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→Unique rail Gauges: 'Sone Canal Construction Railway/Tramway' added
*'''[[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]]; constructed in 1863 used a unique 4ft(1222cmmm1222cm) gauge, later converted to BG.*'''[[Sone Canal Construction Railway/Tramway]]''' used a 4ft(1222cm) gauge during the construction 1868-74
*'''[[Arakkonam-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.
