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broad gauge
(redirected from Broad gauge railway)

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broad gauge
a railway track with a greater distance between the lines than the standard gauge of 56½ inches (about 1.44 metres) used now by most mainline railway systems


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n Sikkim will have the first ever rail connectivity with the laying of foundation of the new broad gauge railway line between Sikkim's small township of Rangpo and West Bengal's border town of Sivok.
CAPTION(S): ON THE RAILS: Among the attractions worth paying a visit to this summer is Didcot Railway Centre where you can see steam locomotives in the original engine shed as well as a reconstruction of Brunel's broad gauge railway.
The new broad gauge railway line is between Sikkim's small township of Rangpo and West Bengal's border town of Sivok.
 
 
 
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