2001-01-07
Kilopascal wrote in USMA 10341:
>The "standard gauge" can be either 1432 or 1435 mm. The Russian gauge can
be 1520 or 1524 mm. I wonder how one would travel on a train from Paris to
Moscow. What happens when one enters Russian territory?
My wife journeyed from Kiev to Berlin by rail in 1938. She had simply to
change trains at the Polish frontier.
I wonder if the Russians changed the tracks in the part of Poland they
acquired in 1945. The Polish eastern border shifted westward to the Curzon
line, placing thousands of square kilometres of Polish territory into the
former USSR. That would have meant that lots of Polish built rail lines
would have had to be pulled up and gauge width set to that of the Russians.
Unless the Polish tracks in that region were already on the Russian standard
as the territory was part of Russia before 1918.
The info below shows Poland has only 397 km of the Russian gauge and 23 857
km on the standard gauge. Russian has only 100 km of the standard gauge and
158 100 km of the Russian gauge
"Russian gauge" 1520/1524 mm
Afghanistan [25], Armenia [830], Azerbaijan [2090], Belarus [5488], Estonia
[1030], Georgia [1570], Hungary [35], Kazakhstan [14460], Kyrgyzstan [370],
Latvia [2400], Lithuania [2100], Moldova [1318], Mongolia [1750], Panama
[78], Poland (LHS) [397], Rumania [45], Russia [158100], Slovak Rep.,
Tajikistan [480], Turkmenistan [2120], Ukraine [23350], USA (N.Orleans
streetcars, south-western rlys), Uzbekistan [3460]
"Standard gauge" 1432/1435 mm
Albania [509], Algeria [2616], Argentina (x-Urquiza), Australia [16201],
Austria [5394], Belarus [60], Belgium [3568], Bulgaria [4055], Canada
[146444], Chile [150], China [53400], Colombia [150], Croatia [2592], Cuba,
Czech Rep. [9434], Denmark [2770], Dominican Rep., Egypt [4763], France
[34322], Gabon [649], Germany [44770], Greece [1565], Guinea [239], Hong
Kong [35], Hungary [7508], India (Calcutta Tramways Co), Iran [5240], Iraq
[2457], Ireland (Dublin & Kingston), Israel [700], Italy [18166], Jamaica
[294], Japan [2012], Lebanon, Liberia [328], Liechtenstein [19], Lithuania
[16], Luxembourg [272], Malaysia (LRT), Mauritania [690], Mexico, Monaco
[2], Morocco [1893], Netherlands [2828], Nicaragua [3], North Korea [4250],
Norway [4223], Paraguay [440], Peru [1501], Poland [23857], Portugal [12],
Rumania [10860], Russia [100], Saudi Arabia [1390], Slovak Rep., Slovenia
[1201], South Korea [3044], Spain, Suriname [80], Sweden [11330],
Switzerland [3510], Syria [1766], Tunisia [2115], Turkey [8429], Ukraine
[210], Uruguay [3000], UK [16584], USA [240000], Uzbekistan [8], Vatican
[1], Venezuela [542], Vietnam [381], Yugoslavia
>>>>> I took a rail trip from Helsinki to Moscow and 1985, and no train
change at the border. Maybe they had a special gauge line running on
Finnish side of the border. Nat
The info at the website below does not mention Finland. Could it be they
use the same gauge as Russia, as they were a part of Russia before 1918?
And maybe that is why you can go from Helsinki to Moscow without getting
off?
http://turksib.com/gauges/index-e.html
Glückliches Neues Jahr!
Happy New Year!
John
Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrtümlich glaubt
frei zu sein.
There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they
are free!
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
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Subject: [USMA:10345] Re: Railway gauge
