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English: Shows the railroad gauge which is currently most used in each country (main colour), with other significant gauges used depicted as small squares on top of the main colour. Grey indicates no railways.
Español: Muestra el ancho de vía más comunmente usado en cada país (color principal), con otros anchos representados con pequeños cuadrados sobre el color principal. El color gris indica que no existen vías férreas en el territorio.
Français : Montre l'écartement le plus utilisé dans chaque pays (couleur principale), les autres écartements significatifs sont illustrés par des petits carrés superposés sur la couleur principale. Le gris indique l'absence de chemins de fer.
Русский: Ширина колеи железных дорог, используемая в настоящее время наиболее часто в разных странах (основной цвет). Прочие используемые ширины колеи изображены в виде маленьких квадратиков поверх основного цвета. Серый цвет — отсутствие железных дорог.
中文:图中各国的主色表示该国最通用的铁路轨距,小色块代表其他重要的轨距,灰色则为尚无铁路的国家
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597 mm, 600 mm, 603 mm, 610 mm (Two foot)
 
750 mm, 760 mm Bosnian, 762 mm (Two foot six inch), 800 mm
 
891 mm Swedish, 900 mm, 914 mm (Three foot)
 
1000 mm (Metre)
 
1067 mm (Three foot six inch)
 
1372 mm (Four foot six inch)
 
1435 mm Standard
 
1520 mm Russian standard
 
1524 mm Old Russian standard (Five foot)
 
1600 mm (Five foot three inch)
 
1668 mm Iberian
 
1676 mm Indian (Five foot six inch)
 
1829 mm (Six foot), 2140 mm Brunel
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Soorce Made using the list on CIA Factbook railways, Seabhcan's railmap and OpenRailwayMap. Uses BlankMap-World.svg
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current22:55, 19 Januar 2024Thumbnail fer version aes o 22:55, 19 Januar 20242,754 × 1,398 (1.05 MB)RtfrootMauritius metro (1435mm), Indonesia high speed line (1435mm)
22:53, 18 November 2023Thumbnail fer version aes o 22:53, 18 November 20232,754 × 1,398 (1.05 MB)AkeosnhaoeSakhalin
10:02, 25 September 2023Thumbnail fer version aes o 10:02, 25 September 20232,754 × 1,398 (1.05 MB)AkeosnhaoeTunisia
14:00, 16 Julie 2023Thumbnail fer version aes o 14:00, 16 Julie 20232,754 × 1,398 (1.05 MB)Wikkiwonkkadded Cape gauge to Lesotho (small spur connecting to South Africa's network); removed Inkscape/Sodipodi cruft
03:50, 11 Mairch 2023Thumbnail fer version aes o 03:50, 11 Mairch 20232,754 × 1,398 (1.06 MB)Wikkiwonkkadded standard gauge to Tanzania
03:46, 11 Mairch 2023Thumbnail fer version aes o 03:46, 11 Mairch 20232,754 × 1,398 (1.1 MB)WikkiwonkkReverted to version as of 18:14, 12 September 2022 (UTC) - svg2png tool doesn't work with CSS colours as variables! *cries*
03:43, 11 Mairch 2023Thumbnail fer version aes o 03:43, 11 Mairch 20232,754 × 1,398 (1.06 MB)Wikkiwonkkreverted the file structure back to the hand editable version, but incorporating the recent Tanzania change; changed all the colours to be named variables to make future edits easier
18:55, 8 Mairch 2023Thumbnail fer version aes o 18:55, 8 Mairch 20232,754 × 1,398 (3.39 MB)Rtfrootadded Tanzania standard gauge (The first phase Dar es Salaam–Morogoro Section has been completed in April 2022 currently in live testing phase)
18:14, 12 September 2022Thumbnail fer version aes o 18:14, 12 September 20222,754 × 1,398 (1.1 MB)Delusion23Isle of Man railways are narrow gauge
20:10, 24 Julie 2022Thumbnail fer version aes o 20:10, 24 Julie 20222,754 × 1,398 (1.06 MB)Виталий БолбасFixed Afghanistan
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