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Railway track gauge (762 mm)
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Chinese Shibanxi Railway .
2 ft 6 in (762 mm ) gauge railwaysnarrow gauge railways with track gauge of 2 ft 6 in (762 mm ). This type of rail was promoted especially in the colonies of the British Empire during the second half of the nineteenth century by Thomas Hall and Everard Calthrop .
Several Bosnian-gauge railways with 760 mm (2 ft 5+ 15 ⁄16 in ) are found in south-eastern Europe. 760 mm is well within tolerances of 762 mm.
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15 in 381 mm )400 mm 15+ 3 ⁄4 in16 in 406 mm )18 in 457 mm )19 in 483 mm )500 mm 19+ 3 ⁄4 in20 in (508 mm )21 in (533 mm )1 ft 10 in (559 mm ) Narrow gauge
2 foot and 600 mm 750 mm 2 ft 5+ 1 ⁄2 in )760 mm 2 ft 5+ 15 ⁄16 in )2 ft 6 in 762 mm )800 mm 2 ft 7+ 1 ⁄2 in )891 mm (2 ft 11+ 3 ⁄32 in ) Swedish three foot 900 mm 2 ft 11+ 7 ⁄16 in )3 ft 914 mm )950 mm 3 ft 1+ 3 ⁄8 in ) Italian metre gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) metre gauge 1,050 mm 3 ft 5+ 11 ⁄32 in ),1,055 mm 3 ft 5+ 1 ⁄2 in ),3 ft 6 in 1,067 mm )1,093 mm 3 ft 7 in ),1,100 mm 3 ft 7+ 5 ⁄16 in ),1,200 mm 3 ft 11+ 1 ⁄4 in )4 ft 1,219 mm )4 ft 1 in (1,245 mm ), Middleton Railway 4 ft 6 in 1,372 mm ), Scotch gauge4 ft 6+ 1 ⁄2 in 1,384 mm ), Scotch gauge4 ft 7+ 3 ⁄4 in 1,416 mm )4 ft 8 in 1,422 mm ), almost standard gauge4 ft 8+ 1 ⁄4 in 1,429 mm )1,432 mm 4 ft 8+ 3 ⁄8 in ) Standard gauge
4 ft 8+ 1 ⁄2 in 1,435 mm , Stephenson gauge Broad gauge
1,440 mm 4 ft 8+ 11 ⁄16 in )1,445 mm (4 ft 8+ 7 ⁄8 in )1,450 mm 4 ft 9+ 3 ⁄32 in )4 ft 9+ 3 ⁄8 in 1,457 mm )1,458 mm 4 ft 9+ 13 ⁄32 in )4 ft 10+ 7 ⁄8 in 1,495 mm ), Toronto gauge5 ft / 1,524 mm and 1,520 mm 4 ft 11+ 27 ⁄32 in ), Russian gauge.5 ft 2+ 1 ⁄4 in 1,581 mm and 5 ft 2+ 1 ⁄2 in 1,588 mm , Pennsylvania gauge5 ft 3 in 1,600 mm ), Irish gauge5 ft 4+ 1 ⁄2 in 1,638 mm ), Baltimore gauge1,668 mm 5 ft 5+ 21 ⁄32 in ), Iberian gauge5 ft 6 in 1,676 mm ), Indian gauge7 ft 1 ⁄4 2,140 mm ), Brunel gauge3,000 mm 9 ft 10+ 1 ⁄8 in ), Breitspurbahn8,200 mm (26 ft 10+ 27 ⁄32 in ), Lärchwandschrägaufzug 9,000 mm (29 ft 6+ 5 ⁄16 in ), Krasnoyarsk ship lift List of track gauge articles Gauge differences Transport mode Categories
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