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Track gauge
By transport mode
By size (list )
Minimum
Minimum
Fifteen inch
381 mm
(15 in)
Narrow
(1 ft 11+ 5 ⁄8 in) (2 ft) (2 ft 3 in)
(2 ft 5+ 1 ⁄2 in) (2 ft 5+ 15 ⁄16 in) (2 ft 6 in)
891 mm 900 mm 914 mm 950 mm
(2 ft 11+ 3 ⁄32 in) (2 ft 11+ 7 ⁄16 in) (3 ft) (3 ft1+ 13 ⁄32 in)
Metre
1,000 mm
(3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in)
Three foot six inch
1,067 mm
(3 ft 6 in)
Four foot
1,219 mm
(4 ft)
Four foot six inch
1,372 mm
(4 ft 6 in)
1432 mm
1,432 mm
(4 ft 8+ 3 ⁄8 in)
Standard 1,435 mm
(4 ft 8+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Broad
(4 ft 8+ 7 ⁄8 in) (4 ft 9+ 3 ⁄32 in)
Leipzig gauge
1,458 mm
(4 ft 9+ 13 ⁄32 in)
Toronto gauge
1,495 mm
(4 ft 10+ 7 ⁄8 in)
(4 ft 11+ 27 ⁄32 in) (5 ft)
1,581 mm 1,588 mm 1,600 mm
(5 ft 2+ 1 ⁄4 in) (5 ft 2+ 1 ⁄2 in) (5 ft 3 in)
Baltimore gauge
1,638 mm
(5 ft 4+ 1 ⁄2 in)
(5 ft 5+ 21 ⁄32 in) (5 ft 6 in)
Six foot
1,829 mm
(6 ft)
Brunel
2,140 mm
(7 ft 1 ⁄4
Change of gauge
By location
The Little Eaton Gangway in 1908 with the last train of loaded coal wagons. Model of a Darlington Corporation Light Railways tramcar at the National Tramway Museum . The Southport Pier Tramway . The Great Orme Tramway , a street-running funicular . Horse-drawn slate wagon used on the Nantlle Railway , now preserved at the Welsh Slate Museum . One of the first railways using 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm ) gauge track was the Little Eaton Gangway in England, constructed as a horse-drawn wagonway in 1795. Other 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm ) gauge wagonways in England and Wales were also built in the early 19th century. Also during this time, numerous tram networks were built in 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm ) gauge (see table below).
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Minimum-gauge Minimum-gauge railways Narrow gauge
2 foot and 600 mm 750 mm 2 ft 5+ 1 ⁄2 in )760 mm 2 ft 5+ 15 ⁄16 in )2 ft 6 in 762 mm )800 mm 2 ft 7+ 1 ⁄2 in )891 mm (2 ft 11+ 3 ⁄32 in ) Swedish three foot 900 mm 2 ft 11+ 7 ⁄16 in )3 ft 914 mm )950 mm 3 ft 1+ 3 ⁄8 in ) Italian metre gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) metre gauge 1,050 mm 3 ft 5+ 11 ⁄32 in ),1,055 mm 3 ft 5+ 1 ⁄2 in ),3 ft 6 in 1,067 mm )1,093 mm 3 ft 7 in ),1,100 mm 3 ft 7+ 5 ⁄16 in ),1,200 mm 3 ft 11+ 1 ⁄4 in )4 ft 1,219 mm )4 ft 1 in (1,245 mm ), Middleton Railway 4 ft 6 in 1,372 mm ), Scotch gauge4 ft 6+ 1 ⁄2 in 1,384 mm ), Scotch gauge4 ft 7+ 3 ⁄4 in 1,416 mm )4 ft 8 in 1,422 mm ), almost standard gauge4 ft 8+ 1 ⁄4 in 1,429 mm )1,432 mm 4 ft 8+ 3 ⁄8 in ) Standard gauge Broad gauge
1,440 mm 4 ft 8+ 11 ⁄16 in )1,445 mm (4 ft 8+ 7 ⁄8 in )1,450 mm 4 ft 9+ 3 ⁄32 in )4 ft 9+ 3 ⁄8 in 1,457 mm )1,458 mm 4 ft 9+ 13 ⁄32 in )4 ft 10+ 7 ⁄8 in 1,495 mm ), Toronto gauge5 ft / 1,524 mm and 1,520 mm 4 ft 11+ 27 ⁄32 in ), Russian gauge.5 ft 2+ 1 ⁄4 in 1,581 mm and 5 ft 2+ 1 ⁄2 in 1,588 mm , Pennsylvania gauge5 ft 3 in 1,600 mm ), Irish gauge5 ft 4+ 1 ⁄2 in 1,638 mm ), Baltimore gauge1,668 mm 5 ft 5+ 21 ⁄32 in ), Iberian gauge5 ft 6 in 1,676 mm ), Indian gauge7 ft 1 ⁄4 2,140 mm ), Brunel gauge3,000 mm 9 ft 10+ 1 ⁄8 in ), Breitspurbahn8,200 mm (26 ft 10+ 27 ⁄32 in ), Lärchwandschrägaufzug 9,000 mm (29 ft 6+ 5 ⁄16 in ), Krasnoyarsk ship lift List of track gauge articles Gauge differences Transport mode Categories
