page_title: 3 ft 6 in gauge railways
hierarchical_section_title: 3 ft 6 in gauge railways
caption_attribution_description: English: TRA purchased six sets of Hitachi 8-car 130 km/h tilting trains, based on JR Kyushu’s 885- series design, for US$85 million, to provide accelerated East Coast services. Locally called “Taroko trains” after the mountain gorge
context_page_description: Railways with a track gauge of 3 ft 6 in / 1,067 mm were first constructed as horse-drawn wagonways. From the mid-nineteenth century, the 3 ft 6 in gauge became widespread in the British Empire, was known as the Cape Gauge, and was adopted as a standard in Japan and Taiwan.
  There are approximately 112,000 kilometres of 1,067 mm gauge track in the world, which are classified as narrow gauge railways.
context_section_description: Railways with a track gauge of 3 ft 6 in / 1,067 mm were first constructed as horse-drawn wagonways. From the mid-nineteenth century, the 3 ft 6 in gauge became widespread in the British Empire, was known as the Cape Gauge, and was adopted as a standard in Japan and Taiwan.
  There are approximately 112,000 kilometres (70,000 mi) of 1,067 mm gauge track in the world, which are classified as narrow gauge railways.
caption: The Taroko Express in Taiwan
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