Railway Track Gauges by Country

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Track gauge is the spacing of the rails on a railway track and is measured between the inner faces of the load-bearing rails.All vehicles on a network must have running gear that is compatible with the track gauge, and in the earliest days of railways the selection of a proposed railway's gauge was a key issue.A gauge is measured between the inner faces of the rails.

The four typical types of gauges are: broad, standard, narrow, and dual.Some 60% of the world's railways use the standard gauge of 1.4 m (4.7 ft). Gauges vary by country and sometimes within countries. The choice of gauge during initial construction was mainly in response to local conditions and the intent of the builder. Narrow-gauge railways were cheaper to build and could negotiate sharper curves, broad-gauge railways gave greater stability and permitted higher speeds. Standard-gauge railways were a compromise between narrow and broad gauges.

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Country	Broad gauge	Standard gauge	Narrow gauge
Albania	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Algeria	N/A	1,432 mm	1,055 mm
Angola	N/A	N/A	1,067 mm, 600 mm
Argentina	1,676 mm	1,435mm	1,000 mm, 750 mm
Armenia	1,520 mm	N/A	N/A
Australia	1,600 mm	1,435 mm	1,067 mm
Austria	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Azerbaijan	1,520 mm	N/A	N/A
Bangladesh	1,676 mm	N/A	1,000 mm
Belarus	1,520 mm	1,435 mm	N/A
Belgium	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Benin	N/A	N/A	1,000 mm
Bolivia	N/A	N/A	1,000 mm
Bosnia and Herzegovina	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Botswana	N/A	N/A	1,067 mm
Brazil	1,600 mm	1,435 mm	1,000 mm
Bulgaria	N/A	1,435 mm	760 mm
Burkina Faso	N/A	N/A	1,000 mm
Myanmar	N/A	N/A	1,000 mm
Cambodia	N/A	N/A	1,000 mm
Cameroon	N/A	N/A	1,000 mm
Canada	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Chile	1,676 mm	N/A	1,000 mm
China	1,520 mm	1,435 mm	1,000 mm, 762 mm
Christmas Island	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Colombia	N/A	1,435 mm	914 mm
Republic of the Congo	N/A	N/A	1,067 mm
Democratic Republic of the Congo	N/A	N/A	1,067 mm
Costa Rica	N/A	N/A	1,067 mm
Croatia	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Cuba	N/A	1,435 mm	1,000 mm
Czech Republic	N/A	1,435 mm	760 mm
Denmark	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Djibouti	N/A	N/A	1,000 mm
Dominican Republic	N/A	1,435 mm	762 mm
Ecuador	N/A	N/A	1,067 mm
Egypt	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
El Salvador	N/A	N/A	914 mm
Eritrea	N/A	N/A	950 mm
Estonia	1,520 mm 1,524 mm	N/A	N/A
Ethiopia	N/A	N/A	1,000 mm
Fiji	N/A	N/A	600 mm
Finland	1,524 mm	N/A	N/A
France	N/A	1,435 mm	1,000 mm
Gabon	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Georgia	1,520 mm	N/A	912 mm
Germany	N/A	1,435 mm	1,000 mm
Ghana	N/A	N/A	1,067 mm
Greece	N/A	1,435 mm	1,000 mm , 750 mm
Guatemala	N/A	N/A	914 mm
Guinea	N/A	N/A	1,000 mm
Honduras	N/A	N/A	1,067 mm , 1,057 mm
Hungary	1,524 mm	1,435 mm	760 mm
India	1,676 mm	N/A	1,000 mm , 762 mm
Indonesia	N/A	N/A	1,067 mm
Iran	1,676 mm	1,435 mm	N/A
Iraq	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Ireland	1,600 mm	N/A	914 mm
Isle of Man	N/A	N/A	1,076 mm , 914 mm
Israel	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Italy	N/A	1,435 mm	1,000 mm , 950 mm
Ivory Coast	N/A	N/A	1,000 mm
Japan	N/A	1,435 mm	1,372 mm , 1,067 mm , 762 mm
Jordan	N/A	N/A	1,050 mm
Kazakhstan	1,520 mm	N/A	N/A
Kenya	N/A	N/A	1,000 mm
Kosovo	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Kyrgyzstan	1,520 mm	N/A	N/A
Latvia	1,520 mm	N/A	750 mm
Lebanon	N/A	1,435 mm	1,050 mm
Liberia	N/A	1,435 mm	1,067 mm
Liechtenstein	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Lithuania	1,520 mm	1,435 mm	N/A
Luxembourg	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Macedonia	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Madagascar	N/A	N/A	1,000 mm
Malawi	N/A	N/A	1,067 mm
Malaysia	N/A	1,435 mm	1,000 mm
Mali	N/A	N/A	1,000 mm
Mauritania	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Mexico	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Moldova	1,520 mm	1,435 mm	N/A
Mongolia	1,520 mm	N/A	N/A
Montenegro	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Morocco	N/A	1.435 mm	N/A
Mozambique	N/A	N/A	1,067 mm
Namibia	N/A	N/A	1,067 mm
Nepal	N/A	N/A	762 mm
Netherlands	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
New Zealand	N/A	N/A	1,067 mm
Nigeria	N/A	1,435 mm	1,067 mm
North Korea	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Norway	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Pakistan	1,676 mm	N/A	1,000 mm
Panama	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Paraguay	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Peru	N/A	1,435 mm	914 mm
Philippines	N/A	N/A	1,067 mm
Poland	1,524 mm	1,435 mm	N/A
Portugal	1,668 mm	N/A	1,000 mm
Romania	1,524 mm	1,435 mm	760 mm
Russia	1,520 mm	N/A	1,067 mm
Saint Kitts and Nevis	N/A	N/A	762 mm
Saudi Arabia	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Senegal	N/A	N/A	1,000 mm
Serbia	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Slovakia	1,520 mm	1,435 mm	1,000 mm
Slovenia	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
South Africa	N/A	1,435 mm	1,065 mm
South Korea	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Spain	1,668 mm	1,435 mm	1,000 mm 914 mm
Sri Lanka	1,676 mm	N/A	N/A
Sudan	N/A	N/A	1,067 mm 600 mm
Swaziland	N/A	N/A	1,067 mm
Sweden	N/A	1,435 mm	891 mm
Switzerland	N/A	1,435 mm	1,200 mm 1,000 mm 800 mm
Syria	N/A	1,435 mm	1,050 mm
Taiwan	N/A	1,435 mm	1,067 mm 762 mm
Tajikistan	1,520 mm	N/A	N/A
Tanzania	N/A	N/A	1,067 mm 1,000 mm
Thailand	N/A	1,435 mm	1,000 mm
Togo	N/A	N/A	1,000 mm
Tunisia	N/A	1,435 mm	1,000 mm
Turkey	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Turkmenistan	1,520 mm	N/A	N/A
Uganda	N/A	N/A	1,000 mm
United Kingdom	1,600 mm	1,435 mm	N/A
Ukraine	1,524 mm	1,435 mm	N/A
Uruguay	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
United States	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Uzbekistan	1,520 mm	N/A	N/A
Venezuela	N/A	1,435 mm	N/A
Vietnam	N/A	1.435 mm	1,000 mm
Zambia	N/A	N/A	1,067 mm
Zimbabwe	N/A	N/A	1,067 mm

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Railway Track Gauges, Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia., viewed 29th December, 2015, <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_track_gauges>.

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