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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.
A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of 1,435 mm (4 ft ... Regulating the Gauge of Railways Act 1846; Notes
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.
This gauge was given legal status by the Regulating the Gauge of Railways Act 1846, [3] which specified 4 ft 8.5 in (1.435 m) for Great Britain, 5 ft 3 in for Ireland. The UR was re-gauged in 1846, at a cost of £19,000 (about £2,324,000 today), and the Dublin and Kingstown Railway in 1857 for £38,000 (about £4,579,000 today).
Their conclusion was that Stephenson's "narrow gauge" should be adopted as Britain's standard gauge, and Parliament passed the Regulating the Gauge of Railways Act 1846 [9] which stipulated the standard gauge of 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm).
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 [update] 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 .