List of gauges

Overview map of the gauges of rail transport in the world

This list provides information about the different gauges that can be found in rail traffic around the world .

Normally, the inner distance between the rail heads ("running edges") on a straight line is specified as the gauge. The smallest dimension is measured between the rail heads in the area between the SO (top edge of the rail) and 14 mm below. Exceptions are narrow-gauge railways (0–10 mm) and trams (0–9 mm below the SE). However, since certain railways, especially the French state railways, measure the contact point, deviations can occur. Due to the technical unit in the railway system , the vehicle transfer to France is problem-free despite different definitions.

However, vehicles of the same track width cannot necessarily run on the different routes, since the shape of the wheel flanges also plays a role in addition to the track width . The main factors here are the thickness of the flange and the inner wheel spacing that depends on it, which must only be within a narrow range so that safe guidance in the frogs and guide rails of switches and crossings is possible.

In addition to the track width, the various vehicle gauge lines also prevent liberal use, although a smaller track width does not necessarily mean a narrower clearance profile .

Graphic comparison

Remarks

Originally, the gauges were defined as feet (foot, abbreviated with ') and inches (inch, abbreviated with "). Due to the non-decadal conversion of 1 foot = 12 inches, the calculation is more difficult If a gauge is based on another measurement (English foot, Castilian foot, Portuguese foot, Prussian foot etc.) this is stated in the second column in the simplest possible form.

• The main gauge of a country is shown in bold type .
• Former gauges are shown in italics (the railway can continue to operate with a different gauge).
• English dimensions:
  • 1" = 1 Zoll = 25,4 mm
  • 1' = 1 Fuß  = 12 Zoll = 304,8 mm
• Swedish dimensions:
  • 1 Zoll = 24,75 mm
  • 1 Fuß  = 12 Zoll = 297 mm

Gauges in model building

For track widths of a railway system not designed for passenger transport see

• Scale of the model railway
• Garden railway (model railway)

Gauges in passenger transport

Track widths up to 199 mm

width		Country	Remarks
in mm	Feet & inches
89 mm	3½ inches	Germany	including: Kleinbahn Sommerhofen-Park in Sindelfingen (also 127 and 184 mm)
		Switzerland	Zurich - Altstetten ( garden railway )
		Great Britain	including: Maidstone Model Engineering Society , Bentley Miniature Railway
127 mm	5 inches	Germany	among others: Gartenbahn Plochingen (also 184 mm), Gartenbahn Radebeul (also 144 mm)
		Austria	among others: Steam Railway Club Graz , in the park of the LKH Graz II location south (since 2004)
		Switzerland	among others: in Basel ( garden railway )
		Great Britain	including: Crowborough Miniature Railway , Bentley Miniature Railway
		Spain	Madrid at the Railway Museum (Círculo Madrileño Ferroviario)
144 mm	5⅝ in	Germany	Model scale 1:10, including: Sindelfingen steam train, Radebeul garden train (also 127 mm)
184 mm	7¼ in	Germany	among others: Plochingen : Gartenbahn Plochingen (also 127 mm)
		Netherlands	Leek : Nienoord Spoor in the Nienoord family park
		Austria	among others: in the Railway Museum Strasshof , Steam Railway Club Graz (1078 m, since 2004, park railway in the park of the LKH Graz South-West )
		Switzerland	including: Gurten : Liliputbahn (small railway Gurten)
		Finland	Hyvinkää in the Railway Museum
		Great Britain	including: Beer Heights Light Railway , Conwy Valley Railway Museum
		Australia	Altona Miniature Railway , Melbourne - Eltham : Diamond Valley Miniature Railway
		New Zealand	including: Kapiti Coast , Raumati Marine Gardens ; Havelock North : Keirunga Park Railway
191 mm	7½ inches	Canada	Winnipeg : Assiniboine Valley Railway , Burnaby : Burnaby Central Railway
		United States	California : Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum

Gauges from 200 to 299 mm

width		Country	Remarks
in mm	Feet & inches
203 mm	8 inches	Netherlands	Leek : Genzelbahn in the Nienoord family park
210 mm	8¼ in	Great Britain	England : Eastleigh , Brambridge Park Garden Center
241 mm	9½ inches	Switzerland	Garden railways in Lucerne ( Verkehrshaus ) and Zurich (Katzensee)
		Great Britain	including: Downs Light Railway (since 1925), Hall Leys Park Railway
260 mm	10¼ in	Great Britain	including: Isle of Mull Railway , Rudyard Lake Steam Railway , Bickington Steam Railway (since 1988), Stapleford Miniature Railway (since 1958)

Gauges from 300 to 399 mm

width		Country	Remarks
in mm	Feet & inches
305 mm	1 foot	Great Britain	Ruislip : Ruislip Lido Railway , Anglesey Model Village
		United States	Missouri : Wabash Frisco & Pacific Railway
311 mm	1 foot ¼ inch	Great Britain	England : Hampshire : Exbury Gardens Railway Wales : Fairbourne Railway (since 1986),
320 mm	1 foot ⅝ inch	Germany	Park Railway Stadtlohn (since 1993)
360 mm	1 foot 2⅛ inches	Switzerland	Garden railway in Stein am Rhein
381 mm	1 foot 3 inches	As a general rule	Park railways , also various garden and exhibition railways ; Miniature trains
		Germany	only Parkeisenbahn Stuttgart , Parkeisenbahn Dresden and Parkeisenbahn Leipzig
		Austria	Vienna only : Donauparkbahn (since 1964) and Liliputbahn Prater (since 1928)
		Australia	Bush Mill Railway only
		France	Anse only : Chemin de fer Touristique d'Anse
		Great Britain	England : including: Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway , Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway , Waveney Valley Railway , Bressingham Gardens , formerly Eaton Bank Railway (by Sir Arthur Haywood, pioneer and promoter of the 15-inch ultra-narrow gauge for public railways) Wales : only Conwy Valley Railway Museum , Oakwood Adventure Park , Rhiw Valley Light Railway , Rhyl Miniature Railway , Fairbourne Railway (1916–1986) Northern Ireland : only Belfast Bellevue Park Railway (until 1950)
		India	Delhi only : Bal Bahran Park Railway
		Japan	Sakuradani Light Railway , Shuzenji Romney Railway and Cygnus woodland Railway only
		Canada	Surrey, British Columbia only : Bear Creek Park Train
		New Zealand	Driving Creek Railway and Whangaparaoa Narrow Gauge Railway only
		United States	including: Glenwood South Park & ​​Pacific Railroad , Orland Newville and Pacific Railroad , Milwaukee Zoo Railroad

Gauges 400 to 499 mm

width		Country	Remarks
in mm	Feet & inches
400 mm	1 foot 3¾ inches	Germany	Cartoon Express children's railway at kiddy-smile, fairground ride manufacturer: Satorio, Italy
410 mm	1 foot 4⅛ inches	Germany	only children's tram Frankfurt am Main (since 1960)
450 mm	1 foot 5¾ inches	Czech Republic	some (former?) factory railways in the Czech Republic
457 mm	1 foot 6 inches	Great Britain	England : including: Bicton , Bicton Woodland Railway (since 1963), Crewe : Werkbahn Crewe (1862–1932) , Woolwich : Royal Arsenal Railway (1873–192?)
		Australia	Adelaide : only in the National Railway Museum (? -?)
		New Zealand	Porirua only - Papakowhai : Aotea Railway (? -?)
		United States	including: California : Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad (since 1970), Pennsylvania : Collegeville and Southern Railway (since 2004)
483 mm	1 foot 7 inches	Isle of Man	Great Laxey Mine Railway (since 187?)

Gauges from 500 to 599 mm

width		Country	Remarks
in mm	Feet & inches
500 mm		As a general rule	worldwide military, industrial, mine, field, garden and forest railways
		Germany	Parkeisenbahn Vatterode (1967-2008, reopening August 6, 2016)
		Austria	Vienna : Feldbahn Geriatriezentrum Am Wienerwald (1904–2011), Märchengrottenbahn in Grazer Schloßberg (1968 until closing at the end of 2011; re-tracked to 600 mm, reopened as Grazer Märchenbahn 2014)
		Argentina	Ferrocarril Austral Fueguino (8 km since 1994)
		Denmark	Rördal cement factory in Aalborg
		France	Artouste : Petit train d'Artouste ; Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe : Chemin de Fer Touristique du Tarn
		Morocco	Casablanca -Berrechid (1908-?)
		Mexico	Yucatán , plantation railways
		Peru	Lima , Sucro district, Parque de la Amistad
		Czech Republic	some (former?) factory railways in the Czech Republic
508 mm	1 foot 8 inches	Great Britain	England : Scarborough North Bay Railway
		United States	Arizona : Mine railways at Morenci
520 mm	1 Swedish foot 9 inches	Sweden	Industrial line at Sandvikens Järnverk
533 mm		Great Britain	Blackpool Pleasure Beach , Pleasure Beach Express (1933-1970?)
550 mm		Germany	Mine railways (including roof slate mining Mayen / Eifel)
		Czech Republic	Prague : funicular & inclined elevator , cable car of the NH Hotel Prague
560 mm		Germany	Berchtesgaden salt mine railway
575 mm		Germany	Mine railways (including ore mines in Bad Ems and Ramsbeck )
578 mm	1 foot 10¾ inches	Great Britain	Wales : Dinorwic Quarry (until 1969) and Penrhyn Quarry Railway (1798–1962) ( Penrhyn Quarry )
580 mm		Austria	Wolfsegg Traunthaler coal works in Ampflwang
585 mm		Germany	Tollwitz-Dürrenberger Railway 1836–1963
597 mm	1 foot 11½ inches	Great Britain	including: England : Lincolnshire Potato Railways (until 1969) Wales : Welsh Highland Railway (since 1922) and Ffestiniog Railway (since 1836),

Gauges from 600 to 699 mm

width		Country	Remarks
in mm	Feet & inches
600 mm		As a general rule	worldwide for military , industrial , construction site and field railways
		Germany	Formerly in Prussia Anklam-Lassaner Kleinbahn (1896–1945) , Bad Orb small steam railway (since 2001), Malente – Lütjenburg (2006–2010), Pleinfeld sand railway (1925–1964) , Halligbahn Lüttmoorsiel – Nordstrandischmoor (since 1934), Minsener Oog coastal protection railway (since approx. 1925 - not public), Baltrum island railway (1949–1985) , Helmsand island railway , Neuwerk coastal protection railway (1962–1985) , Helgoland military railways (only light railway with military traffic 1891–1922 / 1934–1947) , light railway in the marine ammunition depot Laboe (1958–1996), Mecklenburg-Pomerania narrow-gauge railway (1888–1969; up to 200 km extension; short section rebuilt as a museum railway in 1999) and several existing park railways and the Bad Schwalbacher Kurbahn
		Austria	Kleinbahn Neusiedl am See (1928–1939) , Waldbahn Nasswald (1985–2008) , Reißeck-Höhenbahn , Feistritzwaldbahn (1902–1958) , factory railway collection in the tunnels of the Graz Schloßberg (for decades, until today (2016) not open to the public), fairy tale railwayin Grazer Schloßberg (since 2014 retraced to 600 mm of the works railway collection located in the neighboring tunnel; previously 500 mm as a fairy tale grotto railway: 1968-2011)
		Switzerland	Château-d'Eau - Emosson Schinznacher Baumschulbahn (since 1928)
		Afghanistan	(1950–?)
		Angola	second most common track width (123 km)
		Argentina	Tren Ecológico (since 2001)
		Brazil	São Paulo (federal state) : Perus : Ferrovia Perus-Pirapora (1914–1983)
		Bulgaria
		Democratic Republic of Congo	Uelle-Bahnen - second most common gauge (1026 km)
		Finland	Konnunsuon – Muukon rautatie (1924–1961) Konnunsuo - Muukko
		France	Chemins de Fer du Calvados (1891-1944)
		Greece	Pelionbahn (since 1904)
		Italy	Sardinia : industrial railway San Gavino Monreale - Sciria (1876-1958)
		Morocco	(1912–1935 route network of 1700 km)
		Mexico	Mexico City , Tacubaya district : Ferrocarril de Tacubaya (1896–1910)
		Namibia	Otavi Mining and Railroad Company (1906–?), (Converted to 1067 mm after the Second World War) , rail transport in Namibia
		Netherlands	Kaatsheuvel : Efteling (since 1969)
		Norway	Lommedalsbanen
		Poland	Jarotschiner Kreisbahn , Kreisbahn Witkowo , Ortelsburger Kleinbahn (1915–1974) , Wirsitzer Kreisbahn , Zniner Kreisbahn , Bromberger Kreisbahn
		Sweden	Helsingborg-Råå-Ramlösa Järnväg (HRRJ) (1891–1906), Munkedals Järnväg (MJ) (1895–1955) , Ohsabanan (since 1970), ÖSLJ Läggesta-Mariefred / Taxinge
		Czech Republic	some (former?) factory railways in the Czech Republic, Kolin beet railway
		Hungary	Kemence : Forest Railway Kemence (since 1893)
		Uruguay	at Cantera Burgueño ; at Arrozal
603 mm	1 foot 11¾ inches	Great Britain	Wales : Aberystwyth : Vale of Rheidol Railway (since 1902) |
610 mm	2 feet	As a general rule	used worldwide on industrial and military railways (especially in the former British area of ​​influence)
		Australia	Queensland
		Brunei	(13 km)
		China	Sha Tau Kok Railway (1912-1928)
		Fiji
		Georgia	(100 km)
		Great Britain	London Post Office Railway (1928-2003) , Fairbourne Railway (1895-1916) Groudle Glen Railway (since 1896),
		India	Darjeeling Railway (since 1879) , Matheran Hill Railway (since 1907)
		Democratic Republic of Congo	Boma – Tshela railway line (Majumbe Line, 1889–1984)
		Mexico	Córdoba and Huatusco Railroad (1902–1953) , Hornos Railroad
		South Africa	Port Shepstone – Harding (1917–2008) , South Western Railway (South Africa) (1907–1949)
		Sudan	second most common gauge (716 km)
		Tanzania	Southern Province Railway (275 km)
		United States	Railroads in Maine : Sandy River Railroad (1879–1935) , Hawaii : Hawaiian Agricultural Company Railroad (1880–1903)
620 mm		Slovenia	Postojna : Adelsberg Grottoes
622 mm	2 feet ½ inch	Great Britain	Wales: Penrhyn Quarry Railway (until 1879)
630 mm		Germany	Mildenberg brickworks park
655 mm		Germany	Schlebusch-Harkorter coal railway
660 mm		Germany	Industrial and mine railways (including in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate )
686 mm	2 feet 3 inches	Great Britain	Wales : Corris Railway (since 1859), Talyllyn Railway (since 1866), Scotland : Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway (1876–1931)
693 mm	2 Swedish feet 4 inches	Sweden	Industrial railway at Kvarnsvedens Pappersbruk in Borlänge

Gauges 700 to 799 mm

width		Country	Remarks
in mm	Feet & inches
700 mm		France	Chemin de fer touristique d'Abreschviller (since 1968)
		Denmark	Industrial railways in Denmark, Hedelands Veteranbane
		Indonesia	Plantation railways on Java
		Cuba	Plantation railways
		Luxembourg	Standard gauge for mine railways in Luxembourg and Lorraine
		Netherlands	Light railways in the Netherlands
		Czech Republic	some (former?) factory railways in the Czech Republic
711 mm	2 feet 4 inches	Great Britain	England : Snailbeach District Railways (1877-1959)
724 mm	2 feet 4½ inches	Great Britain	Wales : Glyn Valley Tramway (1873-1935)
740 mm		Luxembourg	MMR mine railway in Rodange
750 mm		As a general rule	Main areas of use : in many countries around the world, standard gauge for industrial railways in the former USSR Main areas of application : widely used in secondary, industrial and military railways
		Germany	Narrow gauge widely used in Germany, e.g. B. on the Saxon narrow-gauge railways , Rügen Kleinbahn , formerly in Württemberg and Prussia
		Austria	Railway of the international Rhine regulation
		Switzerland	Waldenburgerbahn , railway of the international Rhine regulation
		Egypt	Egyptian Delta Light Railways , Fayoum Light Railway (1898–?)
		Argentina	(409 km La Trochita ) Rio Turbio railway for ore transport
		China	second most common track width (3500 km)
		Estonia	Local railways, including the Liiva - Vääna line
		Finland	among others: Jokioinen Jokioisten Museorautatie
		France	CF Economiques Forestiers des Landes (1907–1934)
		Greece	Diakopto – Kalavryta railway line
		Indonesia	Military Railway Aceh Tramway
		Italy	Steam tram Biella – Cossato (1872–1916) , steam tram Ivrea – Santhià (1882–1933) , steam tram Bari – Barletta (1883–1959) - last steam tram in Italy - then converted to standard gauge and electrified , Ferrovia Cividale – Caporetto (1916–1918 / 1921–1932)
		Latvia	(33 km) Latvijas Dzelzceļš
		Lithuania	(179 km) Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai
		Libya	Libyan Railway (first routes around Benghazi 1911–1925 - rebuilt to 950 mm)
		Mexico	Yucatán , Acanceh - Sotuta
		Netherlands	Doetinchem - Doesburg (–1957) ( Gelderse Tram )
		Norway	Sulitjelmabanen (1891–1915) , Urskog-Hølandsbanen , Nesttun-Osbanen
		Peru	Huacho tram (1890–1929)
		Poland	Ełcka Kolej Dojazdowa , Żuławska Kolej Dojazdowa
		Spain	FC Granada a Sierra Nevada (1925–1974) FC Valdepenas a Puertollano (1924–1963)
		Turkey	Railway Samsun - Çarşamba , ( Samsun-Çarşamba Railway Line ) (1924-1971)
		Czech Republic	Narrow-gauge railway Frýdlant – Heřmanice
		Ukraine	Ukrzalisnytsja
		Uruguay	Piriapolis - Pan de Azúcar (1903-1958)
760 mm		As a general rule	Bosnian gauge Main areas of distribution : First introduced in Bosnia, in the former Austria-Hungary and the successor states, once widespread as standard narrow gauge. Main areas of application : branch lines, forest and industrial railways
		Austria	Mariazellerbahn (since 1898), Pinzgauer Lokalbahn (since 1898), Waldviertler Schmalspurbahnen (since 1900), Bregenzerwaldbahn (since 1902), Feistritztalbahn (since 1911), Gurktalbahn (since 1898), Höllentalbahn (Lower Austria) (since 1918), Murtalbahn (since 1894), Deutschlandsberg Waldbahn (1920–1959) , Tschagguns – Partenen (1927–1961) , Thörlerbahn (1893–1964) , Ybbs tram (1907–1953) , Steyrtalbahn (1889–1982, now a museum railway), Ybbstalbahn (since 1896 , today mostly closed), Zillertalbahn (since 1900); Works railway for material for the construction of the Arlberg railway tunnel (1882–1884)
		Bosnia	Bosnian Eastern Railway (1906–1978) , Sarajevo tram (1885–1960) - retraced to 1435 mm in 1960
		Bulgaria	Rhodope Railway (since 1922)
		Italy	Fiemme Valley Railway (1918–1963) - retrained to 1000 mm in 1929 , Val Gardena Railway (1916–1960) , Local Railway Mori – Arco – Riva (1891–1936) , Local Railway Triest – Parenzo (1902–1935) , Tramway Pirano – Portorose (1912– 1953)
		Croatia	Dubrovnik tram (1910–1970) , Zagreb tram (1891–1910) - recalibrated to 1000 mm , local railway Trieste – Parenzo (1902–1935)
		Romania	Wassertalbahn (since 1886)
		Serbia	Narrow-gauge railway Šabac – Banja Koviljača (1910–1950) , Šarganska osmica
		Slovakia	Narrow-gauge railway Trenčianska Teplá – Trenčianske Teplice (since 1909), Schwarzgranbahn (since 1908), narrow-gauge railway Ružomberok – Korytnica (1908–1974) , Považská lesná železnica (1916–1972)
		Slovenia	Tram Pirano – Portorose (1912–1953) , Local Railway Triest – Parenzo (1902–1935)
		Czech Republic	Neuhauser local railway (since 1897), narrow-gauge railway Třemešná ve Slezsku – Osoblaha (since 1898), narrow-gauge railway Bärn-Andersdorf – Hof (1898–1937)
		Ukraine	Narrow gauge network Berehowe (1908–1948)
		Hungary	Children's Railway Budapest (since 1948)
762 mm	2 feet 6 inches	As a general rule	Main areas of distribution : worldwide Main areas of application : branch lines, forest and industrial railways
		Australia	Victoria : Puffing Billy Railway (since 1900)
		Bangladesh	Kaunia – Dharlla State Railway (1881–1901)
		Bolivia	Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia : Line Oruro - Uyuni (1892-1916), Line Uyuni - Ollagüe (1889-1928) (both converted to meter gauge)
		Brazil	Estrada de Ferro Oeste de Minas (1881–1983)
		Chile	Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia (1873–1928) (converted into meter gauge)
		Great Britain	England : Tower Subway London (1870) , Alford & Sutton steam tram (1884–1889) Scotland : Almond Valley Light Railway (since 1993) Wales : Pwllheli horse-drawn tram (1899–1919)
		India	Kalka-Shimla Railway (since 1903)
		Japan	eight lines, including: Kurobe Gorge Railway , Kurobe Senyō Railway (Werkbahn), Sangi Railway
		Mozambique	Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (122 km)
		Nepal	Nepal Government Railway (NGR): Cross-border route Amlekhganj - Raxaul ( India ), 48 km long (1927-1965) Janakpur Railway : Cross-border line Bijalpura - Janakpur - Jaynagar (India), 53 km long (1937-2001)
		Nigeria	Wushishi tramway (1901–1910) Bauchi Light Railway (1914–1957)
		North Korea	Korean State Railways
		Pakistan
		Palestine	British military railways in Palestine (1916–?)
		Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone Government Railway (1897–1974)
		Sri Lanka
		South Africa	formerly and later converted to 1067 mm , Namaqualand Railway (1866-1944)
		South Korea	Pusan ​​tram (1910–1968) - retrained to 1067 mm in 1931
		Taiwan	Alishan Forest Railway (since 1912), Luodong Forest Railway (until 1979), Sugar Railway in Taiwan
		United States	Ahukini Terminal and Railway (1921–1959) , Kauai Railway (1907–1947)
		Cyprus	Cyprus Government Railway (1904–1951) , Cyprus Mines Corporation Mineral Railway (until 1974)
775 mm		Germany	Bombergbahn (1895-1925)
785 mm	2  prussia. Feet 6 inches	Germany	Bröltalbahn , extensive route network from Bonn-Beuel , Upper Silesian narrow-gauge railway (until 1920 and 1945)
		Denmark	Industrial railways across Denmark
		Poland	Upper Silesian Narrow Gauge Railway (since 1920 and 1945)
791 mm		Denmark	Fax Jernbane

Gauges 800 to 899 mm

width		Country	Remarks
in mm	Feet & inches
800 mm	2 feet 7½ inches	Germany	only cog railway sugar factory Schulau (1901–1931) , narrow-gauge factory railway of the Westfalenhütte (1871–1983) , Ernstbahn (1876–1962) , museum field railway Leipzig-Lindenau
		Austria	Kaprun : only inclined lift Limberg tunnel (1949–?), Not public works railway
		Switzerland	various mountain railways : Schynige Platte Railway (since 1893) of the Bernese Oberland Railway (BOB), Montreux – Territet – Glion – Rochers-de-Naye line of the MTGN (since 1892), Wengernalp Railway (since 1893), Brienz-Rothorn Railway (since 1892), Pilatusbahn (since 1889) and Monte Generoso Railway (Ferrovia Monte Generoso - rack railway - since 1890), Riffelalptram (since 1899)
		France	Luchon : EDF Portillon ( funicular - since 1938)
		Great Britain	Wales : Snowdon Mountain Railway only (since 1896)
		Iran	Tehran-Abd-al-Azim Railway (1888–1962)
		Italy	Crotone – Timpa Grande industrial railway (Ferrovia della Val di Neto - 1920–1955)
		Japan	Kyoto to Mount Kurama , ( funicular )
		Poland	Warsaw : some suburban railways, all of which have been shut down
		Brazil	Local railway Bertioga - Itatinga on the north coast of São Paulo
802 mm		Sweden	eight no longer existing companies, u. a. Bredsjö-Grängens Järnväg (1894–1907), Voxna-Lobonäs Järnväg (1908–1932)
820 mm		Germany	Prince Wilhelm Railway (1831–1844) Horse tram Kupferdreh – Neviges (1831–1847)
		Austria	Eisenerzer Bahn (around 1810, non-public works railway)
825 mm		Great Britain	England : Volk's Electric Railway , Furzebrook Railway
828 mm	2 feet 8½ inches	Great Britain	England : Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway (1896–1901) 2 single tracks, each with 828 mm and 5486 mm total gauge ( four-rail track )
838 mm		Great Britain	England : Seaton Tramway (since 1971)
850 mm		Germany	Kunstertalbahn (to the Kunst mine ), 2.4 km long 1882–1924
		Italy	Railway Ponte Tresa - Luino (1885-1924, thereafter umgespurt to 1100 mm) , railway Menaggio - Porlezza (1884-1939) , Mine web Porto Empedocle-Lucia (1881-1950) , mine train-Raddusa Sant'Agostino (1886-1955)
860 mm		Germany	Alsensche Kreidebahn Lägerdorf – Itzehoe
880 mm		Germany	Bavaria : Grassau - Rottau peat railway
		Austria	Kaprun : Inclined elevator Limbergstollen - West (1955–?)
		Norway	Sundland Torvströmfabrikk's works railway in Stokke
889 mm		Germany	Schlebusch-Harkorter coal railway
891 mm	3 swedish feet	Sweden	Standard narrow gauge in Sweden, all railway companies (around 85) with the exception of Roslagsbanan and some museum railways (e.g. Hesselby – Munkebo on Gotland) no longer exist

Gauges from 900 to 999 mm

width		Country	Remarks
in mm	Feet & inches
900 mm		Germany	Amrumer Inselbahn (1893-1939) , Bäderbahn Molli (since 1886), Borkumer Kleinbahn (since 1879), Halligbahn Dagebüll – Oland – Langeneß (since 1927), coal railways in the Lusatian lignite district , in the Central German lignite district and in the Wetterau (until 1991) , Narrow-gauge railway Neubukow Obere Weiche – Bastorf , (1890–1948) , Wachtlbahn (since approx. 1880)
		Austria	Tram Linz (since 1880/1895), Pöstlingbergbahn (since 2008, previously 1000 mm), local train Ebelsberg – St. Florian (discontinued in 1973) and St. Florian Museum Railway
		Australia	Latrobe Valley : Yallourn Railway (-2000)
		Finland	Rokua : Rokuan rautatie (since 1986)
		Georgia	Borjomi – Bakuriani railway line
		Georgia	Abkhazia : New Athos Cave Railway (since 1975)
		Ireland	Cork Tram (1901-1931)
		Iceland	Reykjavík Port Railway (1917–1928)
		Italy	Ferrovia Cogne-Acque Fredde (1921–1979)
		Netherlands	Peat tracks in the east of the country, Industrieel Smalspoor Museum in Erica (Drenthe)
		Poland	Kraków tram (1883–1953) (converted to standard gauge) , Turoszów mining line (until 1984)
		Portugal	Lisbon tram (since 1873)
		Czech Republic	Coal railways near Sokolov (until 2002)
914 mm	3 feet	As a general rule	English 3 foot trail
		Australia	Powelltown Tramway (1913-1945)
		Belize	(1913-1937)
		China	Sha Tau Kok Railway (1912-1928)
		El Salvador	(555 km)
		Guatemala	(1880–?)
		Ireland	Peat Railways in Ireland, Ballycastle Railway (1888–1950) , Cork and Muskerry Light Railway (1887–1934)
		Japan	Asakura narrow-gauge railway (1908–1940)
		Canada	White Pass and Yukon Railway (since 1898), Kaslo and Slocan Railway (1895–1955)
		Colombia	Rail transport in Colombia (3154 km)
		Isle of Man	Isle of Man Steam Railway , Manx Electric Railway , Douglas Bay Horse Tramway (since 1876)
		Mexico	Orbits around Mexico City , Yucatán , | Acanceh - | Sotuta
		New Zealand	Miranui Flax Tramway (1907-1920)
		Peru	Andean railways: Ferrocarril del Sur , Ferrocarril Central Andino , Ferrocarril Sur-Oriente (FCSO)
		Puerto Rico	Tren del Sur (1984-2005)
		Spain	Rail transport in Mallorca , Ferrocarril de Sóller
		Uruguay	Puerto del Sauce (now Juan Lacaze) Terminal (1901–1959)
		United States	Standard narrow gauge gauge in the US including: Denver & Rio Grande Western , Lahaina, Kaanapali and Pacific Railroad
915 mm		Germany	Chemnitz tram rebuilt to 925 mm by 1914
925 mm		Germany	Chemnitz tram converted to standard gauge from 1958–1988
940 mm	3 feet 1 in	Australia	Sydney Monorail ( monorail )
		United States	Ohio : St. Clairsville Railway
946 mm		Austria	Funicular : Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 (1974–2000, 3.3 km), out of service since the fire disaster (2000), dismantled in 2014 except for the tunnel
950 mm		As a general rule	Italian standard narrow gauge (also " Italian meter gauge ")
		Eritrea	Eritrean Railway
		Italy
		Libya	Libyan Railway around Benghazi and Tripoli (1911–1965)
		Somalia	Railway line Mogadishu-Villaggio Abruzzi (1914–1941)
965 mm		Great Britain	Clifton Rocks Railway (1893-1934)
983 mm		Japan	Hakone Tozan Cable Car

Gauges from 1000 to 1099 mm

width		Country	Remarks
in mm	Feet & inches
1000 mm		As a general rule	Meter gauge Main areas of distribution : Europe excluding Northern Europe, India , Southeast Asia , East Africa , West Africa , South America Main areas of application : narrow-gauge railways , trams and funiculars
		Germany	widely used on narrow-gauge railways and trams . Examples: Harz narrow-gauge railways (since 1887), Upper Rhine railroad (such as the Mannheim – Weinheim line ), Bavarian Zugspitzbahn (since 1929), Juist island railway (1898–1982) , Sylt island railway (1888–1970) , Bielefeld tram , tram Bochum / Gelsenkirchen , Tram Darmstadt , tram Krefeld , tram Würzburg . The Stuttgart tram was converted to the standard gauge, three- rail tracks were left for a museum operation with two lines .
		Austria	Linz : Pöstlingbergbahn (1897–2008, then re-gauged to 900 mm) , Achenseebahn (since 1889), local railway Gmunden – Vorchdorf (since 1912), local railway Mödling – Hinterbrühl (1883–1932), local railway Vöcklamarkt – Attersee (since 1913), Schafberg railway (since 1893), tram Innsbruck (from 1905) with local railways as Stubaitalbahn (since 1904) and Localbahn Innsbruck Hall in Tirol (1891-1974) , tram Unterach lake (3.2 km, 1907-1949) , tram Gmunden ( since 1894), Grazer Schloßbergbahn (212 m, since 1894, Abtsche siding ), Schneebergbahn (since 1897)
		Switzerland	second most common gauge, including Rhaetian Railway , trams , rack railways , funiculars
		Argentina	second most common gauge (11,080 km), Salta – Antofagasta railway line , Transanden Railway
		Egypt	Cairo tram
		Bangladesh	(since 1885)
		Belgium	Kusttram (since 1885), Société nationale des chemins de fer vicinaux (former national overland railway network) , Tram Antwerp , tram Gent
		Benin	(578 km)
		Bolivia	Ferroviaria Oriental (1243 km), Empresa Ferroviaria Andina
		Brazil	(24424 km), Corcovado cable car (3.824 km , since 1884)
		Bulgaria	Sofia tram
		Burkina Faso	(622 km)
		Chile	(2923 km), Salta – Antofagasta railway line , Transanden Railway , Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado
		China	(466 km) Yunnan Railway (since 1910), Harbin Tram (1927–1987)
		Denmark	Frederikshavn – Skagen railway line (1889–1924) , circular path on Alsen (1898–1933, gas works railway in Sønderborg until 1951)
		Democratic Republic of Congo	Kisangani - Ubundu , Kindu - Albertville (Kalemie) until September 1955
		Ivory Coast	(660 km)
		Ecuador	(965 km), rail transport in Ecuador
		Finland	Helsinki tram
		France	formerly distributed throughout France, Réseau Breton (1891–1967) ; now only: Ligne de Cerdagne (since 1910), Chemins de fer de la Corse , railway line Saint-Gervais – Vallorcine (since 1901), Tramway du Mont-Blanc (since 1899)
		Greece	Peloponnese : Organismos Sidirodromon Ellados
		Guiana	Demerara-Essequibo Railway
		Guinea	(807 km)
		Italy	Railways: Ferrovia Genova-Casella (since 1929), Laas marble web (since 1929), Rittnerbahn (since 1907), Ferrovia Trento-Malè (since 1909), local railway Dermulo-Mendel (1809 to 1934) , railway Trieste Opicina (since 1902)
		India	second most common gauge (17000 km), Nilgiri Mountain Railway (since 1899)
		Cambodia	(602 km) Royal Railways Cambodia
		Cameroon	(1104 km)
		Kenya	(2778 km) Kenya Railways (since 1896)
		Colombia	converted to 914 mm
		Croatia	Zagreb tram (since 1910)
		Laos	(3.5 km, connection to the Thai rail network)
		Latvia	Liepāja tram
		Lithuania	Kleinbahn Pogegen – Schmalleningken (1912–1944) , Memeler Kleinbahn AG (Memel tram)
		Luxembourg	former overland network
		Madagascar	Rail transport in Madagascar
		Malaysia	(1699 km)
		Mali	Dakar – Niger railway line (since 1904)
		Malta	Valletta – Mdina railway line (1883–1931), Malta tramway (1905–1929)
		Moldova	Chișinău tram (1888–1961)
		Mozambique	Maputo tram (1904–1936)
		Myanmar	(3113 km)
		New Zealand	Wellington Cable Car (since 1902)
		Netherlands	Enschede tram (1908–1933) , Groningen tram (1889–1949) , Haarlem tram (first subnetwork 1899–1934 - second subnetwork 1878–1949 had 1435 mm) , Amsterdam – Haarlem – Zandvoort tram (1899–1957) , interurban trams of the Noord -Zuid-Hollandsche Tramweg-Maatschappij (NZHTM) (1881–1961)
		Norway	Trondheim tram , Thamshavnbanen
		Pakistan	will be converted in favor of the broad gauge
		Poland	Pomeranian narrow-gauge railways (1895–?), Waldenburger Kreisbahn (1898–1966)
		Portugal	Comboios de Portugal , Sintra tram , Mondego metro , Braga tram (1914–1963), Coimbra tram (1874–1980) , Linha do Corgo (since 1906)
		Romania	Tram Arad , tram Iasi , tram Sibiu
		Russia	Tram Vyborg , tram Kaliningrad
		Sweden	only horse tram Göteborg (1885–1902) , tram Kiruna (1907–1958) , tram Ulricehamn (1911, never in operation) , Skansens bergbana (since 1897)
		Senegal	Dakar – Niger railway line (906 km)
		Serbia	Belgrade tram
		Singapore	(39 km)
		Slovakia	Electric Tatrabahn (since 1908), Bratislava tram (since 1895), Štrba – Štrbské Pleso cog railway (since 1896), Žakarovce industrial railway (1884–1899, partly cog railway)
		Slovenia	Ljubljana tram (19 ?? - 1958)
		Spain	Ferrocarriles de Vía Estrecha , Ferrocarril de La Robla , EuskoTren , meter gauge network of the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya , Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana , Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca
		Suriname	(86 km)
		Syria	Aleppo Tram (1929-1967)
		Tanzania	Tanzania Railways , Usambarabahn (not the TAZARA line)
		Thailand	(4431 km) State Railway of Thailand
		Togo	(525 km)
		Czech Republic	Prague : Letná funicular (1891–1916) , Budweis tram (1906–1950)
		Tunisia	Société nationale des chemins de fer tunisiens (since 1899)
Turkey	Istanbul tram
Uganda	Uganda Railway (since 1896)
Ukraine	Tram Lviv , Vinnytsia Tramway
Hungary	Sopron tram (1900-1923)
Vietnam	(2249 km), Yunnan Railway (since 1910)
Belarus	Horse tram Minsk (1892–1929)
1009 mm		Bulgaria	Sofia : Sofia tram (around 80% of the rail network)
1016 mm	3 feet 4 inches	United States	Pennsylvania : Pittsburg and Castle Shannon Railroad (1871–1950)
1026 mm	3 feet 4½ inches	Great Britain	England : Herne Bay Pier Railway (1896-1939)
1040 mm		Austria	Salzburg Fortress Railway only (since 1892)
1050 mm		Israel	Hejaz Railway , branch to Haifa (1908–1948)
		Jordan	(507 km), Hejaz Railway , Aqaba Railway
		Lebanon	Lebanon Railway (1895 – max. 1990), remaining line in operation in Syria , Beirut tram (1908–1965)
		Saudi Arabia	Hejaz Railway , railway in Saudi Arabia
		Syria	Hejazbahn , Hauranbahn , part of the Lebanonbahn , Damascus tram (1907–1967)
1055 mm		Algeria	(1085 km), Algiers tram (1892–1959) , Oran tram (1898–1955)
1067 mm	3 feet 6 inches	As a general rule	Cape gauge or CAP gauge Main areas of distribution : former British colonies South and East Africa, Japan, Australia, New Zealand Main areas of application : narrow-gauge railways , trams and underground trains
		Australia	second most common gauge, Queensland QR Limited (North Coast railway line, Queensland); Tasmania , Western Australia , and South Australia
		Angola	(2638 km), Caminhos de Ferro de Angola , Benguela Railway , rail transport in Angola
		Bangladesh	(until 1885) converted to 1000 mm
		Botswana	(888 km), Botswana Railways , rail transport in Botswana
		Burma	Mandalay Tram (11 km; 1904–1942), Thailand-Burma Railway (1942–1945)
		China	Hong Kong tram (since 1904), South Manchurian Railway (? -?)
		Costa Rica	(since 1890), tram San José (1889–1950)
		Ecuador	Quito tram (1914–1948) , rail transport in Ecuador
		Estonia	Tallinn tram only (since 1888)
		Eswatini	Eswatini Railways , rail transport in Eswatini (since 1964)
		Ghana	(935 km)
		Great Britain	England : Camborne and Redruth Tramway (1902–1934), Wales : Great Orme Tramway (since 1902)
		Honduras	(~ 1900–?)
		India	(until 1945) converted to 1000 mm
		Indonesia	Cepu forest railway
		Isle of Man	Snaefell Mountain Railway (since 1895)
		Japan	(20,284 km) except high-speed network and some (disused) branch lines, Kōchi tram (since 1903)
		Canada	Newfoundland : until 1988 , New Brunswick : until 1880s , Prince Edward Island : until 1930 , Québec : Lake Champlain and St. Lawrence Junction Railway (1879–1881)
		Democratic Republic of Congo	Matadi-Kinshasa Railway , Kindu - Albertville (Kalemie) since September 1955. Railways in Katanga
		Republic of the Congo	(795 km), Congo-Ocean Railway
		Lesotho	(2.6 km), rail transport in Lesotho
		Liberia	(145 km)
		Malawi	Malawi Railways , rail transport in Malawi
		Mozambique	Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique , rail transport in Mozambique
		Namibia	TransNamib , rail transport in Namibia
		New Zealand	Rail transport in New Zealand
		Nicaragua	(1886–?)
		Netherlands	Horse tram Utrecht (1879–1906) , tram Arnhem (1910–1944 - first horse tram from 1880 had 1435 mm) , tram Nijmegen (1889–1955) , various interurban trams nationwide on the Nederlandsche Buurtspoorweg-Maatschappij (NBM) (1927–1949 - to Part also 1435 mm)
		Nigeria
		Norway	Rørosbanen , Sulitjelmabanen , Jærbanen , Flekkefjordbanen , Treungenbanen , Grimstadbanen , Brevikbanen , Drammenbanen , Krøderbanen , Randsfjordbanen , Vestfoldbanen , Hortenlinjen , Setesdalsbanen , Vossebanen
		Panama	Panama City Tram (1893–1902 and 1913–1941)
		Philippines	(1060 km)
		Peru	Arequipa tram (1871–1966)
		Russia	only Sakhalin Island ( Sakhalinskaya schelesnaja doroga ), earlier also some trams
		Zambia	Zambia Railways , Mulobezi Railway (since 1905), TAZARA
		Sweden	(1874–1971), 15 railway companies (mainly in southern Sweden), including Västra Blekinge Järnväg , Sundsvall-Torpshammars Järnväg (1874–1886)
		Sierra Leone
		Zimbabwe	National Railways of Zimbabwe (→ Rail transport in Zimbabwe )
		Sri Lanka	Colombo tram (1898-1960)
		Sudan	(4595 km), rail transport in Sudan
		South Africa	except Gautrain: Transnet Freight Rail , rail transport in South Africa (in South Africa the regular size is currently 1065 mm)
		South Sudan
		South Korea	Seoul tram (1874–1886) , Pusan ​​tram (1910–1968 - until 1931: 762 mm)
		Taiwan	not high speed network
		Tanzania	only TAZARA (since 1976)
		Togo	(525 km)
		United States	San Francisco cable car system (since 1873), San Diego Electric Railway (1892-1898) , tram Denver (1886-1950) , Los Angeles Railway (1901-1963) , Tacoma Link , Tram Portland , Tram San Jose to Puerto Rico
		Venezuela	Caracas tram (electric 1907–1947, two horse trams 1882–1906 and 1885–1906 had 750 mm, steam tram had 680 mm) , Carúpano tram (horse drive 1884–1902, electric 1916–1933) , Valencia tram (1887–1947)
1093 mm		Sweden	Köping-Uttersberg-Riddarhyttans Järnväg (1866–1968)

Track widths from 1100 to 1199 mm

width		Country	Remarks
in mm	Feet & inches
1100 mm		Germany	Braunschweig tram , Schönberger Strand museum tram (three-rail track 1100 mm / 1435 mm), Lübeck tram (1893–1959) and Kiel tram (1881–1985)
		France	Mont Cenis Railway (1868–1871)
		Italy	Mont-Cenis rail (1868-1871) , Tram Turin Rivoli (1882-1914 - umgespurt to 1445 mm to 1955) , steam and battery tram Turin Cavour Saluzzo (1882-1950) , steam tram Pinerolo-Cavour ( 1882–1935) , tram Pinerolo – Perosa Argentina (1886–1968) , 3 lines of the Società Varesina per Imprese Elettriche -SVIE- (including the Bettole - Luino Lago railway line 1903–1953 / 55)
		Brazil	Rio de Janeiro : Santa Teresa tram , Estrada de Ferro Cantagalo ( Niterói - Nova Friburgo ) (1873–1965)
1106 mm	3 Austrian feet 6 inches	Austria	Horse-drawn railway Budweis – Linz – Gmunden (1827–1872) and coal railways in Hausruck
1118 mm	3 feet 8 inches	United States	Pennsylvania : Susquehanna and Eagles Mere Railroad
1130 mm	3 feet 8½ inches	Canada	Nova Scotia : Cape Breton Railway
1143 mm	3 feet 9 inches	Great Britain	England : Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway (since 1890)
1156 mm	3 feet 9½ inches	United States	California : Arcata and Mad River Railroad (1854-1925, converted to standard gauge)
1188 mm	4 Swedish feet	Sweden	Norbergs Järnväg (1856–1876, converted to standard gauge)
		Indonesia	Djakarta tram (electric tram 1899–1962 - horse and steam tram 1067 mm)

Track widths 1200 to 1299 mm

width		Country	Remarks
in mm	Feet & inches
1200 mm		Italy	Genoa : Sant'Anna funicular (since 1891 - until 1975 water ballast railway ), Principe – Granarolo rack railway (since 1901)
		Switzerland	Mühleggbahn (since 1893 - first water ballast railway , from 1950 cog railway , from 1975 inclined lift ), mountain railway Rheineck – Walzenhausen (since 1896), funicular Neuveville – Saint-Pierre (since 1899), Metro Alpin (since 1994)
1217 mm		Sweden	four railway companies: Borås-Herrljunga Järnväg , 42 km, (1863–1899) , Uddevalla – Vänersborg – Herrljunga Järnväg , 92 km, (1866–1899) , Hudiksvalls Järnväg , 16 km, (1860–1887) , Söderhamns Järnväg , 15 km , (1861–1886) , were all converted to standard gauge
1219 mm	4 feet	As a general rule	English 4-foot track
		Great Britain	Scotland : Glasgow Subway (since 1896) Wales : Padarn Railway , Saundersfoot Railway (1829–1939)
		New Zealand	former trams in Wellington (1878-1964) and Gisborne (1913-1929)
		United States	former tram in Pueblo (Colorado) , Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad , Avon, Geneseo and Mount Morris Railroad
1245 mm	4 feet 1 in	United States	Michigan : Hecla and Torch Lake Railroad
1270 mm		Chile
1295 mm	4 feet 3 inches	United States	various coal railways in Pennsylvania , Delaware and Hudson Gravity Railroad (1829–1899)

Gauges from 1300 to 1399 mm

width		Country	Remarks
in mm	Feet & inches
1365 mm		Spain	Basque Country : Bilbao tram (1896–1964)
1372 mm	4 feet 6 inches	As a general rule	Scottish track
		Great Britain	England: Seaton Burn Wagonway Scotland : various railways built between 1810 and 1840, later converted to standard gauge
		Japan	(117 km) five lines: Hakodate Tram ; Tokyo Tram: Toden Arakawa Line and Setagaya Line ; Toei Shinjuku Line ( Tokyo Subway ); Keiō line
		Spain	original Spanish colonial trace
		United States	original gauge of several railways in Florida
1384 mm	4 feet 6½ inches	Great Britain	Scotland : Dundee and Newtyle Railway , Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway , Newtyle and Glammis Railway
1397 mm	4 feet 7 inches	Great Britain	Wales : Dyffryn Llynfi and Porthcawl Railway (1828–?)

Gauges 1400 to 1499 mm

width		Country	Remarks
in mm	Feet & inches
1422 mm	4 feet 8 inches	Great Britain	England : Avon and Gloucestershire Railway (in Gloucestershire )
		Denmark	original gauge
		United States	New Hampshire : Mount Washington Cog Railway ; Maine : Green Mountain Railway , origin of multiple railways in NorthEast Corridor, Iowa, Dakota and Wisconsin
1429 mm	4 feet 8¼ inches	United States	original track gauge of the Northern Pacific Railroad
1432 mm		Germany	Nuremberg tram (until the 1990s)
1435 mm	4 feet 8½ inches	As a general rule	Standard gauge (most widespread gauge on earth) Main areas of distribution : Europe, North and Central America, North Africa, the Middle East, East Asia, Australia Main areas of application : mainline trains (long-distance traffic), trams and subways
		Europe	(without standard gauge: Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus)
		Germany	Deutsche Bahn , z. B. DSW21 , Saarbahn
		Austria	Austrian Federal Railways , Baden Railway , Graz-Köflacher Railway , Linz Local Railway , Lambach – Vorchdorf-Eggenberg Local Railway , ...; Vienna U-Bahn (but not compatible with standard gauge due to the wheel flange dimensions that can be traced back to the former Vienna steam light rail or Vienna electric light rail ) ; Trams in Vienna, Graz, formerly in Salzburg (1887–1940) ...
		Switzerland	Swiss Federal Railways , BLS , other private railways with regular gauge operation
		Albania	Hekurudha Shqiptare
		Azerbaijan	second most common gauge
		Belgium	National Society of Belgian Railways
		Bosnia	Željeznice Bosne i Hercegovine
		Bulgaria	Balgarsky Darschawni Zheleznitsi
		Denmark	Banedan mark
		France	Société nationale des chemins de fer français
		Georgia	second most common gauge
		Greece	Organismos Sidirodromon Ellados
		Great Britain	British Rail
		Ireland	Dublin tram only
		Italy	Ferrovie dello Stato
		Kosovo	Hekurudhat e Kosovës / Kosovske Železnice
		Croatia	Hrvatske željeznice
		Liechtenstein	Austrian Federal Railways
		Lithuania	( Suwałki -) Mockava - Šeštokai , from Mockava four-rail track (1435/1520 mm)
		Luxembourg	Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois
		Macedonia	Makedonski železnici
		Monaco	Société nationale des chemins de fer français
		Montenegro	Željeznica Crne Gore
		Netherlands	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
		Norway	Jernbaneverket
		Poland	Polskie Koleje Państwowe
		Portugal	Lisbon Metro , planned high-speed lines Lisbon – Madrid and Lisbon – Porto (planning stopped since 2012)
		Romania	Căile Ferate Române
		Russia	Tramway Rostow-on-Don , three branches from Poland: ( Braniewo (Poland) -) Mamonowo (Heiligenbeil) - Kaliningrad (Königsberg) (~ 60 km), Skandawa - Schelesnodoroschny (Gerdauen) (~ 4 km), ( Bartoszyce (Poland) - ) Bagrationowsk (Preußisch Eylau) (~ 5 km, former lines of the Deutsche Reichsbahn towards Poland )
		Sweden	Trafikverket
		Serbia	Železnice Srbije
		Slovakia	Železnice Slovenskej republiky , Košice tram
		Slovenia	Slovenske železnice
		Spain	only Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles high-speed network: AVE (since 1992), railway lines Spain-Africa planned, FGC , Metro Barcelona and tram Tenerife (since 2007)
		Czech Republic	České dráhy
		Hungary	Magyar Államvasutak , Helyiérdekű Vasút
		Ukraine	two connecting routes from Poland: Chełm - Jagodzin (obwód wołyński) (~ 8 km), Malhowice - Chyriw (~ 20 km),
		Vatican city	Vatican State Railways
		Belarus	four foothills from Poland: Sokółka - Hrodna (~ 23 km), Zubki Białostockie - Brzostowica (~ 7 km), Czeremcha (województwo podlaskie) - Wyssokaje (~ 7 km), Terespol - Brest (Belarus) (~ 5 km),
		Africa
		Egypt	Egyptian State Railways (since 1854)
		Ethiopia	Railway Addis Ababa-Djibouti and Addis Ababa Light Rail (688 km since 2016); disused railway line Djibouti – Addis Ababa (meter gauge) (in operation 1901–2015)
		Algeria	Société Nationale des Transports Ferroviaires algériens (4316 km)
		Djibouti	(100 km)
		Gabon	Trans-Gabon Railway (since 1978)
		Guinea	(279 km)
		Kenya	Mombasa – Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (472 km, since 2017)
		Liberia	(345 km)
		Libya	(350 km)
		Morocco	ONCF , railways in Morocco
		Mauritania	Nouadhibou – M'Haoudat railway line
		South Africa	only Gautrain
		Tunisia	Société nationale des chemins de fer tunisiens
		America
		Argentina	Ferrocarril General Urquiza in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Corrientes and Misiones, third most common track gauge (2765 km)
		Brazil	State of Amapá in northern Brazil (EFAMP: Estrada de Ferro do Amapá), Metrô São Paulo (since 1974), high-speed network and railway lines planned
		Dominican Republic
		Jamaica	(348 km)
		Canada	VIA Rail Canada
		Colombia	(150 km)
		Cuba	Hershey Railway , rail transport in Cuba
		Mexico	Ferrocarril Méxicano , Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico
Nicaragua	(1884–?)
Panama	(since 2000)
Paraguay
Peru	Andean railways: Ferrocarril del Sur , Ferrocarril Central Andino
Puerto Rico	(short)
Suriname	(80 km)
Uruguay	(2835 km)
United States	including Amtrak , Vermont Railway , Alaska Railroad , subways
Venezuela	(682 km)
Asia
Afghanistan	Rail traffic in Afghanistan (only Iran-Herat rail line, as well as originally planned new lines)
China	China Railways , Lhasa Railway (since 2006)
India	metros and trams only: Calcutta tram
Indonesia	(since 1867)
Iraq	(1905 km)
Iran	(8160 km)
Israel	Israel Railways
Japan	(3204 km) Shinkansen High-Speed ​​Rail, Fukuoka Subway (Nanakuma Line), Kobe Subway, Kyoto Subway, Sendai Subway (Tozai Line), Yokohama Subway (Lines 1 and 3)
Lebanon	Rail transport in Lebanon
Malaysia	only three lines in Kuala Lumpur : KLIA-Ekspres , Kelana Jaya Line , Ampang Line
North Korea	Korean State Railways
Saudi Arabia	Railroad in Saudi Arabia
South Korea	(3249 km)
Syria	Rail transport in Syria
Taiwan	High-speed network Taiwan High Speed Rail (since 2007), Metro Taipei
Thailand	only in Bangkok : MRT (subway), BTS (Skytrain) and SRTET (Airport Rail Link)
Turkey	(10,984 km) Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları
Vietnam	(180 km)
Australia	New South Wales , South Australia , Western Australia , Trans-Australian Railway , Central Australia Railway , Australian National
1440 mm		Germany	Rostock tram (converted to standard gauge from 1973–1978)
		Austria	Hungerburgbahn Innsbruck (from 2007) ( previously 1000 mm; each: Abtsche siding )
		France	Deviating dimension - from 1435 mm - due to another measuring point (old routes)
		Tunisia	deviating dimension - from 1435 mm - due to another measuring point
1441 mm	4 feet 8¾ inches	United States	several railroad companies in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana and Alabama, e.g. B. Macon and Birmingham Railroad
1445 mm		Italy	Milan tram (since 1876), Rome tram and Turin tram
		Spain	Madrid Metro , former Madrid tram
1448 mm	4 feet 9 inches	United States	so-called "Vermittlungsspur", several railway companies east of the Mississippi, mainly in and around Pennsylvania and in the southeast, until the 1920s, including about half of the routes of the Southern Railway , and initially the network of the Pennsylvania Railroad
1450 mm		Germany	Dresden tram , former Zittau exhibition tram in 1902
1454 mm	4 feet 9¼ inches	United States	several railroad companies in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Kentucky and Ohio, e.g. B. Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railroad
1457 mm	4 feet 9⅜ inches	United States	Newark, Somerset and Straitsville Railroad (Ohio)
1458 mm		Germany	Leipzig tram
1461 mm	4 feet 9½ inches	United States	initially widespread in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey
1473 mm	4 feet 10 inches	United States	Initially widespread in Ohio , streetcar in St. Louis (until 1966)
1495 mm		Canada	Toronto Subway , Toronto tram

Gauges 1500 to 1599 mm

width		Country	Remarks
in mm	Feet & inches
1520 mm		As a general rule	Russian broad gauge (today) (Developed by reducing the track clearance without changes to the vehicles, new tracks have a gauge of 1520 mm, a car transition between 1520 mm and 1524 mm is possible without any problems.)
		Afghanistan	Rail transport in Afghanistan
		Germany	Mukran (gauge change facility)
		Poland	Foothills off Russia: Mamonowo (Heiligenbeil) - border - Braniewo (Braunsberg) - Elbląg (Elbing) (61.6 km) Bagrationowsk (Preußisch Eylau) - border - Bartoszyce (Bartenstein) (three-rail track) (~ 14 km) Schelesnodoroschny (Kaliningrad) (Gerdauen) - Anielin Gradowo (~ 8 km) Belarus: Grodno - border - Kuźnica (województwo podlaskie) - Sokółka - Machnacz (województwo podlaskie) Wsch (35.5 km) Brzostowica - border - Zubki (5.6 km, three- rail track) Świsłocz (obwód grodzieński) - border - Wiącków (12.8 km) Czeremcha - border - Terespol (2.4 km) Brześć (Brest) - border - Terespol Kobylany (7.5 km) Ukraine: Jagodzin (obwód wołyński) - border - Chełm (25.6 km) Łudzin - border - Hrubieszów - Sławków (394.6 km) Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa (since 1979) Rawa Ruska - border - Verkhrata - Horyniec-Zdrój (Kaplisze) (22.5 km) Lviv - Mościska - border - Przemyśl (13.9 km)
		Slovakia	Uzhhorod – Košice railway line (since 1966), Košice – Vienna railway line planned
		Romania	an offshoot from Moldova: Giurgiulești - Galați
1524 mm	5 feet	As a general rule	Russian broad gauge (originally) Main areas of distribution : former Soviet Union as well as Finland and Mongolia Main areas of application : mainline railways (long-distance traffic), trams and underground trains
		Russia	Rossijskije schelesnyje dorogi , Trans-Siberian Railway , Kolabahn , Baikal-Amur Mainline
		Armenia	(845 km) Harawkowkasjan Jerkatughi
		Azerbaijan	(2932 km) Azərbaycan Dövlət Dəmir Yolu (since 1880)
		Bulgaria	Varna
		China	(until 1930)
		Estonia	(1200 km) Eesti Raudtee
		Finland	VR-Yhtymä (since 1862)
		Georgia	(1583 km)
		Iran	(94 km)
		Kazakhstan	(15000 km)
		Kyrgyzstan	(428 km)
		Latvia	(1933 km) Latvijas Dzelzceļš
		Lithuania	(1749 km) Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai
		Moldova	Pridnestrovskaya zheleznaya doroga
		Mongolia	Trans-Mongolian Railway
		Tajikistan	(480 km)
		Turkmenistan	(2440 km) Turkestan-Siberian Railway
		Ukraine	Ukrzalisnytsja
		Uzbekistan	(3950 km)
		Belarus	Belaruskaya Chyhunka
		Panama	until 2000, converted to standard gauge , currently on the towing railway at the Panama Canal locks
		United States	among others: originally also in the southern states of the USA (except Florida), Alabama Great Southern Railroad , Mississippi Central Railroad , Louisville tram
1537 mm	5 feet ½ inch	Great Britain	London : London and Blackwall Railway (1840–1849)
1575 mm	5 feet 2 inches	Ireland	Dublin - Drogheda (1844-1846)
		United States	Alabama : Montgomery and Eufaula Railroad (until 1870s)
1581 mm	5 feet 2¼ inches	United States	Pennsylvania track Maryland : Baltimore Pennsylvania tram: Pittsburgh and Philadelphia trams, and in Philadelphia the Market – Frankford Line (since 1907), West Penn Railways
1588 mm	5 feet 2½ inches	United States	Louisiana : New Orleans Ohio tram: Columbus (Ohio) trams and Cincinnati Pennsylvania : Aliquippa – West Economy tram (1912–1937) Mobile and Spring Hill Railroad

Track widths from 1600 to 1699 mm

width		Country	Remarks
in mm	Feet & inches
1600 mm	5 feet 3 inches	As a general rule	Irish broad gauge
		Germany	Baden : Baden State Railways (1840–1855), converted to standard gauge
		Ireland	Republic of Ireland ( Iarnród Éireann ) and Northern Ireland ( Northern Ireland Railways ) rail transport in Ireland
		Brazil	second most common track gauge (4057 km), southeast, mid-west and north, Metrô Rio de Janeiro (since 1979)
		Australia	third most common gauge (4017 km), state of Victoria and southeast of South Australia , as well as in Tasmania from 1871–1888 between Launceston and von Deloraine
		New Zealand	Canterbury Provincial Railways (1863–1876), re-gauge to 1067 mm
1665 mm	5 port. Feet	Portugal	Portuguese broad gauge (originally)
1668 mm		As a general rule	Iberian broad gauge (today)
		Portugal	Comboios de Portugal
		Spain	Renfe , not the high-speed AVE routes .
1672 mm	6 box. foot	Spain	Spanish broad gauge (originally)
1676 mm	5 feet 6 inches	As a general rule	Indian broad gauge , also colonial gauge (in the literature often incorrectly stated for Spain) Main areas of distribution: Indian subcontinent, southern South America Main areas of application: mainline railways (long-distance traffic)
		Afghanistan	Rail traffic in Afghanistan (originally planned new lines in standard gauge )
		Argentina	(24,481 km) Ferrocarriles Argentinos , Ferrocarriles General Roca , Sarmiento and Miter networks
		Bangladesh	Bangladesh Railway (since 1862)
		Chile	(3743 km) Empresa de Ferrocarriles del Estado , Santiago – Valparaíso route and south of it
		Great Britain	Scotland : only two routes: Dundee and Arbroath Railway (1838–1847) , Arbroath and Forfar Railway (1839–?)
		India	(42,000 km) Indian Railways , Metro Delhi (since 2002)
		Iran	(97 km between Zahedan and the border with Pakistan)
		Nepal
		Pakistan	Pakistan Railways
		Paraguay	converted to standard gauge
		Sri Lanka	(1508 km) Sri Lanka Railways
		Canada	High-speed network and rail routes between Russia and North America planned; including: Grand Trunk Railway (1852–1873, gauged); Québec : St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad (1853- ~ 1873), Intercolonial Railway (1870-1875, gauged)
		United States	San Francisco : BART (since 1972), high-speed network and rail routes between Russia and North America planned; formerly among others: New England , mainly Maine : Maine Central Railroad (1862–1871); Louisiana : New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad (1854–1872), Texas : Texas and New Orleans Railroad (1856–1876), Grand Trunk Railway (1852–1873)

Track widths 1700 to 1999 mm

width		Country	Remarks
in mm	Feet & inches
1727 mm		Great Britain	England, Torquay only : Babbacombe Cliff Railway (1926 – today) and Bournemouth - Southbourne : Fisherman's Walk Cliff Railway (since 1935)
1750 mm		France	Paris only : Place Denfert-Rochereau - Sceaux ( Ligne de Sceaux ) (1846–1893)
1800 mm		Germany	only Oberweißbacher Bergbahn (since 1922)
		United States	Florida: Hogwarts Express (Universal Orlando Resort) only (since 2014)
1829 mm	6 feet	As a general rule	Bering Lane , original Bering Strait tunnel (TKM-World Link = Yakutsk – Fort Nelson railway line) planned
		Great Britain	Hastings only : West Hill Cliff Railway (since 1891)
		Russia	Tsarskoye Selo Railway (1837–1897) , then re-gauge to 1524 mm
		United States	Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad , Albany and Susquehanna Railroad , Erie Railroad and subsequent railway companies (until 1880) , rebuilt to 1,473 mm
		India	planned in 1860s (1676 mm built)
1850 mm		Canada	Niagara Falls , Falls Incline Railway (since 1966)
1880 mm	6 feet 2 inches	Ireland	Ulster Railway (1839-1846) then re-gauge to 1600 mm
1945 mm	6 feet 4½ inches	Netherlands	Railway Amsterdam – Rotterdam (1839–1866) , Railway Amsterdam – Arnhem (until 1855) , Railway Amsterdam – Haarlem (until 1865)
		Russia	original gauge Vladivostok – Khabarovsk
1981 mm	6 feet 6 inches	Great Britain	Scarborough only : North Cliff Lift (1930–1996)
		Israel	only in Haifa: Karmelit funicular

Gauges 2000 mm and more

width		Country	Remarks
in mm	Feet & inches
2000 mm		Great Britain	Scotland : Cairngorms , Cairngorm funicular railway (since 2001)
2134 mm or 2140 mm	7 feet or 7 feet ¼ inch	As a general rule	Brunel broad gauge
		Great Britain	England : Great Western Railway , (until 1892) Wales : South Wales Railway (1850–1872)
		Portugal	Azores : Port Railway of Ponta Delgada (1862–1973), Port Railway of Horta (1876–1901)
2287 mm	7 feet 6 inches	Great Britain	Scarborough only : Saint-Nicholas Cliff Lift (1929–2007)
2438 mm	8 feet	United States	Johnstown (Pennsylvania) : Johnstown Inclined Plane (funicular, since 1891), West Orange (New Jersey) : Orange Mountain Cable (funicular, 1892–1902) , North American broad-gauge railway planned (never built)
2743 mm	9 feet	United States	Pennsylvania , Pittsburgh only : Knoxville Incline (funicular), (1890–1960)
		Japan	Lake Biwa - Kyoto city: funicular railway (1889-1948)
3000 mm		Europe	Three-meter gauge, planned for a broad-gauge railway in Europe from 1942 to 1945 during the Third Reich
3048 mm	10 foot	Isle of Man	Douglas only : Breakwater Crane Railway (harbor) (1948–197?)
		United States	Pennsylvania , Pittsburgh only : Fort Pitt Incline , Monongahela Freight Incline (both funiculars), (1882–1935)
5486 mm	18 feet	Great Britain	England : Brighton only : Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway (1896–1901) 2 single tracks with each 828 mm and 5486 mm total gauge ( four-rail track )

Gauges of inclined lifts

width		Country	Remarks
in mm	Feet & inches
2340 mm	7 feet 8 inches	Austria	Kaprun only : Inclined elevator Möllpumpwerk (since 1954, not public)
2600 mm		Italy	only Lasa : funicular section of the Lasa marble railway (since 1929)
3140 mm / 3270 mm		Poland	five boat lifts in the course of the Oberland Canal in East Prussia , Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship ( funicular railway )
8200 mm		Austria	Kaprun only: Lärchwand inclined elevator (since 1941, initially for construction vehicles, later adapted for longer buses)
9000 mm		Russia	Cogwheel railway of the ship lift on the Krasnoyarsk reservoir

Others

Gantry cranes

Cranes for unloading containers from ships at quays at ports are often designed as portal cranes and typically span 2 railway tracks on the land side. The center-to-center distance between the two crane rails is often:

• 15.24 m (50 feet)
• 18 m
• 30.48 m (100 feet) newer facilities

Light gantry cranes that span 1, 2 or 3 railway tracks have center-to-center spacing of the rails of at least 5.5 m, but typically 6, 10 or 14.5 m center-to-center spacing.

Specifically:

• 10.00 m - Rostock Seaport , Pier II
• 35.00 m - Hamburg Container Terminal Altenwerder , Ballinkai, new building
• 40.65 m - new port crane from 2014 in the Danube port of Linz

Arrays of sliding radio telescopes

• The 15 m diameter radio telescopes of the NOEMA project of the Institute for Radio Astronomy in the Millimeter Range (IRAM) on the Plateau de Bure, France can be moved on an approximately right-angled track cross with the 2 rails about 6 m center-to-center.

• The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array west of Socorro , New Mexico, USA has four-rail tracks - also with curves - for moving and setting up 25 m diameter radio telescopes , which form 2 tracks of (approximately) standard gauge each run in about 7 m track center distance from each other. The antennas are placed in short cross tracks that cross at right angles. Works rail traffic is handled on one of the standard gauge tracks.

Designations of gauges

Surname	Track width [mm]	Gauge [feet / inches]
Bosnian track	0760 mm or 762 mm	2 feet 6 inches (2 '6 ")
Brunel broad gauge / Brunel gauge	2140 mm or 2134 mm	7 feet ¼ inch (7 '¼ ")
Iberian broad gauge	1668 mm
Indian broad gauge / Indian gauge / colonial gauge	1676 mm	5 feet 6 inches (5 '6 ")
Irish track	1600 mm	5 feet 3 inches (5 '3 ")
Italian broad gauge	1445 mm
Italian meter gauge	0950 mm
Italian narrow gauge	0700 mm
Cape track / CAP track / Japanese track	1067 mm	3 feet 6 inches (3 '6 ")
Castilian track	1672 mm
Meter gauge	1000 mm
Standard gauge / standard gauge / full gauge	1435 mm	4 feet 8½ inches (4 '8½ ")
Ohio Trail	1473 mm	4 feet 10 inches (4'10 ")
Pennsylvania Trail	1581 mm or 1588 mm	5 feet 2¼ inches (5 '2¼ ")
Portuguese broad gauge	1665 mm	5 port. Feet
Russian broad gauge / Russian gauge	1520 mm or 1524 mm	5 feet (5 ')
Scottish track	1372 mm	4 feet 6 inches (4 '6 ")
Swedish track	1485 mm
Swedish center track	1188 mm
Swedish narrow gauge	0891 mm
Spanish broad gauge	1672 mm	6 box. foot

See also

• List of re-tracked railway lines

literature

• GH Metzeltin: The gauges of the railways. A lexicon on the battle for gauge . German Society for Railway History V., Karlsruhe 1974, OCLC 883123940 .
• Hans G. Wägli: Swiss rail network / Réseau ferré suisse . Published by the SBB General Secretariat. AS Verlag & Buchkonzept AG, Zurich 1998, ISBN 3-905111-21-7 .

Web links

• Rail sides - gauges
• Track construction world - gauges
• German Society for Railway History - Track Gauge Overview

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Neveřejné úzkorozchodné dráhy v Čechách List of (former) non-public narrow-gauge railways in the Czech Republic in the Czech-language Wikipedia
2. ↑ Train Rides. ( Memento from December 20, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) National Railway Museum
3. ↑ ^{a b c} tramz.com
4. ^ Rail transport in Peru in the English language Wikipedia
5. ↑ SATEB ( Memento from August 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ Forest and industrial railways with 760 mm gauge , accessed on December 25, 2017.
7. ↑ ^{a b} The Magic of the Andes. In: Mike's Railway History. Retrieved February 16, 2012 . 
8. ^ Glyn Williams: Railways in Nepal. 2018 . 
9. ^ Glyn Williams: Railways in Nepal. 2018 . 
10. ↑ tramz.com
11. ↑ Online turntable
12. ↑ The railways in Peru. ( Memento from May 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 33 kB)
13. ^ ^{A b} Charles Blanchart et al .: Le rail au Congo Belge. Ed. Masoin, Bruxelles 2008, ISBN 978-2-9600471-0-3 , p. 413: Construit à l'écartement de 765mm, la ligne fut mise à l'écartement de 3 '6 "au début des années 1930.
14. ↑ tramz.com
15. ↑ tramz.com
16. ↑ broadspurbahn.de
17. ↑ railalbum.co.uk
18. ↑ broadspurbahn.de - broad-gauge railways in Japan
19. ↑ Walter Strauss: Of iron horses and paths . Hanover 1924, fig. 444.
20. ↑ Recommendations of the Working Committee "Shore Edging": Ports and Harbors and Waterways EAU 2004 John Wiley & Sons, 10th edition, 2005, p. 165.
21. ↑ ibid. P. 157.
22. ↑ Karl Josef Witt (ed.); W. Richwien, et al .: Grundbau-Taschenbuch, Part 3: Foundations and geotechnical structures 2010, 7th edition, Ernst & Sohn; John Wiley & Son, p. 341 f.
23. ↑ Karl Josef Witt (ed.); W. Richwien, et al .: Grundbau-Taschenbuch, Part 3: Foundations and geotechnical structures 2010, 7th edition, Ernst & Sohn; John Wiley & Son, p. 340.
24. ↑ Port of Linz: Trial operation of the new container crane is getting closer oevz.com, Österreichische Verkehrszeitung, July 15, 2014, accessed July 12, 2020.
25. ↑ Map view accessed July 12, 2020. - Approximately 6 m, determined by comparison with the map scale 20 m.
26. ↑ Satellite view google.com/maps, accessed July 12, 2020.