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Track gauges

Gauge	Country	Firms / Operator / Company
381 mm	England	Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch: Miniature railway carrying passengers.
457 mm	England	Crewe works.
500 mm	The whole world	Military and industrial Railways.
520 mm	Sweden	Industrial railway at Sandvikens Järnverk.
600 mm	Sweden, Wales, Namibia, the whole world	Decauville gauge. Military and industrial railways. The Festiniog Railway in Wales, among other places, In Namibia after World War II was converted to 1067 mm.
610 mm	India, the whole world	Widespread narrow gauge, industrial and military Railways.
650 mm	Marocco
686 mm	British Commonwealth	Equal to 2 feet 3 inches (English).
693 mm	Sweden	Industrial Railway at Kvarnsvedens Pappersbruk.
700 mm	The whole world	Military and industrial Railways.
750 mm	The former USSR, Argentina, the whole world	In the USSR widespread narrow gauge system. Industrial and military railways. In Argentina, among other places, the Rio Turbio railway for ore transport. Waldenburgerbahn (Switzerland).
760 mm	Bosnia, Austria, India, Cuba, Dubrovnik	Bosnian Narrow Gauge Railway. Widespread in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire.
762 mm	India, South Africa, Cuba	In South Africa converted to 1067 mm.
785 mm	Germany	The Rhein-Sieg-Railway (east of Bonn), was closed in 1967.
785 mm	Poland, Eastern Europe	Various small railways.
791 mm	Denmark	Faxe Railway.
800 mm	Switzerland, Sweden	e.g. Wengernalpbahn.
802 mm	Sweden	e.g. Bredsjö-Degerfors Railway.
838 mm	British Commonwealth	Equal to 2 feet 9 inches (English).
880 mm	Norway	Works railway at Sundland Torvstrofabrikk.
891 mm	Sweden	Equal to 3 foot (Swedish).
900 mm	Linz, Lisbon	Industrial Railways.
900 mm	Germany	In the public railways on the North Sea island of Borkum and between Bad Doberan and Baltic Sea resort of Kühlungsborn.
914 mm	New Zealand, Isle of Man, USA, Kuba, ganze Welt	Gleich 3 Fuss (englisch). In den USA u.a. die Denver & Rio Grande Western.
915 mm	Peru
925 mm	Germany	Chemnitz Tramways until 1988.
950 mm	Eritrea, Italy	Standard narrow gauge track width in Italy, which also once occupied Eritrea.
991 mm	British Commonwealth	Equal to 3 feet 3 Inches (English).
1000 mm	Switzerland, India, Africa, Vietnam	A track width, which has been used all over the world. Equal to 3 feet 3 3/8 inches (English).
1009 mm	Sofia
1050 mm	Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia	Among other places, the Mecca Railway destroyed by Lawrence of Arabia, south of Amman, Jordan.
1055 mm	French Colonies
1065 mm	South Africa	After 1990, Spoornet (The South African Railway) standardised on this gauge instead of 1067 mm.
1067 mm	South Africa, Japan, Norway, New Zealand, Indonesia, Australia (Queensland and W. Australia), Tallinn in Estonia, RTM in Rotterdam	Kap-Spur.
1093 mm	Sweden	For example, Nykoping Uttersberg Railway. The Surahammar-Lisjo works Railway.
1099 mm	Sweden
1100 mm	Belgium	The Antwerp Ghent Railway until 1896, then rebuilt in standard gauge.
1100 mm	Germany	The tramways in Braunschweig, also the now closed routes in Kiel and Lübeck were built to this gauge.
1101 mm	Sweden	Fryckstad Clara Pixie Railway. Equal to 3 feet 8 1/2 inches (Swedish).
1106 mm	Austria	The Horse Tramway (today the Ceske Budejovice in the Czech Republic) - Linz (200 km long). Converted to standard gauge.
1188 mm	Sweden	Equal to 4 foot (Swedish).
1219 mm	Sweden	Equal to 4 foot (English).
1372 mm	Japan and Tokio	In Japan, including the trams in Tokyo and Hakodate.
1422 mm	England	The track gauge used at the beginning by George Stepgenson: 4 feet 8 Inches (English). He discovered that everything ran better after he made the gauge half an Inch wider.
1431 mm	Sweden	The Stockholm Underground was built to his gauge. Later extensions and conversions were done in Standard gauge.
1432 mm	Europe, Japan	The track gauge used at the beginning by George Stephenson: 4 feet 8 inches (English). He discovered that everything ran better after he made the gauge half an inch wider.
1435 mm	The whole world - with exceptions	The standard gauge (equal to 4 feet 8 1/2-inches, English).
1440 mm	Belgium, France	Converted to Standard gauge.
1445 mm	Italy	For Italian Trams, e.g. in Milan and Rome.
1450 mm	Germany	It is the official gauge of Dresden Tramways.
1458 mm	Germany	It is the official gauge of Leipzig Tramways.
1473 mm	USA	Camden & Amboy, NJ & Ohio, both converted to Standard gauge.
1524 mm	USSR, China, Finland, USA, Poland	Standard in the USA southern states until 1886. The first transcontinental railway line (Union Pacific/Western Pacific) was to have been built with this gauge. It was decided, however, before work started to choose standard gauge. Converted to standard gauge in Poland in 1918.
1581 und 1588 mm	USA	Used on the tram and subway in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania).
1587 mm	USA	The track gauge of the tramways in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania).
1600 mm	Ireland, Australia (South Australia, Victoria) Baden (then still without Württemberg).	“Irish" track. Opened in Baden (Baden Main Railway) but within one year (1854/55) was converted into standard gauge.
1672 mm	Spain	Later converted to 1676 mm.
1676 mm	Spain, India, Canada, Portugal	In Canada (and a line across the border to Portland, Maine, USA) until 1870, then converted to standard gauge. Equal to 5 feet 6 inches (English).
1814 mm	Russia, USA	In Russia converted to 1524 mm. In the USA (New York to St. Louis, Erie and others) 1865 - 1871, then converted to standard gauge.
1829 mm	USA	Converted to Standard gauge.
1940 mm	Netherlands
3000 mm	Germany	Planned by Hitler's Third Reich during the Second World War as a super highway with two-storey locomotives and wagons. First line was to be from Berlin to Munich. Construction never got started.
2134 mm	England	Great Western Railway (or God's Wonderful Railway - as it was also called!) Retained until 1892, but was then converted to standard gauge.