List of track gauges


This list presents an overview of railway track gauges by size. A gauge is measured between the inner faces of the rails.

Track gauges by size

Minimum and ridable miniature railways

For ridable miniature railways and minimum-gauge railways, the gauges are overlapping. There are also some extreme narrow-gauge railways listed. See: Minimum-gauge railway#Distinction between a ridable miniature [railway and a minimum-gauge railway|Distinction between a ridable miniature railway and a minimum-gauge railway] for clarification.
Model railway gauges are covered in rail transport modelling scales.

Narrow gauge

Railways with a track gauge between and.

Standard gauge

Standard gauge is gauge. It is the most widely-used gauge: about 60% of the world's railway mileage is standard gauge.
Several railways use gauges very close to standard gauge, including: