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Definition of Broad gauge

Broad gauge
Broad gauge Broad" gauge` (Railroad) A wider distance between the rails than the ``standard' gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge.

Meaning of Broad gauge from wikipedia

- broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) used by standard-gauge...
- standard gauge. Britain polarised into two areas: those that used broad gauge and those that used standard gauge. In this context, standard gauge was referred...
- 403 mi) of narrow-gauge railways, 18,007 kilometres (11,189 mi) of standard gauge railways and 2,685 kilometres (1,668 mi) of broad gauge railways. In the...
- 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) is a broad track gauge, used in India, ****stan, western Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Argentina, Chile, and on BART (San Francisco Bay...
- Russian gauge (1,520 mm) and broad gauge 1,524 mm. These gauges cannot make 3-rail dual gauge with Russian gauge. 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Indian gauge 1,668 mm...
- vehicles on the two gauges: typically, one broad-gauge trainload needs three narrow-gauge trains to carry. Constructing dual-gauge track with three rails...
- Railways with a track gauge of 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) fall within the category of broad-gauge railways. As of 2022[update], they were extant in Australia...
- With railways, a break of gauge occurs where a line of one track gauge (the distance between the rails, or between the wheels of trains designed to run...
- translation: broad-gauge railway) was a railway system planned and partly surve**** by the **** government of Germany. Its track gauge – the distance...
- track gauges by size. A gauge is measured between the inner faces of the rails. For ridable miniature railways and minimum-gauge railways, the gauges are...