| Gauge
| Countries
|
|---|
Metric,
mm
| English
|
|---|
| Industrial gauge
|
|---|
| 305
| 1'
|
UK (Ruislip Lido Railway [1,5]),
USA (Sonora Short Line, CA),
Russia (Krasnoyarsk Child Rly)
|
| 311
| 1' 1/4"
|
UK (Fairbourne & Barmouth)
|
| 381
| 1' 3"
|
Austria (Wien [4]),
France (Rh�e [3]),
Germany (liliputbahnen in Stuttgart-Killesberg [2],
Leipzig-Auensee [2], Dresden [6]), Japan,
UK (Ravenglass & Eskdale Light Rly [11], Romney Hythe &
Dymchurch Light Rly [22], Bure Valley Rly, Duffield Bank, Perrygrove Railway),
USA (amusement parks)
|
| 385
| 1' 3 5/32"
|
Hungary (Vid?mpark in Budapest)
|
| 400
| 1' 3 3/4"
| Decauville
France (first Decauville rly),
Hungary (Holl?h?za porcelain works),
Switzerland (brickworks)
|
| 406
| 1' 4"
|
UK (Great Laxey Mines),
USA (amusement park rlys)
|
| 450
| 1' 5 2/3"
| Decauville
China (coal mines at Tangshan),
Spain (industr. lines); apparently, many
other countries
|
| 457
| 1' 6"
|
UK (Woolwich Arsenal; Chatham Dockyard;
Crewe Locomotive Works; Horwich Locomotive Works)
|
| 480
| 1' 7"
|
Spain (Mina Arrayanes)
|
| 483
| 1' 7"
|
UK (industr. lines),
USA (Swanton Pacific) [2]
|
| 500
| 1' 7 5/8"
|
Decauville
Argentina (Tren del Fin del Mundo),
Colombia (Santiago Quinta tramway),
France (Tarn) [3],
Germany (Parkeisenbahn Vatterode, etc),
Hungary (T?r?kszentmikl?s and Pak brick factories),
Indonesia (Pagonan) [14],
Mexico (Yucatan horse tramway [?/4000]),
Russia (field railways),
Spain (industr. lines),
Switzerland (KWO-Stollenbahn [5]);
apparently many other countries
|
| 508
| 1' 8"
|
garden rlys,
Australia (Gwalia logging rly in
W.Aust. [110]),
Indonesia (Aneka Tambang),
Philippines (Benguet Mine),
UK (Brora Colliery Tramway),
USA (copper mining rlys in Arizona)
|
| 520
| 1' 8 1/2"
|
Russia,
Spain (industr. lines)
|
| 533
| 1' 9"
|
garden rlys
|
| 540
| 1' 9 1/4"
|
Sweden (horse tramways)
|
| 540
| 1' 9 1/4"
|
USA (Hunt System)
|
| 550
| 1' 9 2/3"
|
Russia (Bryansk Plant),
Spain
|
| 558/559
| 1' 10"
|
Ireland (Guinness brewery),
Dominican Rep.,
Mexico (El Progresso Mining Co.)
|
| 560
| 1' 10"
|
Sweden (Sandvik)
|
| 565
| 1' 10 1/4"
|
Czech Rep. (Usti n. Labem: elec., indust.)
|
| 571
| 1' 10 1/2"
|
Russia (garden railways)
|
| 575
| 1' 10 5/8"
|
Russia (mines)
|
| 576
| 1' 10 5/8"
|
Japan (Gumma horse rly, XIX c.)
|
| 578
| 1' 10 3/4"
|
UK (ind. lines, e.g., Dinorwic)
|
| 580
| 1' 10 13/16"
|
Hungary (Mogyor?sb?nya, Tokodalt?r?,
Dorogi mines)
|
| 584
| 1' 11"
|
UK (Penrhyn, Cornwall - ?)
|
| 597
| 1' 11 1/2"
|
Brazil (Paulista, Mogiana, Douradense, S� Paulo - Minas,
Perus - Pirapora, Tramway Cantareira),
UK (Vale of Rheidol Rly; Welsh Highland Rly; Festiniog; Ashover; North Wales NG, Lynton &
Barnstaple)
|
| 600
| 1' 11 5/8"
| Decauville
Argentina,
Angola [154/310],
Austria (Rei�ck [3]),
Belarus (field rly's),
Belgium (Adele, Ploegsteert, Maldegem
(museum) [4], Rail Rebecq
Rognon, Chemin de Fer de Sprimont),
Bulgaria [152],
Cameroon [145],
Colombia (Santiago La Piramide tramway),
Congo/DR [1025],
Finland [2] (museum),
France (Calvados) [400/80],
Germany (field railways, Berliner
Parkeisenbahn, Mecklenburg-Pommer railway, 1892-1969 [200]),
Greece (Agrinion-Krionerion,
Sarakli-Stavros, Volos-Milies),
Hungary (Almamell�, Kemence [3/5]),
Indonesia (sugar mills) [797],
Italy (field railways),
Japan (Chib-Ken and Narita rlys, XIX c.)
Latvia,
Lithuania,
Paraguay (Puerto Pinasco; Puerto Max),
Peru (Cayalti [50]),
Poland (Znin
1894- [78]; Bydgosc-Wyrzyskie
1895- [256]; Bialowieza; Ptusza - Tarnowka; Wigry),
Portugal (Barril, Minas de Pejao, Transpraia),
Russia (coal mines),
Spain,
Sweden (Helsingborg R� Raml�a, Munkedals, Stavsj� Kosta
Lessebo, J�k�ing Gripenberg, N�traby Alnaby �meboda,
Anneberg Ormaryd, Lindfors-Bosj�, Malma-Hagg�den) [197],
Switzerland (SATEB[2], SchBB Schinznacher Baumschulbahn [3]),
Ukraine,
Uzbekistan
|
| 603
| 1' 11 3/4"
|
UK (Festiniog & Blaenau Rly)
|
| 610
| 2'
|
Antigua & Barbuda [13],
Australia [4000],
Brunei [13],
Fiji [644],
Hong Kong [12] (Sha Tau Kok),
India [3265/2],
Indonesia (Toelangan, Kremboong) [22],
Japan (Kishu Mine, Tateyama, Aso, Mamurogawa, Musashino Mura),
Kazakstan (Tselinograd PRLY [2]),
Russia (Dobryanka, Lysva, Chermoz),
South Africa [314++],
South Korea (Pusan streetcars [9.5]),
UK (Volks Electric Rly 1883-1884 [2], RAF Fauld - ?, Groudle Glen Rly [1], Ashover [12], London post office rly),
USA (Maine, Edaville, Sandy River, Gilpin
Tramway [42], Chicago Tunnel Co.),
Venezuela (Bolivar [220])
|
| 615
| 2' 1/5"
| Congo/DR [136]
|
| 620
| 2' 2/5"
| Slovenia [2]
|
| 630
| 2' 2/3"
|
Germany (industr. rlys),
Russia
|
| 635
| 2' 1"
|
Japan (Iwafune rly, XIX c.)
|
| 643
| 26"*
|
Sweden (Str�sn�bruk) [15]
|
| Gauge
| Countries
|
|---|
Metric,
mm
| English
|
|---|
| Narrow gauge
|
|---|
| 650
| 2' 2"
|
Spain
|
| 660/661
| 2' 2"
|
Australia (Mount Morgan Gold Mining),
Brazil (Raposos-Nova Lima tramway),
Germany (Neunkircher Eisenwerke [32])
|
| 666
| 2' 2 7/32"
|
Japan (Hongo streetcars, Yamanashi
horse rly; XIX c.)
|
| 670
| 2' 2 1/3"
|
Indonesia (Kadhipaten) [7]
|
| 686
| 2' 3"
| Australia (Otway Ranges),
UK (Tal-y-Llyn [11], Corris [1.2/22], Campbeltown &
Macrihanish)
|
| 693
| 28"*
|
Sweden (Kroppa, Yngs-Dagl�e, Domnarvet) [28],
Cuba (Simon Bolivar) [15]
|
| 700
| 2' 3 1/2"
| Decauville
Argentina,
Denmark,
France (Chemin de fer d'Abreschviller [6/82]),
Germany (stone mill in Bavaria,
some industrial peat railways in
north Germany, mostly owned by Dutch firms),
Indonesia (sugar mills, salt) [1,897],
Netherlands (industrial lines),
Spain,
Sweden
|
| 705
| 2' 3 3/4"
|
|
Cuba (Caibarien - Moron [83])
|
| 710/712
| 2' 4"
|
UK (Snailbeach [5]),
Russia
|
| 716
| 2' 4 3/16"
|
Poland (Kruszwica sugar mills, 1881-1923) [40]
|
| 720
| 2' 4.3"
| Belgium (Le Tram Zaman) [10],
Indonesia (Loenggadjah, Karangsoewung, Sindanglaut) [31]
|
| 724/725
| 2' 4 1/2"
|
Russia,
UK (Glyn Valley Tramway)
|
| 730
| 29"*
|
Sweden (ind. lines)
|
| 737
| 2' 5 1/64"
|
Japan (Shinagawa horse rly; XIX c.)
|
| 742
| 30"*
|
Sweden (ind. lines)
|
| 750
| 2' 5 1/2"
| Argentina (Old Patagonian Express, Rio Turbio Coal),
Australia (in Victoria),
Belarus,
Bolivia (Cochabamba tramway),
Chile (Santyago Yungay tramway),
Germany,
Greece [22],
Ecuador [180] (El Oro, Bahia-Chome),
Egypt [347],
Estonia,
Finland [2] (museum),
Indonesia (sugar mills) [223],
Italy (field railways) [71],
Japan (lumber lines),
Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Latvia,
Lithuania,
Norway (Urskog - H�andsban [51]),
Paraguay (Puerto Casado [160]),
Philippines (Benguet Mine),
Poland,
Russia,
Sierra-Leone,
Spain [43],
Sweden (Glava, mining rlys),
Switzerland (WB [14], funic's, IRR/Internationale
Rhein-Regulierung [23]),
Tajikistan,
Turkey [246],
Ukraine,
Uruguay (Piriapolis [43])
|
| 753
| 2' 5 5/8"
|
Japan (Fuhoku streetcars; XIX c.)
|
| 760
| 2' 5.9"
| Known as "Bosnian gauge". Equals to a half of an old
Austrian measure "klafter of Vienna".
Albania [34],
Antigua & Barbuda [64],
Austria [339],
Bolivia [32],
Bosnia,
Bulgaria [245],
Croatia,
Czech Rep.,
Haiti [40],
Hungary [222],
Italy (Valgardena, Val di Fiemme) [29],
Rumania [370],
Serbia,
Slovak Rep. [6],
St. Kitts & Nevis [58],
Sweden (ind. lines),
Ukraine (Transcarpathian lines)
|
| 762
| 2' 6"
| Australia (Puffing Billy [25], Walhalla Goldfields),
Barbados (till 1900),
Brazil [13],
China,
Cuba [150],
Cyprus [113],
Dominican Rep. [140],
India [3265/2],
Indonesia (rubber plantation; Pongkor),
Japan (Kinki Nippon [27], Seibu, Kurobe Valley [20], Sangi
Hokusei [20],
Kintetsu Utsube [6], Kintetsu Hachioji [1]),
Mauritius [16],
Mozambique [148],
Nepal [52],
Nigeria [213],
North Korea [665],
Pakistan [900],
Peru (Patillos),
Sierra Leone [500],
South Korea (Pusan),
Sri Lanka [141] (Kelani Valley Rly),
Taiwan (Alishan forestry
rly [86], sugar cane rlys),
UK (Welshpool & Llanfair, Pentewan; Oakhill Brewery;
Alford & Sutton Tramway; Leek & Manifold; Hoo Ness Island;
Chattenden & Upnor, Bowaters Paper Mill /
Sittingbourne & Kemsley rly),
USA (park railways in Portland, OR; mining rlys in MO, AZ, NV,
CA; sugar plantations in LU),
Venezuela (Maracaibo)
|
| 785
| 30"+
| Denmark,
Germany (Rhein-Sieg-Eisenbahn; industrial railways, such as at
the big Krupp steelworks at Rheinhausen),
Poland/Germany (Silesia [188], Silesian streetcar
network -1952)
|
| 787
| 2' 7"
|
Finland,
Germany (Broelthal),
Sweden (Kroppa)
|
| 791
| 2' 6.9"
| Denmark (Faxe Jernbane, -1985/1995)
|
| 792
| 32"*
|
Sweden (horse tramways, lumber yards)
|
| 794
| 2' 7 1/4"
|
UK (Neath Abbey)
|
| 800
| 2' 7 1/2"
| Belgium (indust. lines),
Brazil (Santos, Itatinga tramways),
Georgia,
Germany [2] (Museumsfeldbahn Leipzig-Lindenau e.V.),
Poland (Marki and Wilanow access tracks),
Spain (industr. lines)
Switzerland (WAB [19], PB [5], BRB [8], MG [9],
MTGN [10], BOB [7], funic's, Riffelalp-Tram),
UK (Snowdon Mountain [8]),
Ukraine
|
| 802
| 2.7'*
| Sweden (H�lefors-Fredriksberg,
Bredsj�Degerfors, Voxna-Lobon�) [222]
|
| 813
| 2' 8"
|
UK (Neath Abbey, Levenseat - ?)
|
| 820
| 2' 8 1/4"
|
Brazil (Rio de Janeiro Carris
Urbanos tramway)
|
| 826
| 2' 8 1/2"
|
UK (Volks Electric Rly 1884- [2]; Brighton &
Rottingdean)
|
| 838
| 2' 9"
|
Japan (Kamaishi iron rly; XIX c.),
Sao Tome,
UK (Seaton Tramway)
|
| 850
| 2' 9 1/2"
|
Italy (Porlezza-Menaggio [12], Ponte
Tresa Italia - Luino [12], till 1950),
Sweden (ind. lines)
|
| Gauge
| Countries
|
|---|
Metric,
mm
| English
|
|---|
| Meter gauge
|
|---|
| 864
| 2' 10"
|
UK (John Brogden &
Sons, Bridgend)
|
| 869
| 2' 10" 7/32"
|
Germany (Itzehoe concrete factory)
|
| 875/876
| 2' 10 1/2"
|
Russia,
UK (Cornwall - ?)
|
| 880
| 2' 11 1/64"
|
Germany [20] (Bernau),
Japan (Nakaya Ryokan, 1960)
|
| 884/885
| 35 3/4"*
|
Russia Demidoff's Mining & Iron Works(),
Sweden (horse tramway)
|
| 889
| 2' 11"
|
UK (London Brick Co., Hunts
|
| 891
| 36"*
| Known as "Swedish Three Feet Gauge"
Russia, Norway (Spitsbergen),
Sweden (Roslagsbanan, etc.) [3024]
|
| 900/901
| 2' 11 1/2"
| Australia (brown coal mine at Victoria),
Austria (Linz trams),
China (mines) [18+],
Georgia (Bakuriani) [37],
Germany (Doberan [15], Borkum Light Rly [7],
brown coal mining railways - mainly in the old East Germany),
Iceland,
Indonesia (Tjoekir) [19],
Ireland (Cork trams),
Norway (Spitsbergen/Ny Alesund) [2]),
Poland (Chorzow -1964 [4.2]; Krakow streetcars 1901-1953;
mine lines),
Portugal (Lisboa and Braga trams),
Russia (coal mines),
Serbia (Kolubara),
Sweden (Kiruna mines),
Switzerland (funic's),
UK (Butterworth & Brooks - ?),
Ukraine (Kiev funic. [0.27]),
USA (Detroit streetcars)
|
| 910
| 2' 11 1/2"
|
Spain (Soller),
Uruguay [42]
|
| 914
| 3'
|
Azerbaijan (Shusha),
Colombia [3236] (Medellin, Pereira),
Cuba [91],
El Salvador [602],
Guatemala [1019],
Guyana [187],
Honduras [277],
Indonesia (Freeport mine),
Ireland (Ballymena, Cushendall &
Red Bay) [158+],
Isle of Man (Manx Electric Rly [29],
Isle of Man Rly) [48],
Japan (Otaru, Koiwai farm tramway,
Kyushu railways),
Mexico (Pachuca),
New Zealand (Dun Mountain Rly),
Norway (Spitsbergen/Longyear),
Panama [160],
Peru [300],
Philippines (Corregidor tramway [11]),
Singapore,
Spain (Palma-Soller [32], Irun-Elizondo [56]),
UK (Douglas Horse tram / Isle of Man;
Ulster TA [68];
Londonderry & Lough
Swilly [50]; Marland; Ravenglass & Eskdale; Strabane &
Letterkenny [32]; Southwold),
Ukraine (Skvira),
USA (White Pass & Yukon; Hawaii;
Cumbres & Toltec; Durango & Silverton; Denver & Rio
Grande; Sumpter Valley;
East Broad Top [8/50]),
Venezuela [184] (Carenero, La Ceiba, La
Guaira, Macuto)
|
| 925
| 3' 0.4"
|
Germany (Chemnitz tramway)
|
| 950
| 3' 1.4"
| Known as "Italian Meter Gauge".
According to the law of 28.VII.1879, the only legal gauge widths
in Italy were 1500, 1000, and 750 measured on the
middle of the rail, or 1445, 950, and 700 mm inside the rail.
Albania [12],
Eritrea [307],
Hungary (now 1000 mm),
Italy [2557] (Sardegna, STEFER/Rome, many other rlys),
Somalia [123],
Libya [165]
|
| 955
| 3' 1.6"
|
Switzerland (funic's),
|
| 964
| 3' 2"
| Russia (Nytva)
|
| 972
| 3' 2 1/4"
|
Mauritius,
UK (Dorking Greystone Lime Co.)
|
| 978
| 3' 2 1/2"
| UK (New British Iron Co.)
|
| 980
| 3' 2 9/16"
|
Georgia (funicular Tbilisi) [0.5]
|
| 988
| 3' 2.9"
|
Switzerland (funic's),
|
| 990/991
| 3' 3"
|
Egypt [11],
Germany (first Siemens tramway
in Lichterfeld),
Russia,
UK (Contractor)
|
| 1 000
| 3' 3 3/8"
| Algeria [256],
Argentina [9860] (Belgrano Cargas, Ferrovias, SEFEChA,
Mendosa, Salta, Jujuy, ONABE),
Austria [16],
Bangladesh [1914],
Belgium (SNCV [4900], De Lijn
[65], "metro" Charleroi [35], Han caves [3.5], tourist tram TTA, ASVi),
Benin [578],
Bolivia [3652] (Oriental, Andina, Antofagasta-Bolivia, Arika-La
Paz),
Brazil [20100/24864],
Burkina Faso [620],
Cambodia [612],
Cameroon [858],
Chile [3642],
China [600],
Colombia (Ferrocarril de Girardot),
Congo/DR [125],
Cote d'Ivoire [650],
Denmark (Skjoldenaesholm museum, Skagensbanen,
Horsens-Trrring, Bornholm, etc., Aarhus tramway,
Kolding-Egtved 1898-1930, Horsens-Bryrup, Haderslev Amts,
Aabenraa Amts, Als Amts),
Djibouti [97],
Ethiopia [474],
Finland [75] (Helsinki tramway),
France [21000/400],
Germany [800] (Brotalbahn),
Gibraltar,
Greece [892],
Guadelupa [2],
Guinea [806],
Hungary (Borsodn?dasdi, Di?sgy?r,
Perecesi; Szombathely streetcars),
India [14766],
Indonesia (oil fields),
Israel (Yaffo-Jerusalem, 1891-1915 [87]),
Italy (trams and small rlys: : Domodossola Locarno, Genova
Casella, L'assunta Collalbo, Trento Mezzana) [80/183],
Kenya [2040],
Latvia (Hasenpoth) [50],
Lithuania (Memel, Tilsit) [115],
Madagascar [1020],
Malaysia [1800],
Mali [642],
Malta,
Mexico (San Luis Potosi),
Myanmar [3878],
New Zealand (Wellington cable car [0.6]),
Norway (Thamshavn, museum [26]; Grakallbanen, Bjornoya island),
Pakistan [445],
Paraguay (Asuncion tramway -1996; Azucarera Tebicuari [60]),
Poland (streetcars),
Portugal [188] (REFER),
Puerto Rico [96] (Ponce),
Reunion [6/125],
Russia (trams, quarries),
Senegal [1034],
Singapore [38],
Slovak Rep. [46],
Somalia [106],
Spain (FEVE, ET/Esko Tren, FC Vascos) [1628],
Suriname [86],
Sweden (Kiruna, Ulricehamn, and
Goethenburg tramways),
Switzerland [1659] (also tramways and funic's),
Tanzania [2710],
Thailand [3940],
Togo [570],
Tunisia [1650],
Uganda [1300],
Ukraine (tramways),
Vietnam [2684]
|
| 1 003
| 3' 3 1/2"
|
UK (Furness Mining Co.)
|
| 1 009
| 3' 3 3/4"
|
Bulgaria (Sophia streetcars)
|
| 1 016
| 3' 4"
|
USA (Splint Jellico Coal Co.; Elk
Valley Coal & Coke Co.; Defiance Coal Company [3]),
Venezuela (Santa Barbara [59])
|
| 1 029
| 3' 4 1/2"
|
Australia (Rubicon Forest, 1907-50),
UK (Hudson & Co)
|
| 1 039
| 42"*
| Sweden (ind. lines)
|
| 1 050
| 3' 5 1/4"
|
Egypt (Beersheba-Al Qusaymah [5]),
Israel (incl. Hedjaz Rly),
Jordan [789] (Hedjaz Rly, Aqaba Rly),
Lebanon,
Saudi Arabia (Hedjaz Rly),
Syria [232],
Turkey [42]
|
| 1 054/1 055
| 3' 5 1/2"
| Algeria [1081/1188],
UK (Associated Portland Cement Co)
|
| 1 064
| 3' 5 7/8"
|
Poland (Czestochowa - Herby line -1911)
|
| 1 067
| 3' 6"
| Known as "CAP, or Cape, gauge"
Angola [2781/2879],
Australia [16307],
Barbados (1900-1937),
Belgium (Antwerp),
Botswana [712],
Canada [1120] (Newfoundland, Toronto
& Nipissing, etc.),
Chile (Tocopilla, Taltal),
China (Taiwan) [4600],
Congo [797],
Congo/DR [3968],
Costa Rica [950] (San Jose),
Dominican Rep.,
Ecuador [965] (Quito),
Estonia [39] (Tallinn tramway),
Ghana [953],
Guyana [29],
Haiti [180],
Honduras [508],
Hong Kong (tram) [16],
Indonesia [6389],
Isle of Man (Snaefell Mtn Rly) [8],
Japan [25315],
Liberia [152],
Malaysia (Penang streetcar [21]),
Malawi [789],
Mozambique [3140],
Namibia [2341],
Netherlands (RTM Interurban, Arnhem),
New Zealand [4716],
Nicaragua [373],
Nigeria [3505],
Norway (Sulitjelmabanen, etc., everywhere else
before regauging),
Panama (Panama City),
Peru (Arequipa),
Philippines [378],
Poland (Czeremcha sleeper factory),
Russia (Sakhalin, Livny),
Sierra Leone (Marampa) [84],
South Africa [20324],
South Korea (Pusan streetcars [9.5]),
Sri Lanka (Colombo),
Sudan [4800],
Swaziland [297],
Sweden (the Blekinge system,
Sundsvall-Torpshammar, Matfors-Vattjom, Utsj� [608],
Tanzania [960],
UK (East Cornwall; Caldon Low Quarries;
Severn & Wye; Wolverton & Stony Stratford Tramway;
Southend Pier [2]; Snaefell Mountain; Rothesay & Ettrick Bay;
Jersey; trams),
USA (logging lines; trolleys in Portland,
Tacoma, Denver, and
Los Angeles, Oakland and San Francisco cable cars),
Venezuela [506] (Bolivar, Tachira,
Central, Gran, El Palito),
Zambia [1266],
Zimbabwe [2745]
|
| 1 090
| 3' 7"
|
UK (Middleborough Tram)
|
| 1 093
| 44"*
| Sweden [58] (K�ing - Uttersburg -
Riddarhyttan, Frykstad, Kristinehamn-Sj�ndan)
|
| 1 100/1 101
| 3' 7 5/16"
| Brazil (Rio de Janeiro Santa Teresa streetcars; Cantagalo),
France (Paris - Orleans, Mont Cenis),
Germany (tramway: Braunschweig, Kiel,
Lbek),
Italy [47] (Varese),
UK (Fell)
|
| 1 106
| 3' 7 1/2"
| Austria (Linz-Gmunden)
|
| 1 118
| 3' 8"
| New Zealand (Napier trams [7]),
UK (Sidmouth Harbour Co.)
|
| 1 130
| 3' 8 1/2"
| Canada (Portage Rly)
|
| 1 143
| 3' 9"
| UK (Colin Dunlop, Broseley wagonway -
wooden)
|
| 1 149/1 150
| 3' 9 1/4"
|
Spain (Sestao Galdames [32]),
Switzerland (funic's),
USA (Arcata & Mad River)
|
| 1 160
| 3' 9 2/3"
| Russia,
Spain (Bilbao River & Cantabrian [22])
|
| 1 168
| 3' 10"
| UK (Butterley Co)
|
| 1 170
| 3' 10"
| Martiniqa [1]
|
| 1 188
| 48"*
| Indonesia (Jakarta tram) [40],
Sweden (Norberg-��ningen,
V�sman-Barken, �vidaberg-Bersbo) [45]
|
| 1 200 | 3' 11 1/4"
|
Italy (Genova-Granarolo) [81],
Switzerland (Rheineck-Walzenhausen [2], Cable railways)
|
| 1 217
| 4'
|
Sweden (Hudiksvall, S�erhamn, Bor�,
Uddevalla-V�ersborg-Herrljunga) [165]
|
| 1 219/1 220
| 4'
|
India (Nalhati-Azimganj),
New Zealand (Gisborne and Wellington
trams [58]),
Russia (Kalatinsky factory, the
Urals),
Spain (Tharsis Rly [69], Canars),
UK (Glasgow Subway [10], Surrey Iron Rly**, Padarn Rly, Redruth & Chacewater
rly; Stratford & Moreton Tramway; Kilmarnock & Troon,
trams),
USA (Honolulu, Canton, Laredo, Pueblo,
San Antonio, Springfield, Delaware and Hudson)
|
| 1 238
| 4' 0"3/4
|
UK (Saundersfoot - closed 1939)
|
| 1 245
| 4' 1"
|
USA (Keweenaw Penninsula)
|
| Gauge
| Countries
|
|---|
Metric,
mm
| English
|
|---|
| Normal gauge
|
|---|
| 1 270
| 4' 2"
|
UK (Peak Forest Tramway),
Russia (Sochi funicular)
|
| 1 321
| 4' 4"
|
UK (Penydarren, Fordell)
|
| 1 350
| 4' 5 1/8"
|
Brazil (Santos)
|
| 1 365
| 4' 5 3/4"
|
Brazil (Rio de Janeiro Sao Cristovao
streetcars),
Spain (Bilbao streetcars [80])
|
| 1 372/1 375
| 4' 6"
| Japan (Hakodate [11], Yokohama, and Tokyo [12] streetcars; Keio
[84], Shinjuku
Tokyo metro [24], Tokyu Setagaya Line [5]),
Spain,
UK (early Scottish rlys)
|
| 1 391
| 4' 6 3/4"
|
Japan (Akita streetcars; XIX c.)
|
| 1 410
| 4' 7 1/2"
|
USA (Mt. Washington)
|
| 1 416
| 4' 7 3/4"
|
UK (Glasgow area tramways; This gauge was adopted so that standard British gauge wagons
could be hauled over parts of the tram system (particularly in Govan
- to reach various factories that were not directly rail served). It was
accomplished by the wagons' wheel flanges running in the slot in
the tramway-style rails - not their wheel rims running on the head of
the tram rails!)
|
| 1 422/1 424
| 4' 8"
|
New Zealand (Dunedin trams [62]),
Russia (industrial railways),
UK (Liverpool & Manchester)
|
| 1 432
| 4' 8 3/8"
|
Algeria [4290],
Hong Kong (MTR [87]),
UK (London tube)
|
| 1 435
| 4' 8 1/2"
| Known as "Standard (Stephenson) gauge"
Albania [670],
Argentina [2900] (APL, Metrovias, ONABE),
Australia [17621],
Austria [5394],
Belarus [60],
Belgium [3568] (SNCB, Brussel tramway STIB),
Brazil [194] (Amap� Jari),
Bulgaria [4055],
Canada [77387],
Chile [150],
China [73000],
Colombia [150] (Medellin Metro),
Croatia [2592],
Cuba,
Czech Rep. [9434],
Denmark [2770],
Dominican Rep. [375],
Egypt [4763],
France [34322],
Gabon [649],
Germany [44770],
Greece [1565],
Guinea [239],
Guyana [110],
Hong Kong (KCR, tramway, Ma On Shan [110]),
Hungary [7508],
India (Calcutta Tramways Co),
Iran [5240],
Iraq [2457],
Ireland (Dublin & Kingstown),
Israel [700],
Italy [18166],
Jamaica [294],
Japan (Shinkansen [2503], Keisei Elec. Rly [83]; Shin-Keisei; Hokusou
Kaihatsu; Keihin Kyuko; Tokyo Subway: Marunouchi, Ginza, and
Asakusa Lines; Kintetsu [200]; Keihan; Hankyu; Hanshin; Nishi Nippon;
Hakone Tozan),
Lebanon,
Liberia [328],
Liechtenstein [19],
Lithuania [16],
Luxembourg [272],
Malaysia (LRT) [56],
Mauritania [690],
Mauritius [170],
Mexico [26612],
Monaco [2],
Morocco [1893],
Netherlands [2828],
New Zealand (trams [215]),
Nicaragua [3],
North Korea [4250],
Norway [4223],
Panama [78],
Paraguay [1053],
Peru [1501],
Poland [23857],
Portugal [12],
Rumania [10860],
Russia [140] (Kaliningrad, Zarubino),
Saudi Arabia [1390],
Singapore (rapid transit [83]),
Slovak Rep. [3507],
Slovenia [1201],
South Korea [3044],
Spain [1016],
Suriname [80],
Sweden [11330],
Switzerland [3677],
Syria [1766],
Thailand (SkyTram, etc.),
Trinidad [640],
Tunisia [2115],
Turkey [8429],
Turkmenistan [8] (Sarakhs),
Ukraine [210],
Uruguay [3000],
UK [16584],
USA [284818],
Vatican [0.4],
Venezuela [542],
Vietnam [381],
Yugoslavia
|
| 1 440
| 4' 8,7"
| Austria (Viennese tramway) [300],
Brazil (Amapa),
France (Metro Paris),
Germany (Rostock and Munich trams),
Spain (Ferrocarril de Langreo en
Asturias [64])
|
| 1 445
| 4' 8,9"
| Italy (the majority of trams),
Spain (Madrid Metro)
|
| 1 447/1 448
| 4' 9"
| Known as "Compromise" gauge
USA (New Jersey & Ohio,
Pennsylvania Rly),
UK (Lancashire)
|
| 1 450
| 4' 9"
| Germany (Dresden tramway)
|
| 1 458
| 4' 9.4"
| Germany (Leipzig tramway)
|
| 1 473
| 4' 10"
| USA (Camden & Amboy, New Jersey
& Ohio, many more...)
|
| 1 495
| 4' 10 7/8"
| Canada (Toronto subway and streetcars)
|
| Gauge
| Countries
|
|---|
Metric,
mm
| English
|
|---|
| Broad gauge
|
|---|
| 1 511
| 4' 11 3/8"
| Ukraine (Kiev tramway)
|
| 1 519 / 1 520 / 1 524 / 1 525
| 5'
| Known as "Russian gauge"
Afghanistan [12] (Khairaton, Torgundi),
Armenia [830],
Azerbaijan [2090],
Belarus [5488],
Cuba (Ferrocarril Nuevitas-Puerto Principe, -1900s) [73],
Estonia [1030],
Finland [5924],
Georgia [1570],
Germany [40] (Rgen is.),
Hungary [35],
Kazakhstan [14460],
Kyrgyzstan [370],
Latvia [2400],
Lithuania [2100],
Moldova [1318],
Mongolia [1750],
North Korea [10],
Panama [78],
Poland (LHS [397], Warsaw tramway -1950),
Rumania [45],
Russia [158100],
Slovak Rep. [106],
Sweden (Haparanda) [2],
Tajikistan [480],
Turkey [123],
Turkmenistan [2120],
Ukraine [23350],
USA (south-eastern rlys, Pittsburg
inclines [0.4]),
Uzbekistan [3460]
|
| 1 524
| 5'
|
Hong Kong (peak tram) [1.4]
|
| 1 549
| 5' 1" (5' ?)
|
UK (London & Blackwall, Eastern
Counties Rly, Northern & Eastern Rly) [130]
|
| 1 575/1 576
| 5' 2"
|
Ireland (Dublin & Drogheda),
USA (Columbus, Norfolk, Trenton, Philadelphia
streetcars)
|
| 1 581
| 5' 2 1/4"
|
USA (Baltimore [21] and Philadelphia
streetcars; Wilmington)
|
| 1 588
| 5' 2 1/2"
| Known as "Pennsylvania Trolley gauge"
USA (Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and New Orleans streetcars)
|
| 1 600
| 5' 3"
| Known as "Irish gauge"
Brazil [5290],
Australia (Victoria, South Australia) [7970],
Germany (Badische Staatsbahn),
Ireland [2810],
New Zealand,
UK (Northern Ireland) [330],
USA (Altoona)
|
| 1 638
| 5' 4 1/2"
|
USA (Baltimore)
|
| 1 645
| 5' 4 3/4"
|
Russia (Cherepanovs' loco)
|
| 1 668/1 674
| 5' 5 2/3"
| Known as "Iberian gauge". Equal to one "braza" - and old
Spanish measure.
Austro-Hungary,
Portugal [2613],
Spain [11791]
|
| 1 676
| 5' 6"
| Known as "Indian gauge"
Argentina [18829] (ALL-Central, Nuevo Central Argentino,
Ferrosur Roca, Ferroexsreso Pampeano, Tren Patagonico, TBA,
Metropolitano, TMS, Ferrobaires, ONABE),
Bangladesh [978],
Canada,
Chile [3974] (EFE, FEPASA, tramways in Santiago
and Valparaiso),
India [59865],
Iran [92],
Pakistan [7718],
Paraguay (Asunsion - Encarnacion, till
1911 [440]),
Sri Lanka [1948],
UK (Arbroath & Forfar),
USA (BART, Missouri Pacific, Texas railroads
[760])
|
| 1 680
| 5' 6 1/8"
|
Brazil (Maua-Fragoso, 1854)
|
| 1 740
| 5' 8 1/2"
|
USA (Gualala Lumber Company/CA)
|
| 1 750
| 5' 8 7/8"
|
France (Ligne de Sceaux, 1846-1893)
|
| 1 760
| 5' 9 1/4"
|
Indonesia
|
| 1 800
| 5' 10 7/8"
|
Germany (Obsfelderschmiede - Lichtenhain funicular)
|
| 1 829
| 6'
|
Russia (St.-P.-Pavlovsk),
USA (Erie & Lackawanna; Atlantic
& Great
Western RR; Ohio & Mississippi RR)
|
| 1 880
| 6' 2"
|
UK (Ulster Rly)
|
| 1 945
| 6' 4 5/8"
|
the Netherlands (1839-64)
|
| 2 000
| ---
|
UK (CairnGorm Mountain Railway)
|
| 2 134
| 7'
|
the Azores
|
| 2 140
| 7' 1/4"
|
UK (GWR [1712])
|
| 2 440
| 8'
|
USA (loggin RLY in Oregon, 1880s)
|
| 2 743
| 9'
|
Japan (Kyoto-Lake Biwa Canal funicular)
|
| 3 000
|
|
Germany (Hitler's project; never built)
|
| 5 486
| 18'
|
UK (The Brighton and
Rottingedean Seashore Electric Tramload [4], 1896-1901)
|
| 6 000
|
|
USA (portal cranes at Charlestown)
|
| 8 200
| 26'11"
|
Austria (Laerchwand incline) [0.8]
|
| 9 000
| 29' 6 5/16"
|
Russia (Krasnoyarsk HEP ship transloader)
|
