broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) used by standard-gauge...
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Railways with a track gauge of 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) fall within the category of broad gauge railways. As of 2022[update], they were extant in Australia...
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network. Indian Railways today predominantly operates on 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge. Most of the metre gauge and narrow gauge railways have been converted...
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narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge. Most narrow-gauge...
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of narrow-gauge railways, 18,007 kilometres (11,189 mi) of standard gauge railways and 2,685 kilometres (1,668 mi) of broad gauge railways. In the 19th...
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Railways with a railway track gauge of 5 ft (1,524 mm) first appeared in the United Kingdom and the United States. This gauge became commonly known as...
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the track gauge. Since many different track gauges exist worldwide, gauge differences often present a barrier to wider operation on railway networks....
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the railways of Spain and Portugal. A broad gauge, it is the second-widest gauge in regular use anywhere in the world, with only Indian gauge railways, 5 ft 6 in...
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railway engineering, "gauge" is the transverse distance between the inner surfaces of the heads of two rails, which for the vast majority of railway lines...
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Railways with a track gauge of 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) were first constructed as horse-drawn wagonways. The first intercity passenger railway to use 3 ft...
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Breitspurbahn (redirect from Nazi broad gauge)
translation: broad-gauge railway) was a railway system planned and partly surveyed by the Nazi government of Germany. Its track gauge – the distance...
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railway gauge that was in use for the conveyance, i.e. transport, of passengers. The act continued legislative approval of the broad-gauge railways constructed...
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Months' Time for Broad Gauge Conversion". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2017. "Tripura on broad-gauge railway map; link to Bangladesh...
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A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in). The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George...
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standard-gauge trains; the last broad-gauge services were operated in 1892. The GWR was the only company to keep its identity through the Railways Act 1921...
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He designed several different 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) broad gauge types for the growing railway, such as the Firefly and later Iron Duke Class. In 1864...
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gauges were used in the United States. Some railways, primarily in the northeast, used standard gauge of 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm); others used gauges...
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Transport in Poland (redirect from Rogów Narrow Gauge Railway)
east of Hrubieszów. It is the westernmost broad-gauge railway line in Europe that is connected to the broad-gauge rail system of the countries of the former...
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GWR Iron Duke class (redirect from Iron Duke (broad gauge locomotive))
The Great Western Railway Iron Duke Class 4-2-2 was a class of 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) broad gauge steam locomotives for express passenger train work....
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Junction railway station (station code NJP) established in 1960, is an A1 category broad-gauge and narrow-gauge railway station under Katihar railway division...
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in northeastern Victoria. The railway line is both standard gauge and broad gauge. It originally was built as broad gauge the entire length, but another...
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two types of gauges visible i.e. 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge, & 610 mm (2 ft) narrow-gauge tracks for Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. It was opened...
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international project to extend the 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Russian gauge (broad-gauge) railway line from the city of Košice in eastern Slovakia to Vienna and...
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used to serve both broad and metre gauge, Bareilly Junction was connected to Lucknow by both Broad Gauge and Meter Gauge, Broad Gauge was connected to Lucknow...
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Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge) Bhavnagar State Railway (converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge) Bikaner State Railway...
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Branch Line, 109 kilometer broad gauge railway, closed in 2020. Lahore-Wagah Branch Line, 25 kilometer broad gauge railway, closed in 2019. Tando Adam-Mehrabpur...
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The Uzhhorod–Košice broad-gauge line is a single-track 1,520-mm-gauge railway mostly in eastern Slovakia, which is used especially for transporting iron...
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a broad-gauge line. The 84.25 km broad-gauge railway line from Katakhal Junction to Bairabi, was completed on 21 March 2016. Bairabi Sairang Railway is...
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Rail transport in South Australia (redirect from Railways in South Australia)
(5 ft 3 in) broad gauge suburban railways in Adelaide, a freight-only branch from Dry Creek to Port Adelaide and Pelican Point, a narrow-gauge gypsum haulage...
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Bankura–Masagram line (category 5 ft 6 in gauge railways in India)
line is an Electrified broad-gauge rail line connecting Bankura town and Masagram. The 120.3-kilometre-long (74.8 mi) railway line operates in Bankura...
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