On 7 September 2006, Taiwanese government declared a plan to update to a standard gauge system.
"Does he understand the way the gauge system works?"
In 1913 a separate standard gauge system connecting Bytom with suburbs and villages west of the town was opened.
The variable gauge systems are not themselves all compatible.
Spain is the largest user of variable gauge systems.
These systems were closely based on British practice, as was the broad gauge system prior to 1926.
The broad gauge system was the main focus of Webb rehabilitation scheme.
By the 1950s the once extensive narrow gauge system had practically become extinct.
The entire standard gauge system was abandoned by CN in 1989.
The broad gauge system closed on 15 May 1965.