Editing Loading gauge (section)

==== Japan, standard gauge ====
[[File:Rolling-Stock-Gauge-in-Japan.svg|left|thumb]]
Translation of legend:
* Blue: Rural railway vehicle gauge (Rural Railway Construction Rules 1919)  
* Grey: Conventional [[Cape gauge]] (3 ft 6 in track gauge) railway vehicle limits (Ordinary Railway Structure Rules 1987) 
* Figures in () are previous Cape gauge rolling stock limits (Railway Construction Rules 1900)
* Green: Shinkansen vehicle limits 

Trains on the [[Shinkansen]] network operate on {{Track gauge|1435mm|allk=on}} track and have a loading gauge of {{cvt|3,400|mm|ftin}} maximum width and {{cvt|4,500|mm|ftin}} maximum height.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mlit.go.jp/pubcom/06/pubcomt129/03.pdf |script-title=ja:鉄道に関する技術上の基準を定める省令等の解釈基準 |publisher=[[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism]] |language=ja}}</ref> This allows the operation of double-deck high-speed trains.

''Mini Shinkansen'' (former conventional {{track gauge|1067mm|lk=on|disp=or}} narrow gauge lines that have been [[Track gauge conversion|regauged]] into {{track gauge|sg|allk=on|disp=or}}) and some private railways in Japan (including some lines of the [[Tokyo subway]] and all of the [[Osaka Metro]]) also use standard gauge; however, their loading gauges are different.

The rest of Japan's system is discussed under [[#Japan, narrow gauge|narrow gauge]], below.
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