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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-title" style="background:#bebebe;"><a href="/wiki/Track_gauge" title="Track gauge">Track gauge</a></th></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#ddd;"> By transport mode</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_transit_track_gauge" title="Rapid transit track gauge">Rapid transit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tram_systems_by_gauge_and_electrification" title="List of tram systems by gauge and 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, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Track_gauge.svg/480px-Track_gauge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2110" data-file-height="610" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Minimum-gauge_railway" title="Minimum-gauge railway">Minimum</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#b0b0b0;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Fifteen-inch_gauge_railway" title="Fifteen-inch gauge railway">Fifteen inch</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">381 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(15 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Narrow-gauge_railway" title="Narrow-gauge railway">Narrow</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color:#E5C4A1;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2_ft_and_600_mm_gauge_railways" title="2 ft and 600 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" 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 class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">32</span></span> in) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/900_mm_gauge_railways" title="900 mm gauge railways">900 mm</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">900 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(2 ft <span class="frac">11<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">7</span>⁄<span class="den">16</span></span> in) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/3_ft_gauge_railways" title="3 ft gauge railways">Three foot</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">914 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(3 ft) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Narrow-gauge_railways_in_Italy#Italian_metre-gauge_lines_(950_mm)" title="Narrow-gauge railways in Italy">Italian metre</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">950 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(3 ft<span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">13</span>⁄<span class="den">32</span></span> 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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/4_ft_6_in_gauge_railway" title="4 ft 6 in gauge railway">Four foot six inch</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,372 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(4 ft 6 in) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#6a51b7;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Standard-gauge_railway#Modern_almost_standard_gauge_railways" title="Standard-gauge railway">1432 mm</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,432 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> in) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#568dd0; width:20px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Standard-gauge_railway" title="Standard-gauge railway">Standard</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,435 mm</td> <td style="text-align:left;">(4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span 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 href="/wiki/5_ft_6_in_gauge_railway" title="5 ft 6 in gauge railway">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> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JA1271_Opapa_16Feb2003_JChristianson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/JA1271_Opapa_16Feb2003_JChristianson.jpg/220px-JA1271_Opapa_16Feb2003_JChristianson.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/JA1271_Opapa_16Feb2003_JChristianson.jpg/330px-JA1271_Opapa_16Feb2003_JChristianson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/JA1271_Opapa_16Feb2003_JChristianson.jpg/440px-JA1271_Opapa_16Feb2003_JChristianson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="586" /></a><figcaption>JA1271 with excursion consist climbing the <a href="/wiki/Te_Aute_railway_station#Te_Aute_bank" title="Te Aute railway station">Opapa incline</a> in New Zealand</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GOT_Tram_4_Descending_05-07-17_04.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/GOT_Tram_4_Descending_05-07-17_04.jpeg/220px-GOT_Tram_4_Descending_05-07-17_04.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/GOT_Tram_4_Descending_05-07-17_04.jpeg/330px-GOT_Tram_4_Descending_05-07-17_04.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/GOT_Tram_4_Descending_05-07-17_04.jpeg/440px-GOT_Tram_4_Descending_05-07-17_04.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2404" data-file-height="1699" /></a><figcaption>Tram descending the <a href="/wiki/Great_Orme_Tramway" title="Great Orme Tramway">Great Orme Tramway</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_Pacific_Perth,_Western_Australia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Indian_Pacific_Perth%2C_Western_Australia.jpg/220px-Indian_Pacific_Perth%2C_Western_Australia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Indian_Pacific_Perth%2C_Western_Australia.jpg/330px-Indian_Pacific_Perth%2C_Western_Australia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Indian_Pacific_Perth%2C_Western_Australia.jpg/440px-Indian_Pacific_Perth%2C_Western_Australia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2938" data-file-height="1916" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dual_gauge" title="Dual gauge">Dual gauge</a> track in <a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a> Australia with both 3ft 6in and <a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GaugeWidening.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/GaugeWidening.jpg/220px-GaugeWidening.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/GaugeWidening.jpg/330px-GaugeWidening.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/GaugeWidening.jpg/440px-GaugeWidening.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1489" data-file-height="1116" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dual_gauge" title="Dual gauge">Dual gauge</a> track in <a href="/wiki/Sakhalin_Oblast" title="Sakhalin Oblast">Sakhalin Oblast</a> including both 3ft 6in and <a href="/wiki/Russian_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian gauge">Russian gauge</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Japanese-national-railways-D51-498-20140518.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Japanese-national-railways-D51-498-20140518.jpg/220px-Japanese-national-railways-D51-498-20140518.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Japanese-national-railways-D51-498-20140518.jpg/330px-Japanese-national-railways-D51-498-20140518.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Japanese-national-railways-D51-498-20140518.jpg/440px-Japanese-national-railways-D51-498-20140518.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2250" /></a><figcaption>A preserved Japanese <a href="/wiki/JNR_Class_D51" title="JNR Class D51">JNR Class D51</a> in main line service in 2014</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SL_hitoyoshi_09sum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/SL_hitoyoshi_09sum.jpg/220px-SL_hitoyoshi_09sum.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/SL_hitoyoshi_09sum.jpg/330px-SL_hitoyoshi_09sum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/SL_hitoyoshi_09sum.jpg/440px-SL_hitoyoshi_09sum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="912" data-file-height="684" /></a><figcaption>Preserved Japanese nostalgia train <a href="/wiki/SL_Hitoyoshi" title="SL Hitoyoshi">SL Hitoyoshi</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TRA_TED1002_20120722.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/TRA_TED1002_20120722.jpg/220px-TRA_TED1002_20120722.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/TRA_TED1002_20120722.jpg/330px-TRA_TED1002_20120722.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/TRA_TED1002_20120722.jpg/440px-TRA_TED1002_20120722.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a><figcaption>The <i><a href="/wiki/Taroko_Express" title="Taroko Express">Taroko Express</a></i> in Taiwan</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HK_Sheung_Wan_Tram_Station_KMBus_914_Des_Voeux_Road_Central.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/HK_Sheung_Wan_Tram_Station_KMBus_914_Des_Voeux_Road_Central.jpg/220px-HK_Sheung_Wan_Tram_Station_KMBus_914_Des_Voeux_Road_Central.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/HK_Sheung_Wan_Tram_Station_KMBus_914_Des_Voeux_Road_Central.jpg/330px-HK_Sheung_Wan_Tram_Station_KMBus_914_Des_Voeux_Road_Central.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/HK_Sheung_Wan_Tram_Station_KMBus_914_Des_Voeux_Road_Central.jpg/440px-HK_Sheung_Wan_Tram_Station_KMBus_914_Des_Voeux_Road_Central.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Sheung Wan station on <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Tramway" class="mw-redirect" title="Hong Kong Tramway">Hong Kong Tramway</a> with bus interchange</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Francisco_Cable_Car_22_(4256697380).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/San_Francisco_Cable_Car_22_%284256697380%29.jpg/220px-San_Francisco_Cable_Car_22_%284256697380%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/San_Francisco_Cable_Car_22_%284256697380%29.jpg/330px-San_Francisco_Cable_Car_22_%284256697380%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/San_Francisco_Cable_Car_22_%284256697380%29.jpg/440px-San_Francisco_Cable_Car_22_%284256697380%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_cable_car_system" title="San Francisco cable car system">San Francisco cable car</a> traversing a hill</figcaption></figure> <p>Railways with a track gauge of <span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,067 mm</span>) were first constructed as horse-drawn <a href="/wiki/Wagonways" class="mw-redirect" title="Wagonways">wagonways</a>. The first intercity passenger railway to use 3 ft 6 in was constructed in Norway by <a href="/wiki/Carl_Abraham_Pihl" title="Carl Abraham Pihl">Carl Abraham Pihl</a>. From the mid-nineteenth century, the <span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> <a href="/wiki/Track_gauge" title="Track gauge">gauge</a> became widespread in the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a>. In Africa it became known as the <b>Cape gauge</b> as it was adopted as the standard gauge for the <a href="/wiki/Cape_Government_Railways" title="Cape Government Railways">Cape Government Railways</a> in 1873, although it had already been established in Australia and New Zealand before that. It was adopted as a standard in <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_New_Zealand" title="Rail transport in New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_South_Africa" title="Rail transport in South Africa">South Africa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Indonesia" title="Rail transport in Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Japan" title="Rail transport in Japan">Japan</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="Rail transport in the Philippines">Philippines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Railways_Administration" title="Taiwan Railways Administration">Taiwan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Queensland" title="Rail transport in Queensland">Queensland</a> (which has the second largest narrow gauge network in the world) in Australia. </p><p>There are approximately 112,000 kilometres (70,000 mi) of <span class="nowrap">1,067 mm</span> gauge track in the world, which are classified as <a href="/wiki/Narrow-gauge_railway" title="Narrow-gauge railway">narrow-gauge railways</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3_ft_6_in_gauge_railways&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>1795</dt> <dd>One of the first railways to use <span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,067 mm</span>) gauge was the <a href="/wiki/Little_Eaton_Gangway" title="Little Eaton Gangway">Little Eaton Gangway</a> in England, constructed as a horse-drawn <a href="/wiki/Wagonway" title="Wagonway">wagonway</a> in 1795. Other <span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> gauge wagonways in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> were also built in the early nineteenth century.</dd> <dt>1809</dt> <dd>The <a href="/wiki/Silkstone_Waggonway" title="Silkstone Waggonway">Silkstone Waggonway</a> was opened, connecting the <a href="/wiki/Barnsley_Canal" title="Barnsley Canal">Barnsley Canal</a> to collieries including the <a href="/wiki/Huskar_Pit" title="Huskar Pit">Huskar Pit</a>.</dd> <dt>1860</dt> <dd>The <a href="/wiki/Severn_and_Wye_Railway" title="Severn and Wye Railway">Severn and Wye Railway</a> introduces a steam locomotive on its <span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> gauge <a href="/wiki/Plateway" title="Plateway">plateway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>1862</dt> <dd>The Norwegian engineer <a href="/wiki/Carl_Abraham_Pihl" title="Carl Abraham Pihl">Carl Abraham Pihl</a> constructed the first <span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> gauge railway in <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>, the <a href="/wiki/R%C3%B8ros_Line" title="Røros Line">Røros Line</a>.</dd> <dt>1865</dt> <dd>The <a href="/wiki/Queensland_Rail" title="Queensland Rail">Queensland Railways</a> were constructed. Its <span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> gauge was promoted by the Irish engineer <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Fitzgibbon" title="Abraham Fitzgibbon">Abraham Fitzgibbon</a> and consulting engineer <a href="/wiki/Charles_Fox_(civil_and_railway_engineer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Fox (civil and railway engineer)">Charles Fox</a>.</dd> <dt>1867</dt> <dd>The construction of the railroad from the Castillo de Buitrón mine to the pier of San Juan del Puerto, Huelva, Spain, began. The width was <span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,067 mm</span>).</dd> <dt>1868</dt> <dd>In 1868 <a href="/wiki/Charles_Douglas_Fox" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Douglas Fox">Charles Fox</a> asked civil engineer <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Wragge" title="Edmund Wragge">Edmund Wragge</a> to survey a <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Costa_Rica#History" title="Rail transport in Costa Rica"><span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> railway in Costa Rica</a>.</dd> <dt>1870</dt> <dd>The <span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> was adopted by New Zealand to expedite the development of transport under <a href="/wiki/Julius_Vogel" title="Julius Vogel">Julius Vogel</a>'s <i>Great Public Works Policy</i>; see <a href="/wiki/The_Vogel_Era" title="The Vogel Era">The Vogel Era</a>.</dd> <dt>1871</dt> <dd>Nicolaas Henket and J.C Schölmann recommended that the Dutch <a href="/wiki/East_Indies" title="East Indies">East Indies</a> government use <span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> gauge for railways in Java. The line between Batavia NIS and <a href="/wiki/Gambir_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Gambir Station">Koningsplein Station</a> opened on 15 September 1871.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></dd> <dt>1871</dt> <dd>The Canadian <a href="/wiki/Toronto,_Grey_and_Bruce_Railway" title="Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway">Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_and_Nipissing_Railway" title="Toronto and Nipissing Railway">Toronto and Nipissing Railway</a> were opened, promoted by Pihl and Fitzgibbon and surveyed by Wragge as an engineer of Fox. The Canadian province of Prince Edward Island began building its <span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> network.</dd> <dt>1872</dt> <dd>In January <a href="/wiki/Robert_Fairlie" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Fairlie">Robert Fairlie</a> advocated the use of <span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> gauge in his book <i>Railways Or No Railways: Narrow Gauge, Economy with Efficiency v. Broad Gauge, Costliness with Extravagance</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd>The first <span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> gauge railway opened in <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>. It had been proposed by the British civil engineer <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Morel_(railway_engineer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmund Morel (railway engineer)">Edmund Morel</a> based on his experience building railways in New Zealand.<sup id="cite_ref-Semmens1997_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Semmens1997-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>1873</dt> <dd>On 1 January, the <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_New_Zealand#Provincial_period" title="Rail transport in New Zealand">first <span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> gauge railway</a> was opened in New Zealand, constructed by the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> firm <a href="/wiki/John_Brogden_and_Sons#Work_in_New_Zealand" title="John Brogden and Sons">John Brogden and Sons</a>. Earlier built <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>) and broad gauge railways were soon <a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_conversion" title="Track gauge conversion">converted</a> to the narrower gauge.</dd> <dd>The <a href="/wiki/Cape_Colony" title="Cape Colony">Cape Colony</a> adopted the <span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> gauge.<sup id="cite_ref-NGS_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NGS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After conducting several studies in southern Europe, the <a href="/wiki/John_Charles_Molteno" title="John Charles Molteno">Molteno Government</a> selected the gauge as being the most economically suited for traversing steep mountain ranges.<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> Beginning in 1873, under supervision of Railway engineer of the Colony William Brounger,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Cape_Government_Railways" title="Cape Government Railways">Cape Government Railways</a> rapidly expanded and the gauge became the standard for southern Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>1876</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Natal_Colony" class="mw-redirect" title="Natal Colony">Natal</a> also <a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_conversion" title="Track gauge conversion">converted</a> its short 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) long Durban network from <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>) standard gauge prior to commencing with construction of a network across the entire colony in 1876.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other new railways in Southern Africa, notably Mozambique, Bechuanaland, the Rhodesias, Nyasaland and Angola, were also constructed in <span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> gauge during that time.</dd> <dt>After 1876</dt> <dd>In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century numerous <span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> gauge <a href="/wiki/Tram" title="Tram">tram</a> systems were built in the <a href="/wiki/Three_foot_six_inch_gauge_railways_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Three foot six inch gauge railways in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Narrow_gauge_railways_in_the_Netherlands#Tram" class="mw-redirect" title="Narrow gauge railways in the Netherlands">Netherlands</a>. Newfoundland began its Cape gauge network in 1881.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nomenclature">Nomenclature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3_ft_6_in_gauge_railways&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Nomenclature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This gauge is sometimes called <b>Cape gauge</b>, named after the <a href="/wiki/Cape_Colony" title="Cape Colony">Cape Colony</a> in what is now South Africa, which adopted it in 1873.<sup id="cite_ref-NGS_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NGS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Cape gauge" was used in several English-speaking countries.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The equivalent of <i>Cape gauge</i> is used in other languages, such as the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Dutch</a> <i>kaapspoor</i>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">German</a> <i>Kapspur</i>, <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norwegian</a> <i>kappspor</i> and <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">French</a> <i>voie cape</i>. After metrication in the 1960s, the gauge was referred to in official South African Railways publications as <span class="nowrap">1,065 mm</span> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="nowrap">3 ft <span class="frac">5<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">15</span>⁄<span class="den">16</span></span> in</span>) instead of 1067 mm.<sup id="cite_ref-E&D_diagram-book_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-E&D_diagram-book-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Sweden, the gauge was nicknamed <b>Blekinge gauge</b>, as most of the railways in the province of <a href="/wiki/Blekinge" title="Blekinge">Blekinge</a> had this gauge.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Colonial Gauge</b> was used in New Zealand.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Australia, this gauge is typically referred to as <b>narrow gauge</b> in comparison 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>) standard gauge or <span class="nowrap">5 ft 3 in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,600 mm</span>) broad gauge. In some instances, simply <b>3 foot 6 inch</b> — or in rarer cases <b><a href="/wiki/Track_gauge#Medium_gauge" title="Track gauge">medium gauge</a></b> — is used to distinguish it from other narrow gauges.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Rail_gauge_in_Australia" title="Rail gauge in Australia">Rail gauge in Australia</a></div> <p>In Japan the <span class="nowrap">1,067 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span>) gauge, along with other narrow gauges, is referred to as <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn"><b>kyōki</b></i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">狭軌</span></span>)</span>, which directly translates as <i>narrow gauge</i>, to differentiate it from the <a href="/wiki/Shinkansen" title="Shinkansen">Shinkansen</a> lines. It is defined in metric units. It is commonly referred to as 三六軌間<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><i lang="ja"><b>36 gauge</b></i></span>)</span>, which derives from the 3 ft 6 in. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Similar_gauges">Similar gauges</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3_ft_6_in_gauge_railways&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Similar gauges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Similar, but incompatible without wheelset adjustment, rail gauges in respect of aspects such as cost of construction, practical <a href="/wiki/Minimum_railway_curve_radius" title="Minimum railway curve radius">minimum radius curves</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Loading_gauge" title="Loading gauge">maximum physical dimensions</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rolling_stock" title="Rolling stock">rolling stock</a> are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Teresa_Tram" title="Santa Teresa Tram"><span class="nowrap">1,100 mm</span></a> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><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/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/National_Company_for_Rail_Transport" title="National Company for Rail Transport"><span class="nowrap">1,055 mm</span></a> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><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/Hejaz_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Hejaz Railway"><span class="nowrap">1,050 mm</span></a> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><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>), and</li> <li><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>.</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Dual_gauge" title="Dual gauge">Dual gauge</a> between <span class="nowrap">1,067 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span>) gauge and another similar gauge can make these bonus gauges. </p> <ul><li><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>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/4_ft_6_in_gauge_railway" title="4 ft 6 in gauge railway"><span class="nowrap">1,372 mm</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">4 ft 6 in</span>), (<a href="/wiki/4_ft_6_in_gauge_railway" title="4 ft 6 in gauge railway">4 ft 6 in gauge railway</a>) and</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iberian_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Iberian gauge"><span class="nowrap">1,668 mm</span></a> (<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>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/5_ft_6_in_gauge_railway" title="5 ft 6 in gauge railway"><span class="nowrap">1,676 mm</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">5 ft 6 in</span>) (The maximum bonus gauge from <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>) <a href="/wiki/Meter_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Meter gauge">meter gauge</a> <a href="/wiki/Gauntlet_track" title="Gauntlet track">gauntlet tracks</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Usage">Usage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3_ft_6_in_gauge_railways&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Country/territory </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Angola" title="Rail transport in Angola">Angola</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Angola" title="Rail transport in Angola">Rail transport in Angola</a>, some <a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_conversion" title="Track gauge conversion">converted</a> from <a href="/wiki/2_ft_and_600_mm_gauge_railways" title="2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways"><span class="nowrap">2 ft</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">610 mm</span>) gauge and <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>. Some isolated. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Australia" title="Rail transport in Australia">Australia</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Rail_gauge_in_Australia" title="Rail gauge in Australia">Rail gauge in Australia</a></div> 11,930 km (7,410 mi). <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_New_South_Wales" title="Rail transport in New South Wales">New South Wales</a>: the heritage <a href="/wiki/Zig_Zag_Railway" title="Zig Zag Railway">Zig Zag Railway</a>. <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Queensland" title="Rail transport in Queensland">Queensland</a>: 8,146 km (5,062 mi). <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_South_Australia" title="Rail transport in South Australia">South Australia</a>: the isolated <a href="/wiki/Eyre_Peninsula_Railway" title="Eyre Peninsula Railway">Eyre Peninsula Railway</a>, and the heritage <a href="/wiki/Pichi_Richi_Railway" title="Pichi Richi Railway">Pichi Richi Railway</a>. <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Victoria" title="Rail transport in Victoria">Victoria</a>: the heritage <a href="/wiki/Bellarine_Railway" title="Bellarine Railway">Bellarine Railway</a> line. <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Tasmania" title="Rail transport in Tasmania">Tasmania</a>: 611 km (380 mi). <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Western_Australia" title="Rail transport in Western Australia">Western Australia</a>: 2,970 km (1,850 mi). <a href="/wiki/North_Australia_Railway" title="North Australia Railway">Northern Territory</a> (closed). </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Barbados" title="Transport in Barbados">Barbados</a> </td> <td> <p><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Barbados#Railway" title="Transport in Barbados">Barbados Railway</a> (<a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_conversion" title="Track gauge conversion">converted</a> to <span class="nowrap">2 ft 6 in</span> or <span class="nowrap">762 mm</span> gauge) (defunct) </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Botswana" title="Rail transport in Botswana">Botswana</a> </td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Botswana_Railways" title="Botswana Railways">Botswana Railways</a> system consists of 888 kilometres (552 mi) of <span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,067 mm</span>) gauge track. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Canada" title="Rail transport in Canada">Canada</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Narrow-gauge_railways_in_Canada" title="Narrow-gauge railways in Canada">Narrow-gauge railways in Canada</a></div> Western <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick_Railway" title="New Brunswick Railway">New Brunswick</a> until <a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_conversion" title="Track gauge conversion">gauge conversion</a> in the 1880s; the <a href="/wiki/Newfoundland_Railway" title="Newfoundland Railway">Newfoundland Railway</a> until abandonment in September 1988; and the <a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward_Island_Railway" title="Prince Edward Island Railway">Prince Edward Island Railway</a> until gauge conversion in 1930 following a car ferry connection with the main North America system. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Narrow-gauge_railways_in_China" title="Narrow-gauge railways in China">China</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Manchuria_Railway" title="South Manchuria Railway">South Manchuria Railway</a> — built to <a href="/wiki/5_ft_and_1520_mm_gauge_railways" title="5 ft and 1520 mm gauge railways"><span class="nowrap">1,524 mm</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">5 ft</span>) as part of the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Eastern_Railway" title="Chinese Eastern Railway">Chinese Eastern Railway</a>, converted by advancing Japanese troops during the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War" title="Russo-Japanese War">Russo-Japanese War</a> of 1904–1905 to Japanese <span class="nowrap">1,067 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span>) gauge, converted to standard gauge after the war by the new South Manchuria Railway Company.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Rail transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo, Democratic Republic of</a> </td> <td>3621 km <span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,067 mm</span>) gauge (858 km or 533 mi electrified). Some converted from <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>) and <span class="nowrap">2 ft 6 in</span> (<span class="nowrap">762 mm</span>) gauge. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Congo%E2%80%93Ocean_Railway" title="Congo–Ocean Railway">Congo, Republic of</a> </td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Congo%E2%80%93Ocean_Railway" title="Congo–Ocean Railway">Congo–Ocean Railway</a>, 502 kilometres (312 mi) long (operating). </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Costa_Rica" title="Rail transport in Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a> </td> <td>Operation of the <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Costa_Rica" title="Rail transport in Costa Rica">national railway network</a> was suspended in 1995 after an earthquake. As of 2013, some <a href="/wiki/Suburban" class="mw-redirect" title="Suburban">suburban</a> lines are operational. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_the_Dominican_Republic" title="Rail transport in the Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_the_Dominican_Republic#History" title="Rail transport in the Dominican Republic">Samaná to Santiago Railway</a>, (later <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_Dominican_Republic" title="Cabinet of the Dominican Republic">Ferrocarriles Unidos Dominicanos</a>) 139 km (86 mi), in operation from 1887 to 1976 (defunct)<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Empresa_de_Ferrocarriles_Ecuatorianos" title="Empresa de Ferrocarriles Ecuatorianos">Ecuador</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Empresa_de_Ferrocarriles_Ecuatorianos" title="Empresa de Ferrocarriles Ecuatorianos">Empresa de Ferrocarriles Ecuatorianos</a>, 965 km (600 mi)<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Estonia" title="Rail transport in Estonia">Estonia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trams_in_Tallinn" title="Trams in Tallinn">Tallinn tram</a> of 38 km (24 mi), on all lines from the beginning in 1888, only on some lines in 1915–1931, and again on all lines from 1931. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eswatini_Railways" title="Eswatini Railways">Eswatini</a> </td> <td>301 kilometres (187 mi), only for transportation of goods, not passengers </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Ghana" title="Rail transport in Ghana">Ghana</a> </td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Ghana_Railway_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghana Railway Corporation">national rail network</a> of 935 km (581 mi) is undergoing major rehabilitation. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_Haiti" title="History of rail transport in Haiti">Haiti</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_Haiti#Saint-Marc_line" title="History of rail transport in Haiti">Saint-Marc line</a> (defunct) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Honduras" title="Rail transport in Honduras">Honduras</a> </td> <td><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_Honduras" title="Rail transport in Honduras">Rail transport in Honduras</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Hong_Kong" title="Rail transport in Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Tramways" title="Hong Kong Tramways">Hong Kong Tramways</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Indonesia" title="Rail transport in Indonesia">Indonesia</a> </td> <td>8,159 km (5,070 mi) as of 2014, with only 4,816 km (2,993 mi) operational.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most common gauge for main lines of <a href="/wiki/Sumatra" title="Sumatra">Sumatra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Java" title="Java">Java</a>. The first railway was actually built to standard gauge (the <a href="/wiki/Semarang" title="Semarang">Semarang</a>–<a href="/wiki/Surakarta" title="Surakarta">Solo</a>–<a href="/wiki/Yogyakarta" title="Yogyakarta">Yogyakarta</a> corridor), but later lines were built to cape-gauge size owing to economic feasibility. The remainder of standard gauge lines were regauged by Japanese army during World War II to <span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,067 mm</span>) gauge, with parts using standard gauge sleepers. The gauge is also used by <a href="/wiki/KRL_Commuterline" title="KRL Commuterline">KRL Commuterline</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jakarta_MRT" title="Jakarta MRT">Jakarta MRT</a> and <a href="/wiki/Palembang_LRT" title="Palembang LRT">Palembang LRT</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Ireland" title="Rail transport in Ireland">Ireland</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_narrow_gauge_railways_in_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of narrow gauge railways in Ireland">List of narrow gauge railways in Ireland</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_the_Isle_of_Man" title="Rail transport in the Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Snaefell_Mountain_Railway" title="Snaefell Mountain Railway">Snaefell Mountain Railway</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Japan" title="Rail transport in Japan">Japan</a> </td> <td>22,301 km (13,857 mi).<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> First track gauge introduced. All <a href="/wiki/JR_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="JR Group">JR Group</a> lines and some <a href="/wiki/List_of_railway_companies_in_Japan#Major_sixteen_private_railways" title="List of railway companies in Japan">private railways</a> use this gauge except for high-speed <a href="/wiki/Shinkansen" title="Shinkansen">shinkansen</a> lines which use <a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Jersey#Rail_transport" title="Transport in Jersey">Jersey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jersey_Railway" title="Jersey Railway">Jersey Railway</a> (defunct). Partly <a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_conversion" title="Track gauge conversion">converted</a> from <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/Rail_transport_in_Malawi" title="Rail transport in Malawi">Malawi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Malawi_Railways" title="Malawi Railways">Malawi Railways</a> has 797 km (495 mi) of <span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,067 mm</span>) gauge railways. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mozambique_Ports_and_Railways" title="Mozambique Ports and Railways">Mozambique</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mozambique_Ports_and_Railways" title="Mozambique Ports and Railways">Mozambique Ports and Railways</a> operates 2,983 km (1,854 mi) of <span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,067 mm</span>) gauge. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Namibia" title="Rail transport in Namibia">Namibia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/TransNamib" title="TransNamib">TransNamib</a> operates 2,883 km (1,791 mi) of <span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,067 mm</span>) gauge, partly converted from <a href="/wiki/2_ft_and_600_mm_gauge_railways" title="2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways"><span class="nowrap">600 mm</span></a> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="nowrap">1 ft <span class="frac">11<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">5</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> in</span>) gauge. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_the_Netherlands" title="Rail transport in the Netherlands">Netherlands</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Narrow_gauge_railways_in_the_Netherlands#Trams" class="mw-redirect" title="Narrow gauge railways in the Netherlands">Some tramway</a> systems (all defunct) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_New_Zealand" title="Rail transport in New Zealand">New Zealand</a> </td> <td>3,900 km (2,400 mi), standardized by the Public Works Act 1870<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Nicaragua" title="Rail transport in Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a> </td> <td>373 km (232 mi) of track until closure of the <a href="/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_Nicaragua" title="History of rail transport in Nicaragua">national rail network</a> in 1993. All lifted and scrapped. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Nigeria" title="Rail transport in Nigeria">Nigeria</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Railway_Corporation" title="Nigerian Railway Corporation">Nigerian Railway Corporation</a> operates an isolated network of 3,505 kilometers (2,178 mi) <span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,067 mm</span>) gauge single track lines. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Norway" title="Rail transport in Norway">Norway</a> </td> <td>The gauge was first used by <a href="/wiki/Carl_Abraham_Pihl" title="Carl Abraham Pihl">C A Pihl</a> on the <a href="/wiki/R%C3%B8ros_Line" title="Røros Line">Hamar-Grundset Line</a>, opened 23 June 1862.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most lines were <span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,067 mm</span>) gauge lines built in the 19th century were rebuilt to standard gauge between 1904 and 1949. The <a href="/wiki/Setesdal_Line" title="Setesdal Line">Setesdal Line</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Heritage_railway" title="Heritage railway">heritage railway</a> line of about eight km remains <span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,067 mm</span>) gauge. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Panama" title="Rail transport in Panama">Panama</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tramways_of_Panama" class="mw-redirect" title="Tramways of Panama">Panama Tramways Company</a> (1913–1917) and the Panama Electric Company (1917–1941).<sup id="cite_ref-morrison_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-morrison-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transportation_in_the_Philippines" title="Rail transportation in the Philippines">Philippines</a> </td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Philippine_National_Railways" title="Philippine National Railways">Philippine National Railways</a> operates a 72 km (45 mi) <a href="/wiki/Metro_Manila" title="Metro Manila">Metro Manila</a>–<a href="/wiki/Laguna_(province)" title="Laguna (province)">Laguna</a> segment of its old 1,140 km (710 mi) network; <a href="/wiki/Panay_Railways" title="Panay Railways">Panay Railways</a> had 154 km (96 mi) in Panay and Cebu. PNR will re-gauge its entire network to <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">standard gauge</span>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Sierra_Leone" title="Rail transport in Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a> </td> <td>There are 84 kilometres of <span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,067 mm</span>) gauge private <a href="/wiki/Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Railway">railways</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone" title="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_South_Africa" title="Rail transport in South Africa">South Africa</a> </td> <td>About 20,500 route-km.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Gautrain" title="Gautrain">Gautrain</a> (80 km) is <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> and there were several limited <span class="nowrap">2 ft</span> (<span class="nowrap">610 mm</span>) narrow gauge systems. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_South_Sudan" title="Rail transport in South Sudan">South Sudan</a> </td> <td>Isolated, 248 kilometers (154 mi) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Spain" title="Rail transport in Spain">Spain</a> </td> <td>The line from <a href="/wiki/Cartagena-Los_Nietos_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Cartagena-Los Nietos Line">Cartagena to Los Blancos</a> was originally <span class="nowrap">1,067 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">3 ft 6 in</span>), but was converted to <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>) in 1976, at the same time as the line was extended to <a href="/wiki/Los_Nietos,_Cartagena" title="Los Nietos, Cartagena">Los Nietos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Sudan" title="Rail transport in Sudan">Sudan</a> </td> <td>Isolated, 4,725 kilometers (2,936 mi) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Sweden" title="Rail transport in Sweden">Sweden</a> </td> <td>Several during the 19th century, all closed or <a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_conversion" title="Track gauge conversion">regauged</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Taiwan" title="Rail transport in Taiwan">Taiwan</a> </td> <td>1,097 km (682 mi) (<a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Railway" title="Taiwan Railway">Taiwan Railway</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Tanzania" title="Rail transport in Tanzania">Tanzania</a> </td> <td>Dar es Salaam to Zambia (<a href="/wiki/TAZARA_Railway" title="TAZARA Railway">TAZARA Railway</a> only, rest of the network is <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>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Turkey" title="Rail transport in Turkey">Turkey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chemin_de_Fer_Moudania_Brousse" title="Chemin de Fer Moudania Brousse">Chemin de Fer Moudania Brousse</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Rail transport in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Three_foot_six_inch_gauge_railways_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Three foot six inch gauge railways in the United Kingdom">Three foot six inch gauge railways in the United Kingdom</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_the_United_States" 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class="nowrap">15 in</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">381 mm</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/400_mm_gauge_railway" class="mw-redirect" title="400 mm gauge railway"><span class="nowrap">400 mm</span></a> (<span class="nowrap"><span class="frac">15<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> in</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ridable_miniature_railways#16_in" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ridable miniature railways"><span class="nowrap">16 in</span></a> (<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" 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 class="mw-selflink selflink"><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 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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 href="/wiki/5_ft_6_in_gauge_railway" title="5 ft 6 in gauge railway"><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 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