{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"gauge change","description":"Gauge change is the process by which freight or passenger trains transition between railway networks built to different track gauges – most prominently between the standard gauge used across most of Europe (1,435 mm) and the broad gauge (1,520 mm) prevalent in Russia, Ukraine and Central Asia. Two technical approaches exist: gauge-changing facilities where wheelsets or entire bogies are swapped, and variable-gauge bogies that adjust automatically as the train passes through a conversion installa","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/gauge-change-2","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-26T19:57:10.417336","citation":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_gauge#Gauge_change","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/gauge-change-2","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"gauge change · Gauge change is the process by which freight or passenger trains transition between railway networks built to different track gauges – most prominently between the standard gauge used across most of Europe (1,435 mm) and the broad gauge (1,520 mm) prevalent in Russia, Ukraine and Central Asia. · Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_gauge#Gauge_change"}