Travels: Infrastructure: Gauges

Gauge Changers


Metric (mm)Imper.WhereFirst
26010¼"Audley End, Knebworth, Paignton Zoo, Vanstone, Wellspossibly 1970s, 2002-10-05
38115"R&ER, RH&DR, BVR, Lappa Valley, Praterbahn1979/1980, 1989-06-22
45718"Bicton, Steeple Grange, NRM (Port Adelaide)2002-07-20
5971' 11½"Festiniog, Launceston1990-06-22
600 Germany, Poland2012-10-06
6102'Mail Rail, Kew Bridge, Hythe Pier, Leighton Buzzard, Llechwedd (tramway), Statfold Barn, Groudle Glen1993-08-08
620 Postojna2010-06-22
6862' 3"Talyllyn2005-05-21
750 Lithuania, Poland, Switzerland (Waldenburger Bahn)2013-05-21
760 former Austria-Hungary2002-08-18
7622' 6"Sittingbourne, Statfold Barn, Welshpool & Llanfair, Puffing Billy1998-08-02
785 Poland2003-08-10
8002' 7½"Snowdon, Switzerland1989-09-14
8262' 8½"Volk's Electric Railway2018-09-16
8382' 9"Seaton2003-07-07
8642' 10"Funiculaire de Vieux Québec2012-05-05
891 Sweden 
900 Linz, Lisbon, Molli1997-05-21
9143'Southend Pier, Llechwedd (funicular), Isle of Man, Ireland, Sollér, White Pass & Yukon1993-08-06
950 Italy, Eritrea2014-10-12
1,000  1989-09-14
1,009 Sofia2018-10-06
1,0673' 6"Snaefell, southern Africa, Queensland, Western Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, San Francisco1993-08-07
1,100 Braunschweig 
1,1183' 8"Bridgnorth1991-06-15
1,1433' 9"Lyntonunknown
1,200 Barcelona (Montjuic funicular), Zagreb (Uspinjača funicular)1996-04-22
1,2204'Glasgow Underground1991-10-22
1,300 Lyon (Fourvière funicular)1989-09-08
1,3724' 6"Southend Cliff Lift2017-07-15
1,4224' 8"Mt. Washington Cog Railway 
1,4354' 8½" unknown
1,440 Paris (Montmartre funicular: first)1980-05-25
1,445 Madrid, Galati (RO)1997-05-17
1,450 Dresden2014-09-12
1,458 Leipzig2009-08-29
1,4954' 10⅞"Toronto2012-05-06
1,520-1,5245'Hastings, fomer Soviet Union, Finland, Mongolia2004-11-13
1,5885' 2½"Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, New Orleans2012-05-13
1,6005' 3"Ireland, Victoria, South Australia1994-08-20
1,668 Spain, Portugal1996-04-21
1,6765' 6"BART, India, Argentina, Chile1996-08-17
1,8296'Hastings2004-11-13
1,980(6' 6")İstanbul (Tunel funicular)2012-04-07
2,000 Cairngorm Mountain 
2,1407' ¼"(GWR broad) Didcot 

To be checked: Swiss private railways


Gauge Changers

1997-05-26[ES] Madrid Atochastandard → Iberian
1997-05-26[ES] MajarabiqueIberian → standard
2006-04-26[ES] Córdoba El Higuerónstandard → Iberian
2007-05-01[ES] Roda de BaraIberian → standard
2015-08-24[ES] OlmedoIberian → standard
2016-05-08[ES] Majarabiquestandard → Iberian
2020-01-29[ES] Medina del Campo AVstandard → Iberian

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