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The Railway Regulation (Gauge) Act 1846 [1] (9 & 10 Vict. c. 57) or the Regulating the Gauge of Railways Act 1846 or the Gauge of Railways Act 1846 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, that was designed to standardise railway tracks.
Following the royal commission, the Railway Regulation (Gauge) Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 57) was passed, which mandated all new railways to be constructed to 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1435 mm) in England, Scotland and Wales, and 5 ft 3 in (1600 mm) in Ireland. The Great Western Railway was allowed to continue with its broad gauge.
The report informed the Regulating the Gauge of Railways Act 1846, which mandated standard gauge for all new railway construction except in the southwest of England and certain lines in Wales. [3] However, building new broad gauge lines was still legal if an act of Parliament permitted an exception for a new line.
In 1845 a Royal Commission on Railway Gauges was created to look into the growing problem, and this led to the Regulating the Gauge of Railways Act 1846, [13] which forbade the construction of broad gauge lines unconnected with the broad gauge network.
A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of 1,435 mm ... (but not Ireland) since standardisation by the Regulating the Gauge of Railways Act 1846:
The Railway Regulation (Gauge) Act 1846 was passed to formalise the gauge used on the island of Ireland to 5 feet 3 inches (1600mm). [3] [2] As of 2013 the network totals over 2,730 km or 1,696 mi, 2,400 km or 1,491 mi in the Republic of Ireland [17] and 330 km or 205 mi in Northern Ireland. Switzerland
In the early 1840s standard gauge lines began to be constructed in Scotland, and all the Scotch gauge lines were eventually converted to standard gauge. The building of new Scotch gauge railways was outlawed in Great Britain in 1846 by the Regulating the Gauge of Railways Act 1846. From 1903, tram lines of Tokyo adopted this gauge.
August 11 – First section of Furness Railway in England opens to mineral traffic; passengers are first carried on December 1. [8]August 18 – Gauge Act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom [9] rules that new railways in Great Britain should be built to standard gauge and 5 ft 3 inches in Ireland unless otherwise authorised.