Spanish and Portugese railways are "Iberian Gauge" railways, being 5' 5
21/32" wide:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberian-gauge_railways
Most railways are 4' 8 1/2", which folklore says goes back to the distance
between the wheels of a Roman war charriot, which in turn were that distance so
as to accomodate a pair of horses.
As you can see from the Wikipedia page, there are wider ones.
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>I have no idea about any track gauge differences between France and Spain,
>I think it is the same. As to the relationship between our AVE and the
>French TGV, I don’t know either. I use both (the TGV usually between
>Brussels and Paris). Both go approximately 300 km/h. That is all I need
>to know ;-)
>
>
>> Was that high-speed train the derivative of the French TGV with the
>>wider track guage?
>>
>
Chris
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