800 mm gauge railways
Track gauge
By transport mode |
Tram · Rapid transit Miniature · Scale model |
By size (list) |
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Minimum |
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Fifteen inch |
381 mm |
(15 in) |
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Narrow |
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Two foot and 600 mm |
597 mm 600 mm 603 mm 610 mm |
(1 ft 11 1⁄2 in) (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) (1 ft 11 3⁄4 in) (2 ft) |
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750 mm, Bosnian, Two foot six inch, 800 mm |
750 mm 760 mm 762 mm 800 mm |
(2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) (2 ft 5 15⁄16 in) (2 ft 6 in) (2 ft 7 1⁄2 in) |
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Swedish three foot, 900 mm, Three foot |
891 mm 900 mm 914 mm |
(2 ft11 3⁄32 in) (2 ft 11 7⁄16) (3 ft) |
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Metre |
1,000 mm |
(3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) |
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Three foot six inch, Cape, CAP, Kyōki |
1,067 mm |
(3 ft 6 in) |
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Four foot six inch |
1,372 mm |
(4 ft 6 in) |
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Standard |
1,435 mm |
(4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
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Broad |
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Russian, Five foot (Finnish) |
1,520 mm 1,524 mm |
(4 ft 11 27⁄32 in) (5 ft) |
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Irish |
1,600 mm |
(5 ft 3 in) |
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Iberian |
1,668 mm |
(5 ft 5 21⁄32 in) |
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Indian |
1,676 mm |
(5 ft 6 in) |
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Brunel |
2,140 mm |
(7 ft 1⁄4 in) |
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Change of gauge |
Break-of-gauge · Dual gauge · Conversion (list) · Bogie exchange · Variable gauge |
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800mm gauge railways are narrow gauge railways built to a track gauge of 800 mm (2 ft 7 1⁄2 in).
Whilst this gauge is uncommon amongst adhesion railways, some of the world's best known rack railways are built to it. Six of these are in Switzerland, including the world's steepest rack line (the Pilatus Railway) and the world's longest pure rack line (the Wengernalp Railway), whilst the United Kingdom's only rack railway (the Snowdon Mountain Railway) is also to this gauge. A few funicular railways are also built to this gauge.[1][2][3][4]
Installations
References
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| Minimum gauge |
- 15 in (381 mm)
- 400 mm (15 3⁄4 in)
- 18 in (457 mm)
- 500 mm (19 3⁄4 in)
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| Narrow gauge | |
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| Standard gauge | |
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| Broad gauge |
- 1445 mm gauge 1,445 mm (4 ft 8 7⁄8 in)
- 4 ft 10 7⁄8 in (1,495 mm), Toronto
- 5 ft/1,524 mm and 1520 mm, Russian gauge
- 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm), Irish gauge
- 1,668 mm (5 ft 5 21⁄32 in), Iberian gauge
- 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in), Indian gauge
- 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm), Brunel gauge
- 3 m (9 ft 10 1⁄8 in), Breitspurbahn
- List of broad tram track gauges
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- by imperial units
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- lists of track gauges
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