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by iggldiggl 398 days ago
Where? Finland specifically, or elsewhere? Both my local tram system in Germany as well as DB as the national infrastructure operator in Germany have construction tolerances of only +/- 2 mm. Maintenance tolerances on the other hand can be quite a bit larger, at least in the plus direction (on the order of 15/20/25 mm).
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Sure, but thats Germans. I'm surprised it isn't specc'd in 10ths.
They should've specced 1435mm±410µm, with no broadening at curves.
I just wish the Germans would be as accurate with their train schedules as they are with their rail gauge tolerances :D