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Historically, the choice of gauge was partly arbitrary and partly a response to local conditions. Narrow-gauge railways are cheaper to build and can negotiate sharper curves but broad-gauge railways give greater stability and permit higher speeds.
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Tzanakakis, K. (2013). History of the Track Gauge. In: The Railway Track and Its Long Term Behaviour. Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36051-0_7
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