Project Unigauge

Project Unigauge
Comparaison de différentes largeurs (gauges) en usage en Inde. La dernière paire de rails stylisés dans le bas de l'image sont de largeur standard et sont peu communs en Inde en 2011.

Project Unigauge est, en 2011, un effort continu de standardisation de la largeur de la plupart des chemins de fer indiens par les Indian Railways à une voie large de 1 676 mm.

En 2011, le réseau ferroviaire de l'Inde comprend quatre largeurs de voie :

  1. voie large de 1676 mm qui est plus large que la voie normale de 1 435 mm (largeur en usage dans la majorité des systèmes ferroviaires du monde)
  2. voie métrique de 1 000 mm
  3. voie étroite de 762 mm
  4. voie étroite de 610 mm.

Au 31 décembre 2010, la longueur totale des chemins de fer des Indian Railways est d'environ 111 600 km, alors que la longueur totale des routes automobiles est d'environ 64 500 km[1].

Notes et références

  1. compiled and edited by Research, Reference and Training Division., India Yearbook 2010, Publications Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Govt. of India, 2010 , p. 961 

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