List of track gauges explained

This list presents an overview of railway track gauges by size. A gauge is measured between the inner faces of the rails.

Track gauges by size

Minimum and ridable miniature railways

See main article: Minimum-gauge railway and Ridable miniature railway. For ridable miniature railways and minimum gauge railways, the gauges are overlapping. There are also some extreme narrow gauge railways listed. See: Distinction between a ridable miniature railway and a minimum gauge railway for clarification.

Model railway gauges are covered in rail transport modelling scales.

GaugeCountryNotes
MetricImperial
 
89 mmSee in (89 mm) gauge ridable miniature railways
121 mmSee in (121 mm) gauge ridable miniature railways
127 mmSee gauge ridable miniature railways
184 mmSee (184 mm) gauge ridable miniature railways
See gauge ridable miniature railways
210 mmSee in (210 mm) gauge ridable miniature railways
229 mmSee 9 in (229 mm) gauge ridable miniature railways
EnglandRailway built by minimum gauge pioneer Sir Arthur Heywood, later abandoned in favor of gauge.
240 mmSee  in (240 mm) gauge ridable miniature railways
241 mmSee in (241 mm) gauge ridable miniature railways
260 mmSee in (260 mm) gauge ridable miniature railways
267 mmEnglandBeale Park miniature railway
305 mmSee 12 in (305 mm) gauge ridable miniature railways
311 mmWalesFairbourne Railway
340 mmNetherlandsRidable miniature railway in DierenPark Amersfoort[1]
350 mmNetherlandsCollection Decauville Spoorweg Museum[2]
356 mmUnited StatesSee 14 in (356 mm) gauge ridable miniature railways and Chicago Tunnel Company (during construction process)
368 mmUnited StatesJohn J. Coit's Seaside Park Miniature Railway and Long Beach and Asbury Park Railway
381 mmSee 15 in gauge railways
400 mmFranceAgricultural field railways (Decauville portable track)
406 mmUnited StatesSee 16 in (406 mm) gauge ridable miniature railways
419 mmCanadaSee in (419 mm) gauge ridable miniature railway
EnglandBerkhamsted Gasworks Railway[3]
432 mmEnglandLong Rake Spar mine, underground mine railway[4]
450 mmCzech RepublicIndustrial railways[5]
EnglandLittlethorpe Potteries, hand-worked line connecting clay pits to pottery[6]
457 mmEnglandCrewe Works Railway, Horwich Works Railway, Royal Arsenal Railway, Sand Hutton Light Railway, Steeple Grange Light Railway
United StatesEastlake Park Scenic Railway, Venice Miniature Railway and Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad
AustraliaNational Railway Museum, Port Adelaide
470 mmUnited StatesTravel Town Museum miniature railway
483 mmIsle of ManGreat Laxey Mine Railway
United StatesSwanton Pacific Railroad
EnglandAyle Colliery mine railway, Athole G. Allen Ltd. Closehouse Barytes Mine railway

Narrow gauge

See main article: Narrow-gauge railway. Railways with a track gauge between and .

GaugeCountryNotes
MetricImperial
 
500 mmAustriaGeriatriezentrum Am Wienerwald Feldbahn
ArgentinaTren del Fin del Mundo, Ushuaia - Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego
FranceSeveral Decauville portable railways, Chemin de Fer Touristique du Tarn, Petit train d'Artouste
HungaryMining railways in Pilisszentiván (defunct), Törökszentmiklós brick factory
508 mmEnglandGreat Woburn Railway situated in Woburn Safari Park; and North Bay Railway near Scarborough
United StatesConfusion Hill
RussiaKrasnoyarsk Child Railway
520 mmGermanySeveral mine railways. Origine: from 1 ft 8 in preußische Zoll = 523,2 mm.[7]
533 mm EnglandPleasure Beach Express
550 mm GermanyMine railways in Mayen
557 mm Dominican RepublicTransport in the Dominican Republic
560 mm GermanySalt mine railway in Berchtesgaden[8]
575 mmGermanyIron ore mine railways in Bad Ems and Ramsbeck[9]
578 mmUnited StatesLakeside Amusement Park & San Francisco Zoo
WalesPenrhyn Quarry Railway
580 mmAustriaWolfsegg Traunthaler Kohlenwerke in Ampflwang im Hausruckwald[10]
HungaryMining railways in Dorog (defunct)
597 mmSee 2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways
600 mm
603 mm
610 mm
620 mmSloveniaCave railway in the Postojna Cave[11]
622 mmWalesPenrhyn Quarry Railway, until 1879
630 mm GermanyBrickworks in Zehdenick[12]
655 mm GermanySchlebusch-Harkorter Coal Railway
660 mm GermanyIndustrial and mine railways in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate
JapanYamanashi horse-drawn tramway
WalesCwt y Bugail quarry
686 mm See List of 2 ft 3 in gauge railways
693 mm Sweden28 Swedish inches. Several railways.
700 mmDenmarkThe Standard gauge for sugar beet railways; none remain.
EnglandBiwater Pipes and Castings[13]
FranceChemin de fer d'Abreschviller
HungaryPálházi State Forest Railway (1888-1947, rebuilt to 760 mm)
IndonesiaOnce used by 36 sugar mills in Java, only 23 still in use.
LatviaUsed in some peat railways
NetherlandsUsed in industrial, peat, and field railways
711 mm EnglandSnailbeach District Railways
716 mm PolandDobre Aleksandrowskie – Kruszwica railway[14] (operating tourist railway)
724 mmWalesGuest Keen Baldwins Iron and Steel Company Ltd.: Briton Ferry Steelworks,[15] Glyn Valley Tramway
737 mmEnglandSt. Michael's Mount Tramway[16]
740 mm LuxembourgMinière et Métallurgique de Rodange mine railway[17]
750 mm See 750 mm gauge railways
760 mm BulgariaOrigin:
See Bosnian gauge Septemvri - Dobriniste narrow railway
762 mm See 2 ft 6 in gauge railways
765 mm DR CongoMatadi–Kinshasa Railway, converted to 1925–1931.[18]
775 mm EnglandJee's Hartshill Granite Quarry[19]
Germany, a funicular a funicular in Bad Pyrmont
785 mmGermanyOrigin:
Bröl Valley Railway
PolandSilesian Interurbans, Upper Silesian Narrow Gauge Railways
791 mm DenmarkFaxe Jernbane in southern Zealand
800 mm See 800 mm gauge railways
802 mm SwedenFar behind, one of the most common narrow gauges in Sweden, for example the (1874–1970) in Värmland. Never formed much of a network, none remain.
813 mm EnglandWinnal Gasworks Railway
WalesRhosydd Quarry, a counterbalance weight for a gauge incline;
820 mm GermanyPrince William Railway Company, Wuppertal-Vohwinkel–Essen-Überruhr railway, converted to standard gauge.
825 mm EnglandBrighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway (a vehicle that ran on two parallel gauge tracks, billed as 181NaN1 gauge), Furzebrook Railway and Volk's Electric Railway
838 mmJapanNankai Railway (former gauge, converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in gauge)
EnglandSeaton Tramway, Volk's Electric Railway (former gauge)
850 mm ItalyPonte Tresa-Luino (1924: converted to gauge, 1950: closed)Menaggio–Porlezza railway (1939: closed)
860 mm GermanyAlsen´sche Portland-Cementfabrik KG in Itzehoe[20]
876 mmEnglandBiwater Pipes and Castings[21] Cattybrook Brickworks railway
880 mmGermanyBayerisches Moor- und Torfmuseum,[22] Peat museum (operating)
NorwayIndustrial railway in Stokke
889 mm EnglandMiller Engineering & Construction Ltd. Sandiacre depot[23]
GermanySchlebusch-Harkorter Coal Railway
891 mm Sweden
See Swedish three foot gauge railways
900 mm See 900 mm gauge railways
914 mm See 3 ft gauge railways
925 mm GermanyTrams in Chemnitz, since in 1914
943 mm EnglandCentral Electricity Generating Board Fawley Tunnel[24]
946 mm AustriaGletscherbahn Kaprun 2,[25] a funicular partly inside a tunnel.
950 mmEritreaEritrean Railway
HungaryZsuzsi Forest Railway (1882-1961, re-built to 760 mm)
ItalyCagliari light rail, Circumvesuviana, Dolomites Railway, Ferrovia Circumetnea, Ferrovie della Sardegna, Metrosassari, Rome–Giardinetti railway, Rome–Fiuggi railway
LibyaItalian Libya Railways
SomaliaMogadishu-Villabruzzi Railway
955 mm SwitzerlandPolybahn funicular
965 mmEnglandClifton Rocks Railway
United StatesBirmingham Coal Company Railroad, Detroit, Bay City & Alpena Railroad and Keeling Coal Company
972 mm EnglandBetchworth Quarry Railways
985 mm SwitzerlandZugerbergbahn funicular
1,000 mmSee metre-gauge railway
1,009 mmBulgariaSofia Tramway
1,016 mmScotlandKilmarnock and Troon Railway
United StatesCoal Hill Coal Railroad, Keeling Coal Company, Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Plane, Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Railroad
1,029 mmEnglandHerne Bay Pier Railway
1,035 mmEnglandLake Lock Rail Road
1,040 mmAustriaFestungsbahn (Salzburg)
1,050 mmJordanHejaz railway
Syria
Lebanon and SyriaFormer Beyrouth – Damascus Railway, in Lebanon mostly dismantled
Syria and
Saudi Arabia
Hejaz railway (Damascus - Medina)
1,055 mmAlgeriaNational Company for Rail Transport
1,067 mmSee 3 ft 6 in gauge railways
1,093 mmEnglandMiddlesbrough Corporation Tramways, Middlesbrough, Stockton and Thornaby Electric Tramways Company and Swinefleet Works
SwedenKöping-Uttersberg-Riddarhyttan Railway, 1864–1968. The gauge was by mistake.
1,099 mmSweden[26] 44 Swedish inches[27]
1,100 mmBrazilThe Santa Teresa Tramway in Rio de Janeiro
GermanyBraunschweig tram system; tram systems in Kiel and Lübeck, closed
ItalyFormer SVIE (Società Varesina per Impresse Electriche) network around Varese, circa 1903–1955
1,106 mmAustriaHorse-drawn railway from Gmunden in the Salzkammergut to Budweis, now in the Czech Republic; coal railways Thomasroith–Attnang and Breitenschützing–Kohlgrube. 3 Austrian Fuß (ft) 6 Zoll (inch)
1,130 mmEnglandLondon Pneumatic Despatch Company
1,143 mmEnglandLynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway, Saltburn Cliff Lift (until 1921)
1,151 mm3 ft 9.3150 inBelgiumUsed on line 59 between 1844 and 1897 when the line was privately operated.[28] [29] [30]
1,156 mmUnited StatesArcata and Mad River Railroad, Northern Redwood Lumber Company
1,168 mmUnited States (Puerto Rico)El Conquistador Resort
1,188 mmSwedenEngelsberg–Norberg Railway
IndonesiaTrams in Jakarta
1,200 mmChina, Chaoyang District, Shantou, China
FranceFuniculars: Funiculaire du Perce-Neige in Tignes, and Funival at Val-d'Isère
ItalyFuniculars: Central Funicular of the Naples Metro, Gardena Ronda Express in Val Gherdëina (South Tyrol)
SwitzerlandParsenn funicular at Davos, Rheineck–Walzenhausen mountain railway (part of St. Gallen S-Bahn), St. Moritz–Corviglia funicular (lower section only of 436m (1,430feet) route-length only - upper section is gauge), Thunersee–Beatenberg funicular in Bern canton
1,217 mmSwedenFour lines, all converted to standard gauge before 1900, still in use. 1217 mm is based on Swedish feet but compatible with locomotives of . See:Narrow gauge railways in Sweden
1,219 mmEnglandFurzebrook Railway (c.1830–1957), Redruth and Chasewater Railway 1826–1915,
Bradford Corporation Tramways, Keighley Tramway and a cluster in the NW of England
Isle of ManFirst Falcon Cliff lift (closed 1896), Port Soderick Cliff Lift, (closed 1939), Douglas Head Funicular Railway (closed 1953)
New ZealandWellington tramway system

electric trams, closed 1964.

ScotlandFalkirk and District Tramways (1905–1936), Glasgow Subway
United StatesFormer tram systems in Canton, Ohio; Honolulu, Hawaii; Laredo, Texas; Pueblo, Colorado; San Antonio, Texas.
WalesPadarn Railway (1842–1961), Saundersfoot Railway (1829–1939)
1,245 mmEnglandMiddleton Railway, converted to standard gauge after 1881
United StatesHecla and Torch Lake Railroad[31]
1,270 mmEnglandSurrey Iron Railway
WalesMerthyr Tramroad, Rumney Railway
1,283 mmEnglandSaltburn Cliff Lift (from 1922)
1,295 mmUnited StatesDelaware and Hudson Canal Company Gravity Railroad, Delaware and Hudson Railway and Haytor Granite Tramway
1,300 mmFranceFuniculars of Lyon (Lyon, France)
AustriaReisszug (Salzburg, Austria)
1,321 mmEnglandMansfield and Pinxton Railway
Wales Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company (Newport and Pontypool Railway)
1,333 mmEnglandBelvoir Castle tramway[32]
1,350 mmBrazilSantos tramways (closed 1971)[33] and later Santos heritage tramways (1984–86 and 2000–present)[34]
1,372 mmSee 4 ft 6 in gauge railway
1,384 mmScotlandvarious railways in Scotland prior to 1840
1,397 mmWalesDuffryn Llynvi and Porthcawl Railway[35]
1,416 mmEnglandHuddersfield Corporation Tramways
ScotlandList of town tramway systems in Scotland
1,422 mmUnited StatesCentreville Military Railroad
Green Mountain Cog Railway; Manassas Gap Railroad; Mount Washington Cog Railway
Englandprior to 1846 (proto standard gauge)
1,429 mmUnited StatesWashington Metro

Standard gauge:

See main article: Standard-gauge railway.

GaugeCountry or RegionNotes
MetricImperial
1,432 mmHong KongDisneyland Resort line, Island line (excluding West Island line), Kwun Tong line (excluding Kwun Tong line extension), Tseung Kwan O line, Tsuen Wan line, Tung Chung line[36]
Bucharest
See Standard gauge is defined both in metric and in imperial units. It is also the best-known gauge worldwide; 55% of the world uses this track. In 2020, China’s rail network is standard gauge, with around of line.[37]
1,440 mm SwitzerlandSt. Moritz–Corviglia funicular (upper section of 1616m (5,302feet) route-length only - lower section is gauge)

Broad gauge

See main article: Broad-gauge railway.

GaugeCountry or RegionNotes
MetricImperial
 
1,445 mmItalyTramway networks in Milan, Turin and Rome; Orvieto Funicular; railway network until 1930.
SpainMadrid Metro
1,448 mmEnglandManchester and Leeds Railway
United StatesDanville, Hazleton and Wilkes-Barre Railroad, Strasburg Rail Road (converted to standard gauge).
1,450 mmGermanyDresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG, Trams in Dresden
1,458 mmGermanyTrams in Leipzig
1,473 mmUnited StatesThe Midwest, until after the Civil War (Ohio gauge)
1,492 mmCanadaToronto Suburban Railway[38] from 1891–1917. until the end at 1931
1,495 mmCanadaToronto gauge

Halton County Radial Railway, Toronto streetcar system, and Toronto subway (Lines 1, 2, and 4)

1,520 mmFormer USSR Also named Russian gauge.
See 5 ft and 1520 mm gauge railways & Confederate railroads in the American Civil War
1,522 mmFinlandHelsinki Metro[39]
1,524 mmFinlandIn 1862 the first railway connection in Grand Duchy of Finland were built with five foot railway gauge,[40] however that gauge was first introduced in United Kingdom.[41]
1,537 mmEnglandLondon and Blackwall Railway 1840–1849, converted to standard gauge
1,575 mmSpainFerrocarril de Langreo
United StatesColumbus Ohio streetcars[42]
1,581 mmUnited StatesSoutheastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA),[43] Philadelphia
1,588 mmUnited StatesPennsylvania trolley gauge
1,600 mmGermanyGrand Duchy of Baden State Railway 1840-1854, converted to standard gauge
IrelandSee 5 ft 3 in gauge railways
AustraliaStates of Victoria and South Australia
1,613 mmUnited StatesSacramento Valley Railroad (1852–77)
1,620 mm5 ft 4 inSouth KoreaU Line
1,638 mmUnited StatesBaltimore, Baltimore Streetcar System (defunct) and Baltimore Streetcar Museum (operating)
1,664 mmPortugal
Converted to from 1955
1,668 mmSee Iberian gauge
1,672 mm
Spain
Spanish national rail network Converted to from 1955;[44] The current Barcelona metro line 1 and Cercanías Málaga.
1,676 mmIndiaSee 5 ft 6 in gauge railway
United StatesBay Area Rapid Transit (excluding eBART and OAK Airport line); Some lines in New England were built to this gauge including Androscoggin (until 1861), Maine Central (until 1871), Vermont Central (until 1870s), Grand Trunk (until 1877), Buckfield Branch / Portland & Oxford Central (until 1878), European & North American (until 1877), and Bangor & Piscataquis (until 1877).
1,700 mm5 ft 7 in South KoreaBusan Metro Line 4, Sillim Line
1,727 mmEnglandBabbacombe Cliff Railway and Fisherman's Walk Cliff Railway
5feet5 ft 8 inUnited StatesGualala River Railroad
1,750 mmFranceLigne de Sceaux Paris to Limours via Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, until 1891
1,800 mmGermanyOberweißbacher Bergbahn (funicular section only)[45] [46]
United StatesHogwarts Express (located in Universal Orlando Resort)
1,829 mmIndiaIn the 19th century, engineers considered this gauge but finally settled on
RussiaSaint Petersburg - Tsarskoe Selo Railways, 1837–1897.
United StatesAlbany and Susquehanna Railroad, Erie Railroad until June 22, 1880, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad March–May 1876, Predominant gauge used by railroads along southern tier of New York State that connected to the pioneering Erie Railroad. Most lines converted to standard gauge 1876-1880, along with the Erie.
1,850 mmCanadaFalls Incline Railway[47] in the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario
1,880 mmIrelandUlster Railway, 1839–1846, re-gauged to
TaiwanTaipei Metro medium-capacity rubber-tired trains (with rails)
JapanSCMaglev train depots for Chuo Shinkansen.
1,945 mmNetherlandsHollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij, 1839–1866[48]
1,980 mm / 1,981 mmIsraelHaifa, Carmelit subway railway line - Funicular
EnglandNorth Cliff Lift, Scarborough
2,000 mmScotlandCairngorm Mountain Railway - Funicular
2,134 mmEngland Original definition of Brunel's broad gauge. This rail gauge was soon changed to [49] to ease running in curves.
2,140 mmSouth AfricaEast London and Table Bay harbour railways
England Brunel's Great Western Railway until converted to standard gauge by May 1892,
see Great Western Railway The "gauge war". Also, harbour railways at the Isle of Portland and Brixham
Portugal (Azores)Ponta Delgada and Horta harbour (using rolling stock from Holyhead harbour)
WalesHolyhead harbour railway
2,286 mmEnglandSt Nicholas Cliff Lift, Scarborough
2,440 mmUnited StatesJohnstown Inclined Plane, Johnstown, Pennsylvania
2,642 mm8 ft 8 inChinaGuangzhou Metro APM Line (uses the Bombardier Innovia APM 100)
2,743 mmJapanLake Biwa Canal, an inclined plane near Kyoto
United StatesKnoxville Incline, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
3,000 mmNazi GermanySee Breitspurbahn
3,048 mmUnited StatesFort Pitt Incline, Penn Incline, Monongahela Freight Incline and Castle Shannon Incline, Pittsburgh[50]
3,327 mmScotlandDalzell Iron and Steel Works, Motherwell, Lanarkshire.[51]
5,486 mmEnglandMagnus Volk's Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway[52]
8,200 mmAustriaLärchwandschrägaufzug[53]
RussiaKrasnoyarsk ship lift[54]

See also

External links

Notes and References

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