Table of World Gauges by Nation

By Cornelius Seon [76576,1330]

Source: HQDA, TM 55-15 "Transportation Reference Data."
        Official Guide of the Railways, June 1893.

Note: Nations enclosed in square brackets [] no longer use the gauge shown.

Gauges:

A.      23.625"         [1' 11 5/8"]    60.0075 CM

AFRICA: Angola, Zaire.

ASIA: Indonesia.

EUROPE: Bulgaria, Germany, East; Germany, West; Latvia, Lithuania, Spain, 
USSR, UK, Yugoslavia.

SOUTH AMERICA: Chile, Peru.

B.      24"             [2']            60.96 CM        "Two Foot Gauge"

AFRICA: Zaire.

ASIA: India, Taiwan.

EUROPE: UK.

NORTH AMERICA: [USA]

C.      29.5"           [2' 5 1/2"]      74.93 CM

AFRICA: Egypt, Mozambique.

ASIA: Indonesia, Turkey.

EUROPE: Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, East; Germany, West; Greece, Latvia, 
Lithuania.

SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Paraguay.

D.      30"             [2' 6"]          76.2 CM

AFRICA: Nigeria, Sierra Leone.

ASIA: Bangladesh, India, Korea, North; Korea, South; Malaysia, Nepal, 
Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan.

EUROPE: Austria, Hungary.

CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES: Dominican Republic, Hati.

SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador.

PACIFIC ISLANDS: Australia.

E.      35"             [2' 11"]         88.9 CM

EUROPE: Sweden.

F.      36"             [3']            91.44 CM        "Three Foot Gauge"

EUROPE: Rumania, Spain.

CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES: Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama.

NORTH AMERICA: Canada, Mexico, USA.

SOUTH AMERICA: Columbia, Peru.

G.      37.4375"        [3' 1 7/16"]     95.09125 CM

AFRICA: Chad, Libya, Niger.

H.      37.625"         [3' 1 5/8"]      95.5676 CM

EUROPE: Italy.

I.      39.375"         [3' 3 3/8"]      1.0 Meter.     "Meter Gauge"

AFRICA: Algeria, Benin Cameroon, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory 
Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Reunion, Senegal, Somalia, Tanzania, Togo, 
Tunisia, Uganda, Zaire.

ASIA: Afganistan, Bangladesh, Borneo, Burma, Cambodia, India, Iraq, Laos, 
Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Tibet, Turkey, USSR, Vietnam.

EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, East; Germany, 
West; Greece, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, USSR, Yugoslavia.

CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES: Puerto Rico.

SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Suriname, 
Venezuela.

PACIFIC OCEAN: New Caledonia.

J.      41.25"          [3' 5 1/4"]      1.04775 Meter

ASIA: Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, 

K.      41.5"           [3' 5 1/2 "]     1.0541 Meter

ASIA: Taiwan, Turkey.

L.      41.5625"        [3' 5 9/16"]     1.0556875 Meter

AFRICA: Algeria.

M.      42"             [3' 6"]          1.0668 Meter

AFRICA: Angola, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Malawi, 
Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Upper Volta, Zaire, 
Zambia, Zimbabwe.

ASIA: Indonesia.

EUROPE: Norway, Sweden, USSR, UK.

CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES: Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Hati, Honduras, 
Nicaragua.

NORTH AMERICA: Canada.
                                                       
SOUTH AMERICA: Chile, Ecuador, Venuezuela.

PACIFIC ISLANDS: Australia, New Zealand, Philippines.

N.      48"             [4']             1.2192 Meter

NORTH AMERICA: [USA]

N.      51"             [4' 3"]          1.2954 Meter

NORTH AMERICA: [USA]

O.      56"             [4' 8"]          1.4224 Meter

NORTH AMERICA: [USA]

P.      56.5"           [4' 8 1/2"]      1.4351 Meter

AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Guinea, Liberia, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Upper 
Volta.

ASIA: Afganistan, China, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, 
Syria, Turkey.

EUROPE: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, france, 
German, East; Germany, West; Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, 
Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Rumania, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, 
USSR, UK, Yugoslavia.

CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES: Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago.

NORTH AMERICA: Canada, Mexico, United States.

SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay.

PACIFIC ISLANDS: Australia.

Q.      56.875"         [4' 8 7/8"]      1.444625 Meter

CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES: Dominican Republic.

R.      57"             [4' 9"]          1.4478 Meter

NORTH AMERICA: [USA]

S.      57.25"          [4' 9 1/4"]      1.45415 Meter

NORTH AMERICA [USA]

T.      60"             [5']             1.524 Meter    "Five Foot Gauge"

ASIA: Afganistan, Turkey, USSR.

EUROPE: Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, 
USSR.

U.      62.25"          [5' 2 1/4"]      1.58115 Meter

NORTH AMERICA: USA

V.      63"             [5' 3"]          1.6002 Meter

EUROPE: Ireland.
 
NORTH AMERICA: [USA].

SOUTH AMERICA: Brazil.

W.      66"             [5' 6"]          1.6764 Meter

ASIA: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, [USA].

EUROPE: Portugal, Rumania, Spain.

SOUTH AMERICA: Chile.

X.      69"             [5' 9"]          1.7526 Meter

NORTH AMERICA: [USA]

Y.      72"             [6']             1.8288 Meter   "Six Foot Gauge"

[USA]