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The construction process will involve building a standard gauge track to handle both passenger and freight trains, meaning trade can take place along the new routes.
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Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
The track changed to standard gauge in 1889.
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Tom Dillard, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2020
First constructed in pre-Soviet times, its network is predominantly a broad gauge railway – different to the standard gauge, which most of Europe uses.
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Julia Buckley, CNN, 25 Feb. 2023
In just a few seconds, the trains can switch from the meter-gauge track of the MOB to the Swiss standard gauge of 1,435 millimeters, eliminating the need for through passengers to change trains en route.
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Ben Jones, CNN, 9 Dec. 2022
The standard gauge cluster is part digital, part analog (as seen in other Honda models).
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Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 7 Nov. 2022
Previous holders of the world's longest passenger train record -- Belgium and, before that, the Netherlands -- used standard gauge railways through flat landscapes to their advantage.
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Ben Jones, CNN, 30 Oct. 2022
The standard gauge railroad was built in 1901 by the West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co., reaching Bald Knob to haul lumber to the mill located in Cass.
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Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2022
Although the term can apply to any currency, the U.S. dollar is considered the standard gauge.
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Robert D. Hershey Jr., WSJ, 2 Nov. 2021
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First Known Use
1840, in the meaning defined above
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“Standard gauge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/standard%20gauge. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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