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Cape gauge is a rail gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) and thus belongs to narrow gauge. It has installations of around 112,000 km.

The gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) was first used by Norwegian engineer Carl Abraham Pihl and the first line was opened in 1861.

Cape gauge is named after the Cape Province in South Africa which adopted this gauge twelve years later, in 1873. [1] [2]. It is sometimes alternatively known as CAP gauge, after C.A.Pihl. [3]

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Installations

112,000 km worldwide [1].

Former installations

  • In Norway a number of main lines were built in the 19th century with 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in), and later rebuilt to standard gauge.
  • The gauge was popular for railroads on the islands of the St. Lawrence Gulf. Both the Prince Edward Island Railway and Newfoundland Railway were built to this gauge. The PEI lines were later standard gauged before eventually being abandoned. The Newfoundland Railway was abandoned in 1989, still operating as a narrow gauge line.

References

  1. ^ Ransom, P.J.G. (1996). Narrow Gauge Steam. Oxford Publishing Co., page 107. ISBN 0860935337. 
  2. ^ Griffiths, Ieuan Ll; Rowland, Susan (1994). The Atlas of African Affairs. Routledge, page 168. ISBN 0415054885. 
  3. ^ Bergh, Trond (2001). "Backwardness for ever: Norwegian railway engineers and the narrow gauge, light railway system". EBHA Conference 2001: Business and Knowledge A1: Knowledge as platform for strategy: page 15. 
  4. ^ "CIA World Factbook, Indonesia".
  5. ^ "CIA World Factbook, Japan".

See also

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Rail gauge
General
Broad gauge
Breitspurbahn 3 m (10 ft) • Indian 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) • Iberian 1,668 mm (5 ft 5⅔ in) • Irish 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) • Russian • 1,520 mm (4 ft 11⅞ in)
Standard gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in)
Narrow gauge
Cape 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) • Metre 1,000 mm (3 ft 3⅜ in) • Scotch 4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm)
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