Toronto-gauge railways are tram and rapid transit lines built to Toronto gauge, a broad gauge of 4 ft 10+7⁄8 in (1,495 mm). This is 2+3⁄8 in (60 mm) wider...
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standard gauge. Most narrow-gauge railways are between 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) and 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in). Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with...
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used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in), more known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union...
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TTC were: Toronto Street Railway (1861–1891) Toronto Railway Company (1891–1921) Toronto Civic Railways (1911–1921) In 1861, the City of Toronto issued a...
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Railways with a track gauge of 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) were first constructed as horse-drawn wagonways. The first intercity passenger railway to use 3 ft...
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Metre-gauge railways (US: meter-gauge railways) are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) or 1 metre. Metre gauge is used...
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List of Ontario railways List of defunct Canadian railways Old Time Trains An Act to incorporate The Toronto Suburban Street Railway Company (Limited)...
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Railways with a railway track gauge of 5 ft (1,524 mm) first appeared in the United Kingdom and the United States. This gauge became commonly known as...
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and 600 mm gauge railways are narrow gauge railways with track gauges of 2 ft (610 mm) and 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in), respectively. Railways with similar...
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Toronto Civic Railways (TCR) was a streetcar operator created and owned by the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to serve newly annexed areas of the city...
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A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in). The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George...
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agreement between the City of Toronto and the Toronto Street Railway stated: That the gauge of the said railways shall be such that the ordinary vehicles now...
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the railways of Spain and Portugal. A broad gauge, it is the second-widest gauge in regular use anywhere in the world, with only Indian gauge railways, 5 ft 6 in...
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minimum-gauge railways was originally developed by estate railways and the French company of Decauville for light railways, trench railways, mining,...
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of railway track gauges by size. A gauge is measured between the inner faces of the rails. For ridable miniature railways and minimum gauge railways, the...
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lines – run on tracks built to the Toronto gauge of 4 ft 10+7⁄8 in (1,495 mm), the same gauge used on the Toronto streetcar system. According to rail...
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1910 Railways portal Ontario portal List of Ontario railways List of defunct Canadian railways Robert M. Stamp (1989). Riding the Radials, Toronto's Suburban...
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gauges were used in the United States. Some railways, primarily in the northeast, used standard gauge of 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm); others used gauges...
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North Yonge Railways was a radial railway line operated by the Toronto Transportation Commission from 1930 to 1948 between Glen Echo (Toronto) and Richmond...
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Bosnian-gauge railways are railways with track gauge of 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in). These were found extensively in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire as...
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network. Indian Railways today predominantly operates on 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge. Most of the metre gauge and narrow gauge railways have been converted...
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Three foot gauge railways have a track gauge of 3 ft (914 mm) or 1 yard. This gauge is a narrow gauge and is generally found throughout North, Central...
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Railways with a track gauge of 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) fall within the category of broad gauge railways. As of 2022[update], they were extant in Australia...
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The Toronto and Nipissing Railway (T&N) was the first public narrow-gauge railway in North America. It chartered in 1868 to build from Toronto to Lake...
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gauge railways were pioneered by Sir Arthur Percival Heywood who was interested in what he termed a minimum gauge railway for use as estate railways or...
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The 4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm) track gauge, also called the Scotch gauge, was adopted by early 19th century railways mainly in the Lanarkshire area of Scotland...
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Railways portal Ontario portal Narrow-gauge railways in Canada Toronto and Nipissing Railway List of Ontario railways Rail transport in Ontario History of...
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line used Toronto gauge On July 5, 1893, the Toronto Railway Company acquired controlling interest in the Toronto and Mimico Electric Railway and Light...
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