Track gauges around the world

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Different rail gauges are in use around the world. The rail systems of most countries predominantly use one gauge or another as a national standard, in some cases due to a legal mandate.

Gauge Name Usage
1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) Metre gauge
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Three foot six inch gauge  Metzetta (vestigial),  Jinju (MZ)
4 ft (1,219 mm) Hendalarskische Urspurweite  Hendalarsk (many regional lines within Hendalarsk; as the name implies, this was the original Hendalarskara gauge before main lines were standardised for ease of international transit)
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) Standard gauge  Alstin,  Burgundie,  Caphiria,  Cartadania,  Eldmora-Regulus,  Hendalarsk (key mainlines and international connections),  Pelaxia, Urcea Urcea,  Yonderre

*the wide adoption of standard guage in Levantia is based on the guage being used by the hospital trains run by the Order of the Obsidian Sparrow in the First Great War.

1,520 mm (4 ft 11+2732 in) Five foot and 1520 mm gauge
1,524 mm (5 ft) Northern Standard Koskenkorva (KR),  Faneria,  Vithinja
1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) Five foot three inch gauge KiraviaKiravian Federacy (except Koskenkorva),  Metzetta (main network)
1,668 mm (5 ft 5+2132 in) Pelaxian gauge  Pelaxia
1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Five foot six inch gauge  Corumm, Tanhai