The main parts of the railway system was developed in England.
In beginning of the 19 century, George Stephenson combined previous inventions, and his own one's, into building some successful locomotives, that won the competitions.
This success led to Stephenson establishing his company as the per-eminent builder of steam locomotives for railways in Great Britain and Ireland, the United States, and much of Europe.
That was the thing that dramatically changed the emigration in the Europe, allow people easily to change there job location and establish a new forms of unions. For example prof souses, new political and social movements, that was impossible before, because people can't connect quickly to each other.
In Europe the main arena in that epoche appeared a lot of movements that organized revolutions and even wars. Because the economic grows was so huge in some countries(German and Russian Empire for instance), that their political system did not have time to adopt, led into the wars and revolutions.
It happened, also because of trains, participated enormous number of people, only caused the new inventions. And this inventions increased the efficiency of trains more, but other types of transport was also invented. And the convenience of private cars and speed of airplanes killed the development of railroads.
In the major economic beneficiary of development railroads, systems the U.S. Decrease the length of the network two times since peak. And a lot of other developed countries also.
The major economic beneficiary of development railroads systems - the U.S., decreased the length of the network two times since peak. And a lot of other developed countries also.
The last achievement of the railroads - high speed train was established in the Japan, and Some Western Europe countries, but the skyrocketing cost of construction and operating made them depends on government subsidies that continuing paying for decades of years. And even in a lot of countries that a big marketing efforts from government to use high speed railroads, the economic part of them remaining depressing.
But really the thing of effectiveness of using the train system is not so difficult.
There is the an easy math task was in the book for children.
There is a too factories with distance between them 1 km. On the one working 30 people. On the other factory 10 people. Where to built kitchen to minimize the distance workers need to go to lunch.
In the case of railroads, especially high speed railway system. You need to build a station in the center of the city and better if there is also a transport hub of city transport and surround by skyscrapers buildings. Then it takes you only 5 -10 minutes to get to the train station.
The reality in the most cities that most of big stations not in there best place and the skyscrapers usually build not in the center city.
And in America for example a lot of private 1 stored houses that makes the public transport system extremely inefficient forever.
But plans to establish a high speed railway( or even Hyper-loop) systems appears in the news time by time. As I guess the authorities dodn't understand that the type of houses and structure of locations where people live more important then the type of railroad transport they time by time want to develop.
Also in the train you need to share you private space around you with someone other. And if Japan it will be usually Japanese with good behavior, but in states you can easily met a member BLM on the neibour seat.
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