Track gauge sizes
Track gauge sizes of railways.
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Albula line track (1000 mm)
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narrow radius and circles of a 1000 mm gauge railway line, → video.
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map of usually used rail gauges, blue = railways standard gauge, 4 ft 8½ in gauge railway, Normalspur 1435 mm.
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Broad 1668 mm track gauge of trains in Spain.
Metric | Imperial | Category | Modern standard | English: Current applications
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Metrisch | Imperial | Category | heutiger Standard | Deutsch: heute im Gebrauch in
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260.35 mm | 10¼ in | Category:10¼ in gauge railways | 10¼ in | England, Scotland |
311.15 mm | 12¼ in | Category:12¼ in gauge railways | ||
381 mm | 15 in | Category:15 inch gauge railways | ||
410 mm | 1 ft 4.14 in | Category:410 mm track gauge | ||
450 mm | 1 ft 5.72 in | Category:450 mm track gauge | ||
457.2 mm | 18 in | Category:18 in gauge railways | ||
500 mm | 1 ft 7.69 in | Category:500 mm track gauge | 500 mm | |
508 mm | 20 in | Category:20 inch gauge railways | ||
558.8 mm | 22 in | Category:22 inch gauge railways | ||
596.9 mm | 1 ft 11½ in | Category:1 ft 11½ in gauge railways | ||
600 mm | 1 ft 11.62 in | Category:600 mm track gauge | 600 mm | |
609.6 mm | 2 ft | Category:2 ft gauge railways | 610 mm | |
685.8 mm | 2 ft 3 in | Category:2 ft 3 in gauge railways | 2 ft 3 in | |
700 mm | 2 ft 3.56 in | Category:700 mm track gauge | 700 mm | |
720 mm | 2 ft 4.35 in | Category:720 mm track gauge | 720 mm | |
750 mm | 2 ft 5.53 in | Category:750 mm track gauge | 750 mm | Germany |
760 mm | 2 ft 5.92 in | Category:750 mm track gauge | 760 mm | Austria, Hungary |
762.0 mm | 2 ft 6 in | Category:2 ft 6 in gauge railways | ||
775 mm | 2 ft 6.51 in | Category:775 mm track gauge | 775 mm | |
785 mm | 2 ft 6.91 in | Category:785 mm track gauge | 785 mm | |
800 mm | 2 ft 7 1/2 in | Category:800 mm track gauge | 800 mm | Switzerland, Wales |
802 mm | 2 ft 7.57 in | Category:802 mm track gauge | ||
825 mm | 2 ft 8.48 in | Category:825 mm track gauge | 825 mm | |
838.2 mm | 2 ft 9 in | Category:2 ft 9 in gauge trams | ||
850 mm | 2 ft 9.46 in | Category:850 mm track gauge | 850 mm | |
891 mm | 2 ft 11.08 in | Category:891 mm track gauge | 891 mm | Sweden |
900 mm | 2 ft 11.43 in | Category:900 mm track gauge | 900 mm | Germany |
914.4 mm | 3 ft | Category:3 ft gauge railways | 3 ft or 914 mm | America |
925 mm | 3 ft 0.42 in | Category:925 mm track gauge | 925 mm | |
950 mm | 3 ft 1.40 in | Category:950 mm track gauge | 950 mm | Italy, Eritrea |
1000 mm | 3 ft 3.37 in | Category:1000 mm track gauge | 1000 mm | Europe, Asia, Africa, South America |
1066.8 mm | 3 ft 6 in | Category:3 ft 6 in gauge railways | ||
1093 mm | 3 ft 7.03 in | Category:1093 mm track gauge | 1093 mm | |
1100 mm | 3 ft 7.31 in | Category:1100 mm track gauge | 1100 mm | |
1106 mm | 3 ft 7.54 in | Category:1106 mm track gauge | 1106 mm | |
1188 mm | 3 ft 10.77 in | Category:1188 mm track gauge | 1188 mm | |
1200 mm | 3 ft 11.24 in | Category:1200 mm track gauge | 1200 mm | funiculars |
1219.2 mm | 4 ft | Category:4 ft gauge railways | 4 ft | Glasgow |
1371.6 mm | 4 ft 6 in | Category:4 ft 6 in gauge railways or Category:Scotch Gauge | 1372 mm | Japan |
1422.40 mm | 4 ft 8 in | Category:4 ft 8 in gauge railways | 4 ft 8 in | Mt. Washington |
1435.1 mm | 4 ft 8½ in | Category:4 ft 8½ in gauge railways | 1435 mm | China, Europe, Northern America, Arabia |
1445 mm | 4 ft 8.89 in | Category:1445 mm track gauge | 1445 mm | Milano |
1495 mm | 4 ft 10 7⁄8 inch | Category:1495 mm or 4 ft 10 7⁄8 in track gauge | 1495 mm | Toronto |
1524 mm | 5 ft | Category:1520 mm ex-1524 mm or 5 ft track gauge | 1520 mm | Russia, Eastern Europe |
1600.2 mm | 5 ft 3 in | Category:1600 mm track gauge | 1600 mm | Brazil, Ireland |
1664 mm | 5 ft 5.51 in | 1668 mm | (five Portuguese feet) now Iberaian gauge | |
1668 mm | 5 ft 5.67 in | Category:1668 mm track gauge | 1668 mm | Spain, Portugal |
1672 mm | 5 ft 5.83 in | Category:1672 mm track gauge | 1668 mm | (six Castillian feet) now Iberian gauge |
1676.4 mm | 5 ft 6 in | Category:1676 mm track gauge | 1676 mm | India, Argentina, Chile |
1945 mm | 6 ft 4.57 in | Category:1945 mm track gauge | 1945 mm | Museum Netherlands |
2000 mm | 6 ft 6.74 in | Category:2000 mm track gauge | 2000 mm | funicular |
2139.95 mm | 7 ft ¼ in | Category:7 ft ¼ in gauge railways | 7 ft ¼ in | Museum UK |
3000 mm | 9 ft 10.11 in | Category:3000 mm track gauge | 3000 mm | none |
5486.4 mm | 18 ft | Category:5486 mm track gauge | 18 ft | none (was Brighton) |
8200 mm | 26 ft 10.83 in | Category:8200 mm track gauge | 8200 mm | funicular |