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Panama should be updated to standard gauge

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The Panama Railway was originally 5 ft (1,524 mm) gauge, but when it was rebuilt in 2000, the gauge was changed to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) so as to use Standard gauge equipment.

The same goes for Afghanistan, there is about 25km of Soviet built broad gauge (5ft). Currently under construction is 125km standard gauge (4ft 8 1/2in) from Iran to Herat see [[2]] and Transport in Afghanistan.

---Lumber Jack- (talk) 18:27, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Fixed both of them. I put a dot for Afghanistan and filled in Panama, since the narrow gauge railway is no longer functioning at all there. I also added Libya in as a standard gauge country (they've got a big standard gauge network under construction and it'll be finished in a year or so, might as well update the map now). Hvatum (talk) 05:14, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Brazil needs to put a 1435mm dot. 220.210.143.190 (talk) 02:42, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Australia

Australia has almost equal narrow (cape) and standard gauge with standard just pipping narrow. Dividing by States (which are far bigger than most countries) would make much more sense. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.206.30.193 (talk) 22:56, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Indeed. The dominant gauge in Victoria is 1600mm/5'3", and the break-of-gauge problem has plagued the country ever since political considerations were used as the primary decision-maker for this kind of long-term choice. Definitely divide by state, pls. Rosuav (talk) 08:39, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Singapore

Singapore needs to be updated to standard guage

South Africa

South Africa needs a 2 foot dot. See Avontuur Railway --Firefishy (talk) 00:13, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

DoneHvatum (talk) 05:14, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Estonia

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Estonia has officially switched to 1524 mm rail gauge, so it should either be recoloured or containing a different colour square (i.e Finland). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Itsjustlols (talk • contribs) 18:09, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Latvia

Latvia has working 33 km line with the regular service (not for tourist atraction) of 750mm gauge railway, see [4]. So needs orange dot. --62.80.255.6 (talk) 10:57, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Wrong map

Colonies and dependent territories are all left out. Some of them do have railway systems. Korati (talk) 07:05, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Which ones are left out? What gauges do they use? Hvatum (talk) 05:14, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Basically all colonies and dependencies. Korati (talk) 23:54, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Can you be more specific? SchmuckyTheCat (talk)

Afghanistan

Does Afghanistan really have railroads? I thought that they had none and they are just plans for the future.--Bk1 168 (talk) 13:18, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Afghanistan needs to fill 1676mm, and put a 1520mm dot and a 1435mm dot. Iran needs a 1520mm dot. Portugal needs a 1435mm dot. South Africa needs a 1435mm dot. Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia needs a 1435mm dot. 220.210.143.190 (talk) 08:16, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Why 1676mm for Afghanistan? Currently Afghanistan has 1520mm rails to Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, and 1435mm rails to Iran. There have been proposals to build 1676mm links to Pakistan, but I don't know if they've been built yet, let alone operational. Pakistan is not renowned for its ability to deliver infrastructure projects efficiently.

To Bk1 168: Yes, Afghanistan has railways, although they are mostly cross-border links rather than a whole network. Rail transport in Afghanistan cites some interesting sources, but I could add more if you want (please let me know what else that article needs, I would respect your suggestions!). bobrayner (talk) 13:09, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Having read Rail transport in Afghanistan, it might make more sense to colour Afghanistan grey with dots for 1520mm and 1435mm. It would probably better represent the situation... But then a number of other countries would need to be shown like that, too. Would need guidelines, as requested by others below. Sabik (talk) 06:07, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Mapping conventions / criteria

How much of a certain gauge must be present before a dot is used?
Obviously there will be many museums, garden & themepark railways, surviving fragments of old infrastructure &c in various countries (especially Europe) which don't "earn" a dot. There is an 800m loop of 260mm railway near my house which is used by tourists every weekend, but that doesn't deserve to be shown on a world map. :-)
On the other hand, there are some crossborder links of a few km which do "earn" a dot. What are the criteria, if any? Length? Usage?
The Sassnitz-Mukran train ferry port in German appears to have a few km of broad gauge; should that get a dot?
I just want clear criteria (I don't necessarily want to change criteria) because there are lots more small examples of diverse gauges out there, and we can't give them all dots (the UK would get so many dots[5] that its original standard gauge would be invisible), but the map should be updated consistently...
bobrayner (talk) 13:21, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Yes I see your point. It is somewhat "clear", that pure toy-railroads should not count for a dot, neither short stubs that just go across the border for a few kilometers or so. It should be something like a network or a line of major length (> 200 km or so) using the given gauge within the country to justify a dot. Btw. Russia does have some across-the-border stub of normal gauge. --Bk1 168 (talk) 21:53, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Spitsbergen is marked as territory with standard gauge, but there is no railway. Island of Sardinia marked the same as Italy, but as fair I know in Sardinia dominates "Italian metre" gauge. Tasmania has Cape gauge but is marked as standard gauge the same as whole Australia. How about isolated railway networks within a state if this network is on a island? Also how about Australia? Maybe should be more logical paint separate states in color that corresponds dominating gauge? I.e. Queensland paint in 1067 mm colour with standard gauge dot? The same goes for other states. --62.80.255.6 (talk) 10:54, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Some Russia quibbles

Maybe Russia should get dots of standard gauge, to reflect the fact that bogies are changed on the Russian side of the border, at places like Zaibaikalsk? There's also a 1067mm network on Sakhalin - rather than a dot, I think it would be better simply to shade Sakhalin in a nice purple 1067mm colour. bobrayner (talk) 13:28, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I also think should be marked in pink, but also should be added nice orange 750mm gauge dot. On the other hand looking into the map it's unusual exclude islands from the state colour. --62.80.255.6 (talk) 10:52, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Iceland

Iceland needs to fill 1435mm. Brazil needs a 1435mm dot. 121.102.122.122 (talk) 09:30, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Don't be silly. There are no railways in Iceland. bobrayner (talk) 16:07, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Currently, 1435mm network is proposed for Iceland. 121.102.122.122 (talk) 10:23, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Narrow gauge in Bulgaria

There's a 125km narrow gauge railway line still operating in Bulgaria. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septemvri-Dobrinishte_narrow_gauge_line 87.121.162.240 (talk) 10:18, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Gautrain

There needs to be a standard gauge dot in South Africa for the Gautrain system - can this be done? Tom walker (talk) 17:51, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

The Use of the Metre (Meter) Gauge in the People's Republic of China

In the People's Republic of China, almost the entire length of the Chinese Section of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, which is still in active use, although for most of its length for freight traffic only — from the City of Kunming, in the Province of Yunnan in China, to the City and Province of Lao Cai in Vietnam — is as of yet solely configured in the Metre (Meter) Gauge. Please amend the map accordingly with regards to the People's Republic of China. I thank you. -- 213.249.245.128 (talk) 12:29, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Djibouti and Ethiopia

Lovely map! With the opening of the standard gauge Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway in October 2016, and the abandonment of the meter-gauge Ethio-Djibouti Railways, these countries currently operate only standard gauge rail. Tom Radulovich (talk) 16:02, 3 November 2016 (UTC)