Track gauge in Estonia

Estonia mainly uses a track gauge of 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) or 1,524 mm (5 ft), inherited from the Russian Empire times.

Russian and 5 ft gauges

Soviet Union

Estonia converted relatively late from the Soviet Union's redefinition of the gauge from 1,524 mm (5 ft) to 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in).

Post-independence

Since post-independence all renovated tracks owned by Eesti Raudtee have gauge 1,524 mm. Other tracks have gauge 1,520 mm.

Standard gauge proposals

There has been a proposal from the EU to build a standard gauge railway from Tallinn to Warsaw, the Rail Baltica.

Narrow gauge

Historically Estonia had 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) narrow-gauge installations. The tram network in Tallinn has a track gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in).

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Track gauge (list)
Minimum-gauge
Minimum-gauge railways
  • 15 in (381 mm)
  • 400 mm (15+3⁄4 in)
  • 16 in (406 mm)
  • 18 in (457 mm)
  • 19 in (483 mm)
  • 500 mm (19+3⁄4 in)
  • 20 in (508 mm)
  • 21 in (533 mm)
  • 1 ft 10 in (559 mm)
Narrow gauge
  • 2 foot and 600 mm
  • 2 ft 3 in (686 mm)
  • 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
  • 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in)
  • 2 ft 6 in (762 mm)
  • 800 mm (2 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
  • 891 mm (2 ft 11+3⁄32 in) Swedish three foot
  • 900 mm (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in)
  • 3 ft (914 mm)
  • 950 mm (3 ft 1+3⁄8 in) Italian metre gauge
  • 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
  • 1,050 mm (3 ft 5+11⁄32 in),
  • 1,055 mm (3 ft 5+1⁄2 in),
  • 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
  • 1,093 mm (3 ft 7 in),
  • 1,100 mm (3 ft 7+5⁄16 in),
  • 1,200 mm (3 ft 11+1⁄4 in)
  • 4 ft (1,219 mm)
  • 4 ft 1 in (1,245 mm), Middleton Railway
  • 4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm), Scotch gauge
  • 4 ft 6+1⁄2 in (1,384 mm), Scotch gauge
  • 4 ft 7+3⁄4 in (1,416 mm)
  • 4 ft 8 in (1,422 mm), almost standard gauge
  • 4 ft 8+1⁄4 in (1,429 mm)
  • 1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in)
Standard gauge
  • 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in / 1,435 mm, Stephenson gauge
Broad gauge
  • 1,440 mm (4 ft 8+11⁄16 in)
  • 1,445 mm (4 ft 8+7⁄8 in)
  • 1,450 mm (4 ft 9+3⁄32 in)
  • 4 ft 9+3⁄8 in (1,457 mm)
  • 1,458 mm (4 ft 9+13⁄32 in)
  • 4 ft 10+7⁄8 in (1,495 mm), Toronto gauge
  • 5 ft / 1,524 mm and 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in), Russian gauge.
  • 5 ft 2+1⁄4 in / 1,581 mm and 5 ft 2+1⁄2 in / 1,588 mm, Pennsylvania gauge
  • 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm), Irish gauge
  • 5 ft 4+1⁄2 in (1,638 mm), Baltimore gauge
  • 1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in), Iberian gauge
  • 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm), Indian gauge
  • 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm), Brunel gauge
  • 3,000 mm (9 ft 10+1⁄8 in), Breitspurbahn
  • 8,200 mm (26 ft 10+27⁄32 in), Lärchwandschrägaufzug
  • 9,000 mm (29 ft 6+5⁄16 in), Krasnoyarsk ship lift
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