軌き間かん

noun

railway gauge; track gauge

Technical term for the distance between the inner sides of the two rails on a railway track.

• 日本にほんの在ざい来らい線せんの軌き間かんは1067ミリメートルです。

  The gauge of Japan's conventional railway lines is 1067 millimeters.

• 新しん幹かん線せんの軌き間かんは標ひょう準じゅん軌きの1435ミリメートルです。

  The Shinkansen's track gauge is the standard gauge of 1435 millimeters.