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A branch line of Roslagsbanan, Långängsbanan, was built in 1911 and ran for some years as an isolated 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge tramway in anticipation of a planned conversion of the main line to raise its capacity, but those plans came to naught and the branch was rebuilt to narrow gauge in 1934; it is closed since 1966.
The Roslagsbanan railway (891 mm), Stockholm County. Sweden once had some fairly extensive narrow-gauge networks, but most narrow-gauge railways are now closed.Some were physically converted to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge (the latest one the line between Berga and Kalmar in the 1970s) and some remain as heritage railways.
Track gauge conversion is the changing of one railway track gauge (the distance between the running rails) to another. In general, requirements depend on whether the conversion is from a wider gauge to a narrower gauge or vice versa, on how the rail vehicles can be modified to accommodate a track gauge conversion, and on whether the gauge conversion is manual or automated.
The break of gauge between the broad and narrow gauge lines moved to Hamley Bridge "only" 78km short of Adelaide amd Port Adelaide. The narrow gauge train could reach this break of gauge after travelling 1260km from Alice Springs. 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Proposed Australia Western Australia
See 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (89 mm) gauge ridable miniature railways. 121 mm 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 in: See 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 in (121 mm) gauge ridable miniature railways. 127 mm 5 in: See 5 in (127 mm) gauge ridable miniature railways. 145 mm 5 + 7 ⁄ 10 in and 5 + 45 ⁄ 64 in Denmark: Brandhøjbanen dk, at Hedeland veteran railway dk, Hedeland, Hedehusene, Høje ...
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Ottawa Electric Railway (1891-1959) with the same gauge Toronto streetcar system: 83 km 4 ft 10 + 7 ⁄ 8 in (1,495 mm) 600 V Collect current with trolley pole. Light rail lines 5 and 6 will use standard gauge Waterloo Ion Light Rail: 19 km 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 750 V China: Trams in Beijing: 20.6 km 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 750 V
Russian and 5 ft gauge. 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 + 27 ⁄ 32 in): former Soviet Union states; 1,524 mm (5 ft): Finland and Estonia (The difference is within tolerance limits, so it is possible to exchange trains between 1520 mm and 1524 mm networks without changes to the wheelsets, however sometimes issues like stuck rolling stock might occur.)