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*'''SG''' - Standard Gauge
'Standard Gauge' added with link to 'Caluctta Tramway Company'
*'''BG''' - Broad Gauge
*'''MG''' - Metre Gauge
*'''NG''' - Narrow Gauge
*'''SG''' - Standard Gauge
==History==
=====Narrow Gauge (NG)=====
Later, two even narrower gauges (2' and 2' 6") were allowed to be used for feeder lines.
====Standard Gauge(SG)====
Although this was the most usual throughout the world it was not adopted in India. There was an exception:-
*'''[[Calcutta Tramways Company]]''' adopted the Standard Gauge on its electric tramcars from 1900 onwards, on conversion from the MG horse drawn tram system.
=====Unique rail Gauges=====
*'''[[Nalhati-Azimganj Railway]]''', the original name for the [[Indian Branch Railway]]; used a unique 4ft(1222cmmm) gauge, later converted to BG.*'''[[Arakkonam-Conjeeveram Conjeevaram Tramway]]''', absorbed into the [[Indian Tramway Co.]] was a 3'6"(1067mm) gauge line which opened in 1865, converted in 1878 to MG.
=====Gauge conversion=====
Following the introduction of the metre gauge, the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) occasionally allowed existing broad gauge lines to be converted to metre gauge and ''vice versa'' where expedient.
