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The Impact of the Train in Great Britain
Summary: The invention of the railways resulted in a tremendous economic benefit for Great Britain, creating thousands of jobs and turning small towns into thriving cities. No one group of people benefited from the railways more than the working class. Trains could transport goods more cheaply, thus resulting in cheaper prices for food and other products. In addition, trains enabled members of the working class to travel cheaply, thus enabling them to emerge from what had been an isolated existence.
The introduction of railways in Britain, in the 19th Century, dramatically changed all areas of life, but the people who were most affected were the working class. The railways had great economic value for all of Britain. In effect they brought all of Britain together, with the post, and its political and educational value. But most of the benefits brought about by the railway mainly helped the working class.
"1 in 50 of the entire population of the Kingdom might be said to be dependent upon railways!"(Robert Stephenson; The Engineer). In the 19th century more than 130,000 men and their families were in some way employed by the railways. The railways had a huge economic benefit for Britain. It created thousands of jobs, not only for people, who were directly employed, like the drivers, engineers, surveyors, and so on, but it turned small towns, by where it passed, into thriving...
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