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Estonia mainly uses a
track gauge of 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) or 1,524 mm (5 ft), inherited from the
Russian Empire times.
Russian and 5 ft gauges
- Soviet Union
Estonia converted relatively late from the
Soviet Union's redefinition of the gauge from 1,524 mm (5 ft) to 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in).
- Post-independence
Since post-independence all renovated tracks owned by
Eesti Raudtee have gauge 1,524 mm. Other tracks have gauge 1,520 mm.
Standard gauge proposals
There has been a proposal from the
EU to build a standard gauge railway from Tallinn to Warsaw, the
Rail Baltica.
Narrow gauge
Historically Estonia had
750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
narrow-gauge installations.
The tram network in Tallinn has a track gauge of
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in).
References
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States with limited recognition | |
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Minimum-gauge
Minimum-gauge railways | |
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Narrow gauge |
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2 foot and 600 mm
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750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
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760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in)
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2 ft 6 in (762 mm)
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800 mm (2 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
- 891 mm (2 ft 11+3⁄32 in)
Swedish three foot
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900 mm (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in)
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3 ft (914 mm)
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950 mm (3 ft 1+3⁄8 in)
Italian metre gauge
- 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
metre gauge
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1,050 mm (3 ft 5+11⁄32 in),
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1,055 mm (3 ft 5+1⁄2 in),
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3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
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1,093 mm (3 ft 7 in),
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1,100 mm (3 ft 7+5⁄16 in),
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1,200 mm (3 ft 11+1⁄4 in)
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4 ft (1,219 mm)
- 4 ft 1 in (1,245 mm),
Middleton Railway
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4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm), Scotch gauge
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4 ft 6+1⁄2 in (1,384 mm), Scotch gauge
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4 ft 7+3⁄4 in (1,416 mm)
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4 ft 8 in (1,422 mm), almost standard gauge
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4 ft 8+1⁄4 in (1,429 mm)
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1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in)
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Standard gauge | |
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Broad gauge |
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1,440 mm (4 ft 8+11⁄16 in)
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1,445 mm (4 ft 8+7⁄8 in)
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1,450 mm (4 ft 9+3⁄32 in)
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4 ft 9+3⁄8 in (1,457 mm)
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1,458 mm (4 ft 9+13⁄32 in)
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4 ft 10+7⁄8 in (1,495 mm), Toronto gauge
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5 ft / 1,524 mm and 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in), Russian gauge.
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5 ft 2+1⁄4 in / 1,581 mm and
5 ft 2+1⁄2 in / 1,588 mm, Pennsylvania gauge
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5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm), Irish gauge
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5 ft 4+1⁄2 in (1,638 mm), Baltimore gauge
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1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in), Iberian gauge
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5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm), Indian gauge
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7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm), Brunel gauge
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3,000 mm (9 ft 10+1⁄8 in), Breitspurbahn
- 8,200 mm (26 ft 10+27⁄32 in),
Lärchwandschrägaufzug
- 9,000 mm (29 ft 6+5⁄16 in),
Krasnoyarsk ship lift
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