Key:loading_gauge

Loading gauge information taken from NESA.

Loading Gauge is a description of what freight can go on a track. The maximum height and width for railway vehicles and their loads to ensure safe passage through bridges, tunnels and other structures

How Tag

IMPORTANT:

• All loading gauge in the world are not written here, so if you have documents with references please complete the page. For example, some european loading gauge are written, but it's posible there are others.

Normal Circumferences

key	value	comment	place in use
loading_gauge	PPI	Avaible over the majority of the word rail network, also known as Berne gauge, TSI_G1 or OSJD 03-WM, but only PPI is the good value.	World
loading_gauge	UIC_A		World
loading_gauge	UIC_B		World
loading_gauge	UIC_B+		World
loading_gauge	UIC_C	Also know as TSI_G2 or OSJD O2-WM, but only UIC_C is the good value.	World
loading_gauge	TSI_GA		EU
loading_gauge	TSI_GB		EU
loading_gauge	TSI_GB1	Also know as TSI_GB+, but only TSI_GB1 is the good value.	EU
loading_gauge	TSI_GB2		EU
loading_gauge	TSI_DE3	Extension of TSI_G2 (see UIC_C)	EU
loading_gauge	TSI_GC	Also know as UIC_C1 (but UIC_C1 was abandoned so it should be tagged as TSI_GC).	EU
loading_gauge	TSI_C	Futur Loading gauge for the rail corridor standard for Oresund Bridge and Fehmarn Belt Tunnel.	EU
loading_gauge	SE-A		Sweden
loading_gauge	SE-B		Sweden
loading_gauge	SE-C		Sweden
loading_gauge	OCF_1		Switzerland
loading_gauge	OCF_2		Switzerland
loading_gauge	OCF_3		Switzerland
loading_gauge	OCF_S1		Switzerland
loading_gauge	OCF_S2		Switzerland
loading_gauge	OCF_S3		Switzerland
loading_gauge	OCF_S4		Switzerland
loading_gauge	W6A	Available over the majority of the British rail network.	UK
loading_gauge	W7		UK
loading_gauge	W8	Allows standard 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in) high shipping containers to be carried on standard wagons.	UK
loading_gauge	W9	Allows 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in) high Hi-Cube shipping containers to be carried on "Megafret" wagons which have lower deck height with reduced capacity. At 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in) wide it allows for 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) wide Euro shipping containers which are designed to carry Euro-pallets efficiently	UK
loading_gauge	W10	Allows 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in) high Hi-Cube shipping containers to be carried on standard wagons and also allows 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) wide Euro shipping containers.[19] Larger than UIC A.	UK
loading_gauge	W11	Little used but larger than UIC B.	UK
loading_gauge	W12	Slightly wider than W10 at 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in) to accommodate refrigerated containers. Recommended clearance for new structures, such as bridges and tunnels.	UK
loading_gauge	AAR_B		US
loading_gauge	AAR_C		US
loading_gauge	AAR_E		US
loading_gauge	AAR_F		US
loading_gauge	AAR_H		US
loading_gauge	AAR_J		US
loading_gauge	AAR_K		US
loading_gauge	AAR_L		US
loading_gauge	AAR_M		US
loading_gauge	GOST_T		Former USSR
loading_gauge	GOST_Tc		Former USSR
loading_gauge	GOST_Tpr		Former USSR
loading_gauge	GOST_1-T		Former USSR

Special Circumstances

loading_gauge:maxheight=* and loading_gauge:maxwidth=* are used to specify the restrictions (in mm) of particular loadin gauge (for one railway).

For example, the channel tunnel have a maxheight of 5,6 m and a maxwidth of 4,1 m, so he will tagged loading_gauge:maxheight=5600 and loading_gauge:maxwidth=4100.

Open Data Bases

For France

https://ressources.data.sncf.com/explore/dataset/gabarit-limite-des-obstacles-hauts-fret/map/?location=8,47.96418,1.8045&basemap=jawg.transports

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loading_gauge
• https://web.archive.org/web/20151223235459/http://www.rssb.co.uk/Library/groups-and-committees/2013-guide-vehicle-structure-sic-guide-to-british-gauging-t926.pdf
• https://www.bav.admin.ch/dam/bav/fr/dokumente/ab-ebv/eisenbahn/ab-ebv_alle_aenderungen2004.pdf.download.pdf/de-ocf_toutes_lesmodifications2004.pdf