Installations
| Country/region | Companies | Notes | |
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| Albania | Hekurudha Shqiptarë | ||
| Algeria | Société Nationale des Transports Ferroviaires, Algiers Metro, Algiers tramway, Constantine tramway, Oran tramway, Oran Metro | ||
| Argentina | Railroad Development Corporation - former Urquiza Line | Other lines are mostly 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge (Indian gauge) Further information: Rail transport in Argentina | |
| Australia | Pacific National, Pilbara Railways Further information: List of Australian railway companies | Further information: Rail gauge in Australia | |
| Austria | Österreichische Bundesbahnen | ||
| Azerbaijan | |||
| Belgium | NMBS/SNCB, Brussels Metro and tramway | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Željeznice Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine and Željeznice Republike Srpske, Sarajevo tramways |
Further information: Rail transport in Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Brazil | Estrada de Ferro do Amapá 1,440 mm (4 ft 8 11⁄16 in); Line 5; Uruguaiana – Border to Argentina and Santana do Livramento – Border to Uruguay (both mixed gauge 4 ft 8½ in and 1,000 mm (3 ft 3⅜ in));
Remaining tracks at Jaguarão (Rio Grande do Sul) currently without operation |
Estrada de Ferro do Amapá, Jane's World Railways 1969/1970 edition gives 4 ft 8½ in | |
| Bulgaria | National Railway Infrastructure Company (NRIC), Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ), Sofia Underground, Part of Sofia Tramway system |
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| Canada | Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian National Railways, Via Rail, BC Rail, SRY, SkyTrain (Vancouver), West Coast Express (Vancouver), O-Train, GO Transit, Edmonton Light Rail Transit, C-Train, Scarborough RT (Toronto Transit Commission) | Further information: List of Canadian railways | |
| China | China Railway High-speed, China Railways, and all rapid transit systems. | A majority of lines are in standard gauge, and Chinese law requires all new state-funded lines to be built with standard gauge. Some meter-gauge and narrow-gauge lines built early in history are still in operation in some areas. Further information: Rail transport in the People's Republic of China | |
| Croatia | Hrvatske Željeznice | Further information: Transport in Croatia | |
| Colombia | Metro de Medellín, Tren del Cerrejón, Metro de Bogota | Further information: Metro de Medellín | |
| Cuba | Ferrocarriles de Cuba | ||
| Czech Republic | České dráhy Prague metro all tram systems in the country (Liberec has dual gauge 1000/1435 mm, with one meter-gauge interurban line to Jablonec nad Nisou) Funicular in Prague |
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| Denmark | Banedanmark and Copenhagen Metro | ||
| Egypt | Egyptian National Railways | ||
| England | Liverpool and Manchester Railway | Possibly the first railway built to standard gauge from the start. | |
| Estonia / Latvia / Lithuania / Belarus | Eesti Raudtee | Re-gauging all existing system from 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 ⅚ in) and mounting some industrial railways during World War II; 1944-45 all railways re-gauged to 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 ⅚ in). | |
| Finland | Finnish Rail Administration | Only at Turku ferry terminal for train ferries to Stockholm, and a freight yard in Tornio. | |
| France | SNCF, RATP (on RER lines) | ||
| Germany | Deutsche Bahn | ||
| Georgia | |||
| Greece | Hellenic Railways Organisation (operated by TrainOSE) | All modern Greek network, except that in the Peloponnese | |
| Hong Kong | Rail transport in Hong Kong | several MTR lines use 1,432 mm (4 ft 8⅜ in), instead of 4 ft 8½ in | |
| Hungary | MÁV, GySEV Budapest metro Tram systems in Budapest, Debrecen, Miskolc, Szeged Budapest cogwheel railway |
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| India | Only used for Rapid Transit systems: Delhi Metro (Phase 2), Bangalore Metro, Calcutta Tramway, etc. | Indian heavy rail systems (Indian Railways) use 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Indian broad gauge. Majority of under Construction and future Metro Rail systems are preferring Standard Gauge. | |
| Indonesia | Built in Aceh Province | ||
| Iran | Islamic Republic of Iran Railways | ||
| Iraq | |||
| Ireland | Railway Procurement Agency | Luas in Dublin | |
| Israel | Israel Railways, CTS - operating the Jerusalem Light Rail | ||
| Italy | Ferrovie dello Stato | ||
| Japan | Shinkansen, JR Hokkaido Naebo Works (see Train on Train), Keisei Line, Keikyu Line Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, Toei Asakusa Line, Kintetsu Corp (not including the Minami-Osaka Line (1,067 mm), etc.), Keihan Railway, Hankyu Railway, Hanshin Railway, Kyoto Municipal Subway, Osaka Municipal Subway. | ||
| Kazakhstan | (construction abandoned) | ||
| Korea | KRNA, Railways of the DPRK | ||
| Lebanon | all lines out of service and more or less dismantled | ||
| Libya | network under construction | ||
| Lithuania | Line to Šeštokai from Poland (mixed gauge between Mockava and Šeštokai) | ||
| Macedonia | Macedonian Railways | ||
| Malaysia | RapidKL (Kelana Jaya Line, Ampang Line), KLIA Ekspres | ||
| Mexico | Further information: List of Mexican railroads | ||
| Monaco | |||
| Montenegro | Željeznice Crne Gore | ||
| Morocco | |||
| Netherlands | Nederlandse Spoorwegen and regional railways. | ||
| Norway | Norwegian National Rail Administration | ||
| Panama | Panama Railway | since 2000 | |
| Paraguay | Ferrocarril Presidente Don Carlos Antonio López, now Ferrocarril de Paraguay S.A. (FEPASA) | Now working on 36 km out of Asunción, as a tourist steam line; also on 5 km from Encarnación to the border with the Argentine, carrying mainly exported soy; the rest of the 441 km of the line awaits its fate, while redevelopment plans come and go with regularity. The section from West of Encarnación to North of San Salvador and the complete San Salvador - Abaí branch have been dismantled by the railway itself to get funds through selling scrap. | |
| Peru | Railroad Development Corporation Ferrocarril Central Andino Callao - Lima - La Oroya - Huancayo, La Oroya - Cerro del Pasco ; Ferrocarril del sur de Peru operated by Peru Rail Matarani - Arequipa - Puno and Puno - Cuzco; Ilo - Moquegua mining railroad; Tacna - Arica (Chile) international line, operated by Tacna province; Electric suburban railway of Lima | ||
| Philippines | Manila Light Rail Transit and Manila Metro Rail Transit. | ||
| Poland | Polskie Koleje Państwowe, Warsaw Metro, most tramway systems throughout the country | ||
| Portugal | Planned high-speed lines; Braga funicular; Lisbon Metro; Metro do Porto (adapted from former 1000 mm tracks); Almada light rail. | ||
| Romania | Căile Ferate Române | ||
| Russia | Rostov-on-Don tramway, lines connecting Kaliningrad with Poland | ||
| Saudi Arabia | Rail transport in Saudi Arabia | ||
| Serbia | Serbian Railways | ||
| Singapore | MRT | ||
| Slovakia | Železnice Slovenskej republiky, Košice tramway system | ||
| Slovenia | Slovenske železnice | ||
| South Africa | Gautrain in Gauteng Province | Rest of country uses Cape Gauge | |
| Spain | AVE High-Speed Train lines from Madrid to Seville, Málaga, Saragossa, Barcelona (-Perthus), Toledo, Huesca and Valladolid, Barcelona Metro L2, L3, L4, L5 lines. Barcelona FGC lines L6, L7, and Metro Vallès S1, S2, S5, S55. | All other 1,668 mm (5 ft 5 ⅔ in) (broad gauge) and some 1,000 mm (3 ft 3⅜ in) (meter gauge). | |
| Sweden | Swedish State Railways | ||
| Switzerland | Swiss Federal Railways | ||
| Syria | |||
| Taiwan | Taipei Rapid Transit System, Taiwan High Speed Rail, and Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit | ||
| Thailand | Bangkok Skytrain, Bangkok Metro and Suvarnabhumi Airport Link. | ||
| Tunisia | Northern part of the network | ||
| Turkey | TCDD (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları) (Turkish State Railways) | ||
| Turkmenistan | (never built) | ||
| United Kingdom (Great Britain) | Entire Network Rail network (since standardisation by the Railway Regulation (Gauge) Act 1846) | See also the Railway Regulation (Gauge) Act 1846 | |
| United States | Modern national railroad network | Although it was already in use on many other lines before 1863 the Pacific Railway Act of March 3, 1863, specified that the federally funded transcontinental railroad was to use standard gauge and helped to further popularize it among American railroads. | |
| Uruguay | |||
| Vietnam | north of Hanoi | Includes dual gauge (standard/metre) to the PRC border. |
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