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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
Scottish railways built to Scotch gauge
A small number of early to mid-19th century passenger railways were built to 4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm) Scotch gauge including:
Name | Length | |
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Ardrossan and Johnstone Railway.[1] |
10 miles (16 km).[2] | Authorised on 20 July 1806 and opened on 6 November 1810.[3] |
Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway.[4] | 10 miles (16 km).[2] | Authorised on 17 May 1824 and opened on 1 October 1826.[3] The engineer was Thomas Grainger.[4] |
Ballochney Railway.[1] | 6.5 miles (10.5 km).[2] | Incorporated on 19 May 1826 and opened on 8 August 1828.[3] |
Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway.[1] | Authorised on 26 May 1826 and opened in part on 4 July 1831.[3] | |
Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway.[1] | 8.25 miles (13.3 km).[2] | Incorporated on 26 May 1826 and ceremonially opened on 27 September 1831 for both passengers and goods.[3] The engineers were Thomas Grainger and John Miller from Edinburgh.[1][4] |
Wishaw and Coltness Railway.[4] | 11 miles (17.7 km).[2] | Incorporated on 21 June 1829 and partially opened on 21 March 1834.[3] The engineers were Thomas Grainger and John Miller from Edinburgh.[4] |
Slamannan Railway.[1] | 12.5 miles (20.1 km).[1][2] | Incorporated on 3 July 1835 and opened on 31 August 1840.[3] |
Paisley and Renfrew Railway.[1] | 3 miles (4.8 km).[2] | Authorised on 21 July 1835 and opened on 3 April 1837 for both passengers and goods.[3] The engineer was Thomas Grainger.[4] Converted to Standard Gauge 1866. |
Robert Stephenson and Company built a Scotch gauge locomotive, the St. Rollox, for the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway; which was later sold to the Paisley and Renfrew Railway.[1][3]
All the lines were later
Other early 19th century Scottish gauges
4 ft 6½ in gauge
In addition to the above lines, there were three railways, authorised between 1822 and 1835, that were built in the Dundee area, to a gauge of 4 ft 6+1⁄2 in (1,384 mm). They were:
- The Dundee and Newtyle Railway.[1][4] Length: 10.5 miles (16.9 km).[2]
- The
- The
5 ft 6 in gauge
Grainger and Miller built another two railway lines in the same area to a gauge of
- The Dundee and Arbroath Railway.[1][4] Length: 14.5 miles (23 km).[2] Incorporated on 19 May 1836 and opened in part in October 1838.[3]
- The Arbroath and Forfar Railway.[1][4] Length: 15 miles (24 km).[2] Incorporated on 19 May 1836 and opened in part on 24 November 1838.[3]
End of Scotch gauge
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The
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Use in Japan
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After the end of the Scotch gauge in Britain, the gauge was revived in Japan. Its origins date back to the Tokyo Horsecar Railway, one of former horsecar operators in Tokyo, adopted 4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm) gauge in 1887.[9] Since 1903, most of the tram network in Tokyo was built with 4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm) rail gauge, called "coach gauge" (馬車軌間, Basha Kikan). The use of this gauge extended to other suburban lines that through-operated onto the city tram network. Although Tokyo has abolished its major tram network (except the Arakawa Line), as of 2009 the following lines still used this gauge:
- The Keiō Line and its branches (excluding the Inokashira Line). The reason to use 1372 mm in 1915 was to provide through service with the now-abolished Tokyo city tram.[10] Length: 72.0 km (44.7 mi). Commuter railways connecting Tokyo and its suburb operated by Keio Corporation.
- The Toei Shinjuku Line.[10] Length: 23.5 km (14.6 mi). One of rapid transit lines in Tokyo, built to provide through service with the Keiō Line. Originally the Ministry of Transport intended the Keiō Line to convert to 1435 mm (so that the Shinjuku Line would have the same gauge as the Asakusa Line for maintenance convenience), but the service area as of late 20th century was too densely populated to risk a massive disruption of the Keiō service, and the Shinjuku Line was constructed in 1372 mm instead.
- The Toden Arakawa Line.[10] Length: 12.2 km (7.6 mi). Only surviving line of Tokyo municipal tram.
- The Tōkyū Setagaya Line.[10] Length: 5.0 km (3.1 mi). Another tram line in Tokyo operated by Tokyu Corporation.
- The Hakodate City Tram.[10]Length: 10.9 km (6.8 mi). Only user of the gauge outside the Greater Tokyo Area.
See also
References
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- ^ ISBN 0-7153-4786-1.
- ^ ISBN 0-906637-14-7.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing.
- ^ ISBN 0-85976-088-X.
- ^ ISBN 0-901096-23-7.
- ^ "Regulating the Gauge of Railways Act 1846" (PDF). Railways Archive. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ "St Michaels Mount, Cornish Cliff Railway". Hows Website. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ "St Michael's Mount Cliff Railway". South Western Historical Society. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ISBN 978-4-42596-151-1.
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