Well, maybe old lines, but not anymore: "Since the beginning of the 1990s new
high-speed <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail> passenger lines in
Spain have been built to the international standard gauge of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8
1⁄2 in), to allow these lines to link to the European high-speed network.”
Cheers,
Nathan
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> On 31 Dec 2018, at 19:22, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Spanish and Portugese railways are "Iberian Gauge" railways, being 5' 5
> 21/32" wide:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberian-gauge_railways
>
> Most railways are 4' 8 1/2", which folklore says goes back to the
> distance between the wheels of a Roman war charriot, which in turn were that
> distance so as to accomodate a pair of horses.
>
> As you can see from the Wikipedia page, there are wider ones.
>
>>
>> I have no idea about any track gauge differences between France and Spain,
>> I think it is the same. As to the relationship between our AVE and the
>> French TGV, I don’t know either. I use both (the TGV usually between
>> Brussels and Paris). Both go approximately 300 km/h. That is all I need
>> to know ;-)
>>
>>
>>> Was that high-speed train the derivative of the French TGV with the
>>> wider track guage?
>>>
>>
>
>
> Chris
>
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