15 Facts About Broad gauge

In Great Britain, broad gauge was first used in Scotland for the Dundee and Arbroath Railway and the Arbroath and Forfar Railway.

The lines were subsequently converted to standard Broad gauge and connected to the emerging Scottish rail network.

The chosen Broad gauge of was applied between 1839 and 1866 by the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij for its Amsterdam–The Hague–Rotterdam line and between 1842 and 1855, firstly by the Dutch state, but soon by the Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij, for its Amsterdam–Utrecht–Arnhem line.

Portugal and the Spanish Renfe system use a Broad gauge of called Ancho Iberico in Spanish or Bitola Iberica in Portuguese ; though there are plans to convert to standard Broad gauge.

In 1851, the broad gauge was officially adopted as the standard gauge for the Province of Canada, becoming known as the Provincial gauge and government subsidies were unavailable for railways that chose other gauges.

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Six-foot-Broad gauge railroads had developed a large regional following in New York State in the first part of the 19th century, due to the influence of the New York and Erie, one of the early pioneering railroads in America, chartered in 1832, with its first section opening in 1841.

The builders and promoters decided that a six-foot track Broad gauge would be needed for locomotives to be larger and more powerful than were in general use at the time, for pulling very large trains.

The new Broad gauge was close enough that standard-Broad gauge equipment could run on it without difficulty.

Irish Broad gauge of is used in Ireland and parts of Australia and Brazil.

Broad gauge was first used in Great Britain in Scotland for two short, isolated lines, the Dundee and Arbroath Railway and the Arbroath and Forfar Railway.

Later this Broad gauge was adopted as a standard for many British colonies such as Province of Canada and British India.

In 1851, the broad gauge was officially adopted as the standard gauge for the Province of Canada, becoming known as the Provincial gauge, and government subsidies were unavailable for railways that chose other gauges.

In US, this Broad gauge was adopted for many lines, but soon fell out in favour of standard Broad gauge.

Later, in 1850s, the Broad gauge of was adopted as standard for the nationwide network.

Krasnoyarsk Dam's inclined plane is an electric rack railway having Broad gauge of, making it the widest Broad gauge railway of any type in the world.