rail gauge

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• Rail gauge — is the distance between the inner sides of the two parallel rails that make up a railway track. Sixty percent of the world s railways use a gauge of RailGauge|1435, which is known as the standard or international gauge. Gauges wider than standard …   Wikipedia

• Rail gauge in Australia — displays much variation, which is an ongoing problem for transportation on the continent.The most used gauges are * Irish gauge RailGauge|1600 4,017 km mainly Victoria, some South Australia * Standard gauge RailGauge|1435 17,678 km mainly New… …   Wikipedia

• Rail gauge in Afghanistan — is at present undetermined, and presents several difficulties which have hampered the progress of transportation in that country.Afghanistan is the cross roads of Asia and yet is almost completely without railways. [… …   Wikipedia

• Rail gauge in Ireland — The track gauge adopted by the mainline railways in Ireland is RailGauge|63. This unusual gauge is currently otherwise found only in the Australian states of Victoria, southern New South Wales (as part of the Victorian rail network) and South… …   Wikipedia

• Rail gauge in India — India currently has significant quantities of four different incompatible rail gauges. The railways consist of around 42,000 km of RailGauge|1676 broad gauge (BG) railway (a.k.a. Indian gauge), 17,000 km of metre gauge and an assortment of narrow …   Wikipedia

• Rail gauge in Estonia — Estonia mainly uses a rail gauge of RailGauge|1520 (Russian gauge), inherited from the Soviet Union times. After independence technical specification from Finland was received and nominally Estonia now uses RailGauge|1524Fact|date=July… …   Wikipedia

• Rail gauge in Hong Kong — In Hong Kong, the Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC), which currently runs East Rail, West Rail and Light Rail uses 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in). The Mass Transit Railway uses… …   Wikipedia

• Rail gauge in Canada — The first railway in British North America, the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad, was built in the 1830s to RailGauge|66 gauge (today known as Indian gauge ), setting the standard for Britain s colonies for several decades. Well known colonial …   Wikipedia

• Rail gauge in South America — Argentina and Chile use RailGauge|1676 Indian gauge . Brazil uses RailGauge|1600 (known as broad gauge , most common for passenger services and a few corridors in the Southeast) and RailGauge|1 (known as narrow gauge or metre gauge , most common… …   Wikipedia

• Rail gauge in Europe — Most railways in Europe use the standard gauge of 1435 mm. Some countries use broad gauge, of which there are three types. Narrow gauges also exist. Broad gauge *Russian gauge **RailGauge|1520 : Former Soviet Union states **RailGauge|1524 :… …   Wikipedia

• Rail gauge in China — Most of the railway network of the People s Republic of China is standard gauge …   Wikipedia