Rail Links With Adjacent Countries
Voltage of electrification systems not necessarily compatible.
- Same gauge:
- Finland, the difference to 1,524 mm (5 ft) is so small that the same rolling stock can be used
- Estonia, same approximate gauge as Finland
- Latvia
- Lithuania – only from the Kaliningrad Oblast enclave
- Belarus
- Ukraine
- Georgia – currently, only connects with the breakaway Republic of Abkhazia; the line beyond, to Georgia proper, is closed for political reasons.
- Azerbaijan
- Kazakhstan
- Mongolia
- Break-of-gauge:
- China, break-of-gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 5⁄6 in) to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
- North Korea, break-of-gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 5⁄6 in) to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
- Poland – only from the Kaliningrad Oblast enclave - break-of-gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 5⁄6 in) to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
- Note that break-of-gauge between Poland and Belarus near Brest are in use of Russian Railways mostly
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