_ft_6_in_gauge_railway&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Similar gauges and compatibility"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Spain" title="Rail transport in Spain">Rail transport in Spain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Portugal" title="Rail transport in Portugal">Rail transport in Portugal</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Iberian_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Iberian gauge">Iberian gauge</a> (<span class="nowrap">1,668 mm</span> or <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="nowrap">5 ft <span class="frac">5<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">21</span>⁄<span class="den">32</span></span> in</span>) is closely similar to the Indian gauge, with only <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027">8 <a href="/wiki/Millimetre" title="Millimetre">mm</a> (<span class="frac"><span class="num">5</span>⁄<span class="den">16</span></span> in) difference, and allows compatibility with the rolling stock. For example, in recent years Chile and Argentina have bought second hand Spanish and Portuguese Iberian-gauge rolling stock. 1,668 mm trains can run on 1,676 mm gauge without adaptation, but for better stability in high-speed running a wheelset replacement may be required (for example, Russian-Finnish train <a href="/wiki/Allegro_(train)" title="Allegro (train)">Allegro</a> has <span class="nowrap">1,522 mm</span> or <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">11<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">29</span>⁄<span class="den">32</span></span> in</span> gauge, intermediate between Russian <span class="nowrap">1,520 mm</span> or <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">11<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">27</span>⁄<span class="den">32</span></span> in</span> and Finnish <span class="nowrap">1,524 mm</span> or <span class="nowrap">5 ft</span>). Backward compatibility—1,676 mm trains on 1,668 mm gauge—is possible, but no examples and data exist. Due to the narrower gauge, a strong wear of wheelsets may occur without replacement. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operational_railways">Operational railways</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=5_ft_6_in_gauge_railway&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Operational railways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" border="1"> <tbody><tr> <th>Country or territory </th> <th>Railway </th> <th>Route length </th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Argentina" title="Rail transport in Argentina">Argentina</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ferrocarril_General_San_Mart%C3%ADn" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferrocarril General San Martín">San Martín Railway</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>operating </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Argentina" title="Rail transport in Argentina">Argentina</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ferrocarril_Domingo_Faustino_Sarmiento" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferrocarril Domingo Faustino Sarmiento">Sarmiento Railway</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>operating </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Argentina" title="Rail transport in Argentina">Argentina</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ferrocarril_General_Bartolom%C3%A9_Mitre" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferrocarril General Bartolomé Mitre">Mitre Railway</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>except <a href="/wiki/Tren_de_la_Costa" title="Tren de la Costa">Tren de la Costa</a> in <a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a>; operating </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Argentina" title="Rail transport in Argentina">Argentina</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ferrocarril_General_Roca" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferrocarril General Roca">Roca Railway</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>except <a href="/wiki/La_Trochita" title="La Trochita">La Trochita</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_Chubut_Railway" title="Central Chubut Railway">Central Chubut Railway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ramal_Ferro_Industrial_R%C3%ADo_Turbio" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramal Ferro Industrial Río Turbio">Ramal Ferro Industrial Río Turbio</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramal_Ferro_Industrial_R%C3%ADo_Turbio" class="extiw" title="es:Ramal Ferro Industrial Río Turbio">es</a>]</span> in <a href="/wiki/750_mm_gauge_railways" title="750 mm gauge railways">750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) gauge</a>; operating </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Bangladesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Rail transport in Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Railway" title="Bangladesh Railway">Bangladesh Railway</a> </td> <td>1,575 km (979 mi) </td> <td>operating </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Chile" class="mw-redirect" title="Rail transport in Chile">Chile</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Empresa_de_los_Ferrocarriles_del_Estado" title="Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado">Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado</a> - EFE Sur </td> <td> </td> <td>operating </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Chile" class="mw-redirect" title="Rail transport in Chile">Chile</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Empresa_de_los_Ferrocarriles_del_Estado" title="Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado">Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado</a> - EFE Central </td> <td> </td> <td>Except <a href="/wiki/Ramal_Talca-Constituci%C3%B3n" title="Ramal Talca-Constitución">Ramal Talca-Constitución</a>; operating </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Chile" class="mw-redirect" title="Rail transport in Chile">Chile</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Empresa_de_los_Ferrocarriles_del_Estado" title="Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado">Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado</a> - <a href="/wiki/Metro_de_Valpara%C3%ADso" class="mw-redirect" title="Metro de Valparaíso">Metro de Valparaíso</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>operating </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Chile" class="mw-redirect" title="Rail transport in Chile">Chile</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Empresa_de_los_Ferrocarriles_del_Estado" title="Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado">Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado</a> - <a href="/wiki/Biotr%C3%A9n" class="mw-redirect" title="Biotrén">Biotrén</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>operating </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_India" title="Rail transport in India">India</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Railways" title="Indian Railways">Indian Railways</a> </td> <td>126,366 km<br />(78,520 mi) </td> <td>operating </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_India" title="Rail transport in India">India</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Metro" title="Delhi Metro">Delhi Metro</a> </td> <td>65 km (40 mi) </td> <td>operating </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_India" title="Rail transport in India">India</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Metro" title="Kolkata Metro">Kolkata Metro</a> </td> <td>45.48 km (28.26 mi) </td> <td>operating </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Railways" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Railways">Iran</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zahedan_railway_station" title="Zahedan railway station">Zahedan railway station</a> to border with Pakistan </td> <td> </td> <td>operating </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="Rail transport in Nepal">Nepal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Railways" class="mw-redirect" title="Nepal Railways">Nepal Railways</a> </td> <td>59 km (37 mi) </td> <td>operating </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Rail transport in Pakistan">Pakistan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Railways" title="Pakistan Railways">Pakistan Railways</a> </td> <td>7,791 km (4,841 mi) </td> <td>operating </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Rail transport in Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Railways" title="Sri Lanka Railways">Sri Lanka Railways</a> </td> <td>1,508 km (937 mi) </td> <td>operating </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit" title="Bay Area Rapid Transit">Bay Area Rapid Transit</a> (BART) <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area" title="San Francisco Bay Area">San Francisco Bay Area</a> </td> <td>109 mi (175 km) </td> <td>operating </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Closed_railways">Closed railways</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=5_ft_6_in_gauge_railway&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Closed railways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" border="1"> <tbody><tr> <th>Country or territory </th> <th>Railway </th> <th>Length </th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grand_Trunk_Railway" title="Grand Trunk Railway">Grand Trunk Railway</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_conversion" title="Track gauge conversion">Converted</a> to <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span>) <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a></span> in 1873 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Lawrence_and_Atlantic_Railroad" title="St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad">St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Converted to <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span>) <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a></span> in 1873 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grand_Trunk_Railway_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Trunk Railway of Canada">Grand Trunk Railway of Canada</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Converted to <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span>) <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Intercolonial_Railway_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Intercolonial Railway of Canada">Intercolonial Railway of Canada</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Converted to <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span>) <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a></span> in 1875 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Paraguay" title="Paraguay">Paraguay</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Paraguay" title="Rail transport in Paraguay">Paraguayan railway</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>From Asunción to Encarnación was originally laid in this gauge in the hope that the connecting line from Posadas to Buenos Aires would be built to the same gauge; that line was laid to standard gauge, and when the FCPCAL reached Encarnación in 1912 the whole line had to be <a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_conversion" title="Track gauge conversion">re-gauged</a> to <a href="/wiki/Standard-gauge_railway" title="Standard-gauge railway">standard gauge</a> to allow through-working. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arbroath_and_Forfar_Railway" title="Arbroath and Forfar Railway">Arbroath and Forfar Railway</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>see <a href="/wiki/Scotch_gauge#5_ft_6_in_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Scotch gauge">Scotch gauge</a>, converted to <a href="/wiki/Standard-gauge_railway" title="Standard-gauge railway">standard gauge</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> 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(<span class="nowrap">406 mm</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/18_in_gauge_railway" class="mw-redirect" title="18 in gauge railway"><span class="nowrap">18 in</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">457 mm</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/19_in_gauge_railway" class="mw-redirect" title="19 in gauge railway"><span class="nowrap">19 in</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">483 mm</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/500_mm_gauge_railway" class="mw-redirect" title="500 mm gauge railway"><span class="nowrap">500 mm</span></a> (<span class="nowrap"><span class="frac">19<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> in</span>)</li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 in</span> (<span class="nowrap">508 mm</span>)</li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 in</span> (<span class="nowrap">533 mm</span>)</li> <li><span class="nowrap">1 ft 10 in</span> (<span class="nowrap">559 mm</span>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Narrow-gauge_railway" title="Narrow-gauge railway">Narrow gauge</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2_ft_and_600_mm_gauge_railways" title="2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways">2 foot and 600 mm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_2_ft_3_in_gauge_railways" title="List of 2 ft 3 in gauge railways"><span class="nowrap">2 ft 3 in</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">686 mm</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/750_mm_gauge_railways" title="750 mm gauge railways"><span class="nowrap">750 mm</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">2 ft <span class="frac">5<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosnian_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Bosnian gauge"><span class="nowrap">760 mm</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">2 ft <span class="frac">5<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">15</span>⁄<span class="den">16</span></span> in</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_ft_6_in_gauge_railways" title="2 ft 6 in gauge railways"><span class="nowrap">2 ft 6 in</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">762 mm</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/800_mm_gauge_railways" title="800 mm gauge railways"><span class="nowrap">800 mm</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">2 ft <span class="frac">7<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span>)</li> <li><span class="nowrap">891 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">2 ft <span class="frac">11<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">32</span></span> in</span>) <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Swedish_three_foot_gauge_railways" class="mw-redirect" title="Swedish three foot gauge railways">Swedish three foot</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/900_mm_gauge_railways" title="900 mm gauge railways"><span class="nowrap">900 mm</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">2 ft <span class="frac">11<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">7</span>⁄<span class="den">16</span></span> in</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/3_ft_gauge_railways" title="3 ft gauge railways"><span class="nowrap">3 ft</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">914 mm</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_in_Italy" title="Track gauge in Italy"><span class="nowrap">950 mm</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">3 ft <span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> in</span>) <a href="/wiki/Narrow-gauge_railways_in_Italy#Italian_metre-gauge_lines_(950_mm)" title="Narrow-gauge railways in Italy">Italian metre gauge</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1,000 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">3 ft <span class="frac">3<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> in</span>) <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Metre_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Metre gauge">metre gauge</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hejaz_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Hejaz Railway"><span class="nowrap">1,050 mm</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">3 ft <span class="frac">5<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">11</span>⁄<span class="den">32</span></span> in</span>),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Company_for_Rail_Transport" title="National Company for Rail Transport"><span class="nowrap">1,055 mm</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">3 ft <span class="frac">5<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span>),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/3_ft_6_in_gauge_railways" title="3 ft 6 in gauge railways"><span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">1,067 mm</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ping%E2%80%93Uttersberg%E2%80%93Riddarhyttan_Railway" title="Köping–Uttersberg–Riddarhyttan Railway"><span class="nowrap">1,093 mm</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">3 ft 7 in</span>),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Teresa_Tram" title="Santa Teresa Tram"><span class="nowrap">1,100 mm</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">3 ft <span class="frac">7<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">5</span>⁄<span class="den">16</span></span> in</span>),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narrow-gauge_railway#Four_foot_and_1200_mm_gauge" title="Narrow-gauge railway"><span class="nowrap">1,200 mm</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">3 ft <span class="frac">11<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> in</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_foot_gauge_railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Four foot gauge railway"><span class="nowrap">4 ft</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">1,219 mm</span>)</li> <li><span class="nowrap">4 ft 1 in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,245 mm</span>), <a href="/wiki/Middleton_Railway" title="Middleton Railway">Middleton Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4_ft_6_in_gauge_railway" title="4 ft 6 in gauge railway"><span class="nowrap">4 ft 6 in</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">1,372 mm</span>), Scotch gauge</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dundee_and_Newtyle_Railway" title="Dundee and Newtyle Railway"><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">6<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">1,384 mm</span>), Scotch gauge</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Corporation_Tramways" title="Glasgow Corporation Tramways"><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">7<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> in</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">1,416 mm</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/4_ft_8_in_gauge_railways" title="4 ft 8 in gauge railways"><span class="nowrap">4 ft 8 in</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">1,422 mm</span>), almost standard gauge</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Metro_rolling_stock" title="Washington Metro rolling stock"><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> in</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">1,429 mm</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standard-gauge_railway#Modern_almost_standard_gauge_railways" title="Standard-gauge railway"><span class="nowrap">1,432 mm</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> in</span>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Standard-gauge_railway" title="Standard-gauge railway">Standard gauge</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge"><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span></a> / <span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span>, Stephenson gauge</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Broad-gauge_railway" title="Broad-gauge railway">Broad gauge</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St._Moritz%E2%80%93Corviglia_funicular" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Moritz–Corviglia funicular"><span class="nowrap">1,440 mm</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">11</span>⁄<span class="den">16</span></span> in</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_in_Italy" title="Track gauge in Italy"><span class="nowrap">1,445 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">7</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> in</span>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trams_in_Dresden" title="Trams in Dresden"><span class="nowrap">1,450 mm</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">9<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">32</span></span> in</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_and_Mahoning_Valley_Railroad" title="Cleveland and Mahoning Valley Railroad"><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">9<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> in</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">1,457 mm</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trams_in_Leipzig" title="Trams in Leipzig"><span class="nowrap">1,458 mm</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">9<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">13</span>⁄<span class="den">32</span></span> in</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toronto-gauge_railways" title="Toronto-gauge railways"><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">10<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">7</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> in</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">1,495 mm</span>), Toronto gauge</li> <li><a href="/wiki/5_ft_and_1520_mm_gauge_railways" title="5 ft and 1520 mm gauge railways"><span class="nowrap">5 ft</span> / <span class="nowrap">1,524 mm</span> and <span class="nowrap">1,520 mm</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">11<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">27</span>⁄<span class="den">32</span></span> in</span>), Russian gauge.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Subway%E2%80%93Surface_Trolley_Lines" class="mw-redirect" title="SEPTA Subway–Surface Trolley Lines"><span class="nowrap">5 ft <span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> in</span></a> / <span class="nowrap">1,581 mm</span> and <a href="/wiki/Five_foot_two_and_a_half_inch_gauge_railways" class="mw-redirect" title="Five foot two and a half inch gauge railways"><span class="nowrap">5 ft <span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span></a> / <span class="nowrap">1,588 mm</span>, Pennsylvania gauge</li> <li><a href="/wiki/5_ft_3_in_gauge_railways" title="5 ft 3 in gauge railways"><span class="nowrap">5 ft 3 in</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">1,600 mm</span>), Irish gauge</li> <li><a href="/wiki/5_ft_4%C2%BD_in_gauge_railways" class="mw-redirect" title="5 ft 4½ in gauge railways"><span class="nowrap">5 ft <span class="frac">4<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">1,638 mm</span>), Baltimore gauge</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iberian_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Iberian gauge"><span class="nowrap">1,668 mm</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">5 ft <span class="frac">5<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">21</span>⁄<span class="den">32</span></span> in</span>), Iberian gauge</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><span class="nowrap">5 ft 6 in</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">1,676 mm</span>), Indian gauge</li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Arend_(locomotive)" title="De Arend (locomotive)"><span class="nowrap">1,945 mm</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">6 ft <span class="frac">4<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">9</span>⁄<span class="den">16</span></span> in</span>), De Arend</li> <li><a href="/wiki/7-foot-%C2%BC-inch_gauge_railway" class="mw-redirect" title="7-foot-¼-inch gauge railway"><span class="nowrap">7 ft <span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> in</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">2,140 mm</span>), Brunel gauge</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breitspurbahn" title="Breitspurbahn"><span class="nowrap">3,000 mm</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">9 ft <span class="frac">10<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> in</span>), Breitspurbahn</li> <li><span class="nowrap">8,200 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">26 ft <span class="frac">10<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">27</span>⁄<span class="den">32</span></span> in</span>), <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A4rchwandschr%C3%A4gaufzug" title="Lärchwandschrägaufzug">Lärchwandschrägaufzug</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9,000 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">29 ft <span class="frac">6<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">5</span>⁄<span class="den">16</span></span> in</span>), <a href="/wiki/Krasnoyarsk_ship_lift" title="Krasnoyarsk ship lift">Krasnoyarsk ship lift</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">List of track gauge articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_track_gauges" title="List of track gauges">List of track gauges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tram_systems_by_gauge_and_electrification" title="List of tram systems by gauge and electrification">List of tram track gauges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridable_miniature_railway#Miniature_railways" title="Ridable miniature railway">Miniature railways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridable_miniature_railway#Minimum-gauge_railways" title="Ridable miniature railway">Minimum-gauge railways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridable_miniature_railway#Large_amusement_railways" title="Ridable miniature railway">Large amusement railways</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Gauge differences</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bogie_exchange" title="Bogie exchange">Bogie exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Break_of_gauge" title="Break of gauge">Break of gauge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dual_gauge" title="Dual gauge">Dual gauge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_conversion" title="Track gauge conversion">Gauge conversion</a> <ul><li><a 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