narrow gauge

See also: narrow-gauge

English

Alternative forms

• narrow gage (USA)

Noun

narrow gauge (plural narrow gauges)

1. (rail transport) A track gauge less than standard gauge.

Related terms

• narrow-gauge (adjective)

Translations

a railway gauge that is less than the standard gauge

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 窄軌／窄轨 (zh) (zhǎiguǐ)

• Czech: úzký rozchod m
• Danish: smalspor n
• Dutch: smalspoor (nl) n
• Finnish: kapearaiteinen
• French: voie étroite (fr) f
• German: Schmalspur f
• Hungarian: kisvasút (hu)
• Italian: scartamento ridotto m
• Japanese: 狭軌 (ja) (kyōki)
• Latvian: šaursliežu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: smalspor n

  Nynorsk: smalspor n

• Polish: kolej wąskotorowa
• Portuguese: via estreita f, caminho de ferro de via estreita m
• Spanish: vía estrecha f, ferrocaril de vía estrecha m
• Swedish: smalspår n

See also

• standard gauge
• broad gauge
• metre gauge