4 ft 8 in gauge railways are railways with a track gauge of 4 ft 8 in / 1,422 mm. This gauge is 1⁄2 inch (13 mm) less than 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge The first such railways were the Killingworth Railway and the Stockton and Darlington Railway
Similar gauges
- The Huddersfield Corporation Tramways, 4 ft 7 3⁄4 in (1,416 mm), the gauge is 3⁄4 inch (19 mm) less than 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
- The Glasgow Corporation Tramways, 4 ft 7 3⁄4 in (1,416 mm)
- The Washington Metro 4 ft 8 1⁄4 in (1,429 mm), the gauge is 1⁄4 inch (6 mm) less than 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
- The trams in Nuremberg for one time nominally used 1,432 mm (4 ft 8 3⁄8 in), the gauge is 1⁄8 inch (3 mm) less than 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
- The MTR uses 1,432 mm (4 ft 8 3⁄8 in) on most lines.
- The Bucharest Metro uses 1,432 mm (4 ft 8 3⁄8 in)
Railways
See also
- 4 ft 7 3⁄4 in gauge
- List of 4 ft 8 in gauge railways
- List of track gauges
- List of tram track gauges
Notes
References
Sources
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- Smiles, Samuel (1904). Lives of the Engineers. The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson. John Murray. OCLC 220796785.
- Tomlinson, William Weaver (1915). The North Eastern Railway: Its rise and development. Andrew Reid and Company. OCLC 504251788.
