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The success of early railways, such as the lines between big cities, led to a great increase in railway building in Victorian times. Between 1835 and 1865 about 25000 kilometers of track were built, and over 100 railway companies were created. Railway travel transformed people' s lives. Trains were first designed to carry goods. However, a law in the 19th century forced railway companies to run one cheap train a day which stopped at every station and cost only a penny a mile. Soon working class passengers found they could afford to travel by rail. Cheap day excursion trains became popular and seaside resorts grew rapidly. The railways also provided thousands of new jobs: building carriages, running the railways and repairing the tracks. Railways even changed the time. The need to run the railways on time meant that local time was abolished and clocks showed the same time all over the country. |
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zǎo qī tiě lù de chéng gōng, zhū rú chéng jì xiàn, dài lái le wéi duō lì yà shí dài tiě lù de dà fā zhǎn. 1835 dào 1865 nián, dà yuē jiàn chéng le 25000 gōng lǐ de tiě guǐ, chéng lì le 100 duō jiā tiě lù gōng sī. tiě lù yùn shū gǎi biàn le rén men de shēng huó. kāi shǐ shè jì tiě lù shì wèi le yùn shū huò wù. rán ér, shí jiǔ shì jì lì fǎ qiǎng pò tiě lù yùn zhuàn yī tàng měi zhàn dōu tíng de jià gé pián yí de liè chē, jǐn jǐn yī yīng lǐ yī biàn shì. bù jiǔ, gōng xīn jiē céng de chéng kè fā xiàn tā men kě yǐ fù dān chéng zuò huǒ chē de fèi yòng. měi tiān jià gé pián yí de liè chē xīng qǐ hòu, hǎi biān lǚ yóu shèng dì yě kuài sù zēng zhǎng. tiě lù yě tí gōng le chéng qiān de xīn gōng zuò: zào chéng kè chē xiāng, tiě lù yùn zhuàn hé xiū tiě lù. tiě lù shèn zhì gǎi biàn le shí jiān. tiě lù àn shí yùn zhuàn de xū qiú yì wèi zháo dì fāng shí jiān bèi fèi chú, quán guó bì xū shǐ yòng tǒng yī de shí jiān. |