Standard Gauge Definition

Standard Gauge Sentence Examples

• Brunel on the Great Western railway, where, however, it was abandoned after the line was converted from broad to standard gauge in 1892.

• Brunel adopted for the Great Western railway disappeared on the 20th-23rd of May 1892, when the main line from London to Penzance was converted to standard gauge throughout its length.

• On the continent of Europe the standard gauge is generally adopted, though in France there are many miles of 4 ft.

• Though the standard gauge is in use in Lower Egypt, the line into the Egyptian Sudan was built on a gauge of 3 ft.

• Its width depends on the numbers of tracks and their gauge; for a double line of standard gauge it is about 25 ft., a space of 6 ft.