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The track gauge was adopted by early 19th century railways mainly in the Lanarkshire area of Scotland, and is therefore also named Scotch gauge. From 1903, tram lines of Tokyo adopted this gauge. It differed from the gauge of that was used on some early lines in England. Early railways chose their own gauge, but later in the century interchange of equipment was facilitated by establishing a uniform rail gauge across railways: a so-called 'standard gauge' of . In the early 1840s standard gauge lines began to be constructed in Scotland, and all the Scotch Gauge lines were eventually converted to standard gauge. The gauge was outlawed in Great Britain by law in 1846. ==Scottish railways built to Scotch gauge== A small number of early to mid 19th century passenger railways were built to Scotch gauge, they include: * Ardrossan and Johnstone Railway.〔Whishall (2nd Edition)〕 Length: .〔Popplewell〕 Authorised on 20 July 1806 and opened on 6 November 1810;〔Awdry (1990)〕 * Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway.〔Robertson (1983)〕 Length: .〔 Authorised on 17 May 1824 and opened on 1 October 1826.〔 The engineer was Thomas Grainger.〔 * Ballochney Railway.〔 Length: .〔 Incorporated on 19 May 1826 and opened on 8 August 1828.〔 * Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway.〔 Authorised on 26 May 1826 and opened in part on 4 July 1831.〔 * Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway.〔 Length: .〔 Incorporated on 26 May 1826 and ceremonially opened on 27 September 1831 for both passengers and goods.〔 The engineers were Thomas Grainger and John Miller from Edinburgh.〔〔 * Wishaw and Coltness Railway.〔 Length: .〔 Incorporated on 21 June 1829 and partially opened on 21 March 1834.〔 The engineers were Thomas Grainger and John Miller from Edinburgh.〔 * Slamannan Railway.〔 Length: .〔〔 Incorporated on 3 July 1835 and opened on 31 August 1840.〔 * Paisley and Renfrew Railway.〔 Length: .〔 Authorised on 21 July 1835 and opened on 3 April 1837 for both passengers and goods.〔 The engineer was Thomas Grainger.Robert Stephenson and Company built a Scotch gauge locomotive, the ''St. Rollox'', for the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway; which was later sold to the Paisley and Renfrew Railway.〔〔 All the lines were later relaid in standard gauge.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「4 ft 6 in gauge railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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