Track gauges by name

rail track gauge – international standard gauge (1435 mm, 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

track gauge of one metre

rail gauge used in Spain and Portugal

The Breitspurbahn (, ) was a railway system planned and partly surveyed by Nazi Germany. Its track gauge – the distance between the two running rails – was to be , more than twice that of the standard gauge used in western Europe. The railway was intended initially to run between major cities of the Greater Germanic Reich (the regime's expanded Germany) and neighbouring states.

distance between the rails – (5′ 6″); commonly used in South Asia, Argentina, Chile, and on San Francisco BART

railway track gauge (760 mm)

rail gauge used in Ireland, south eastern Australia, and South Brazil (1600 mm / 5′ 3″)

Scottish railway track width

track gauge used in Sweden – 891 mm