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    Toronto-gauge railways are tram and rapid transit lines built to Toronto gauge, a broad gauge of 4 ft 10+7⁄8 in (1,495 mm). This is 2+3⁄8 in (60 mm) wider...
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    standard gauge. Most narrow-gauge railways are between 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) and 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in). Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with...
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    used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in), more known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union...
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    Suburban Railway Toronto Railway Company Railways portal Ontario portal List of Ontario railways List of defunct Canadian railways History of Regional...
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    TTC were: Toronto Street Railway (1861–1891) Toronto Railway Company (1891–1921) Toronto Civic Railways (1911–1921) In 1861, the City of Toronto issued a...
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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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    and 600 mm gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways with track gauges of 2 ft (610 mm) and 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in), respectively. Railways with similar...
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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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    Metre-gauge railways (US: meter-gauge railways) are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) or 1 metre. Metre gauge is used...
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    lines – run on tracks built to the Toronto gauge of 4 ft 10+7⁄8 in (1,495 mm), the same gauge used on the Toronto streetcar system. According to rail...
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    of railway track gauges by size. A gauge is measured between the inner faces of the rails. For ridable miniature railways and minimum-gauge railways, the...
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    Bosnian-gauge railways are railways with track gauge of 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in). These were found extensively in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire as...
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    North Yonge Railways was a radial railway line operated by the Toronto Transportation Commission from 1930 to 1948 between Glen Echo (Toronto) and Richmond...
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    facility: Railways portal Ontario portal Toronto streetcar system Toronto streetcar system rolling stock including ex-TRC vehicles List of Ontario railways List...
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    1910 Railways portal Ontario portal List of Ontario railways List of defunct Canadian railways Robert M. Stamp (1989). Riding the Radials, Toronto's Suburban...
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    agreement between the City of Toronto and the Toronto Street Railway stated: That the gauge of the said railways shall be such that the ordinary vehicles now...
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    Minimum-gauge railways are railways with track gauges smaller than those of narrow-gauge railways, primarily designed for light, industrial, or tourist...
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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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    line used Toronto gauge On July 5, 1893, the Toronto Railway Company acquired controlling interest in the Toronto and Mimico Electric Railway and Light...
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    heritage railways in Canada List of museums in Canada Northern Ontario Railway Museum Toronto radial lines Toronto streetcar track gauge Toronto subway...
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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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    as some heritage railways and hill railways. Trains portal Narrow-gauge rail transport Narrow-gauge railways in Canada Narrow-gauge railroads in the United...
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    Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway (TG&BR) and the Toronto and Nipissing Railway (T&NR), were the first public passenger carrying narrow-gauge railways on...
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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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  • Lines 1, 2, and 4 – are built to the unique Toronto gauge of 4 ft 10+7⁄8 in (1,495 mm), which is the same gauge used on the city's streetcar system. However...
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    The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is the primary public transport agency in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operating the majority of the city's bus and rail...
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    known as "broad gauge". It is the widest gauge in use of heavy-duty mainline railways in the world. In India, the initial freight railway lines were built...
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    from the metal bar, or gauge, that is used to ensure the distance between the rails is correct. Railways also deploy two other gauges to ensure compliance...
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    The 4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm) track gauge, also called the Scotch gauge, was adopted by early 19th century railways mainly in the Lanarkshire area of Scotland...
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