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Looking at the Paris Metro - famous for the Guimard works, It is said that the city lost the argument over the gauge to use; they had to use the national standard rather than their own but secretly prevented national trains taking over by making the tunnels too small.
 

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Looking at the Paris Metro - famous for the Guimard works, It is said that the city lost the argument over the gauge to use; they had to use the national standard rather than their own but secretly prevented national trains taking over by making the tunnels too small.
Named after the Metropolitan line in London.