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Finland uses 5 ft gauge, Estonia a mix of 5 ft / 1520 mm, and Latvia and Lithuania 1520 mm. (And then Rail Baltica will add standard gauge to the mix in the bal
by jsnell 4y ago
Finland uses 5 ft gauge, Estonia a mix of 5 ft / 1520 mm, and Latvia and Lithuania 1520 mm. (And then Rail Baltica will add standard gauge to the mix in the baltics).
- blueflow 4y ago5ft is 1524mm, you are describing the soviet wide gauge which is 1524 and 1520 mixed while using the same vehicles.
- jsnell 4y agoNo, they are different gauges with shared historical roots (5ft was the original Russian gauge, 1520 mm late Soviet redefinition). While the tolerance ranges for the two gauges overlap, they're not identical, nor is either a superset of the other. Trains can be built to be interoperable, but are not guaranteed to. And either way, these countries are in Europe by any definition and not on standard gauge.