Track gauge in Estonia
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 Gauge
- Soviet Union
Estonia converted relatively late from the Soviet Unions 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. For cost reasons the current plans only see an upgrade of the existing Russian gauge railway to Lithuania over Riga, a new railway through Lithuania, and upgrade through Poland. It will have standard gauge only south of Kaunas, Lithuania, not in Estonia.
Narrow gauge
Historically Estonia had 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) narrow gauge installations.
Tallinn has tram with 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge.
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Broad gauge |
- 1445 mm gauge 1,445 mm (4 ft 8 7⁄8 in)
- 4 ft 10 7⁄8 in (1,495 mm), Toronto
- 5 ft/1,524 mm and 1520 mm, Russian gauge
- 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm), Irish gauge
- 1,668 mm (5 ft 5 21⁄32 in), Iberian gauge
- 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm), Indian gauge
- 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm), Brunel gauge
- 3,000 mm (9 ft 10 1⁄8 in), Breitspurbahn
- List of broad tram track gauges
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Gauge differences | |
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Categories |
- by country
- by imperial units
- by metric units
- by name
- lists of track gauges
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