The gauge policy of the British government, from the very beginning of the construction of railways in India to the end of British rule, was a much more controversial issue. The higher authority of the government always considered the matter from an economic point of view and did not give any importance to the convenience and comfort of the passengers as well as of the serious evils of the break of gauge. It was assumed that the inconvenience of a break of gauge was confined to the actual handling change of transshipment, the amount being equivalent to a few miles of extra haulage. But the main evil of the break of gauge was much graver. When an all India gauge policy was needed to solve the aforesaid problems, the colonial government did nothing in this direction and consciously showed indifference regarding the haphazard policy of gauge.

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殖民政府的计量政策：重新评估

从印度铁路建设之初到英国统治结束，英国政府的轨距政策是一个更具争议性的问题。政府上级总是从经济的角度考虑问题，对乘客的方便和舒适，以及超距的严重危害，都毫不重视。据推测，换轨距的不便仅限于转运的实际处理变化，其数量相当于几英里的额外运输。但仪表断裂的主要危害要严重得多。当解决上述问题需要全印政策时，殖民政府却对此无动于衷，自觉地对杂乱无章的仪表政策漠不关心。