10 sentences with 'railways'
Example sentences and phrases with the word railways and other words derived from it.
• « The British developed the time zone system, based on Greenwich Mean Time (part of London) as the "default", because the railways had to coordinate to time departures and arrivals. This was the first time that an entire country, and soon a whole continent, had to have a precise and shared sense of time. »
• « Instead of seeking to directly expand the country's infrastructure, the Qajar state handed out "concessions" to European banks, companies and individuals to build railways, issue bank notes and, in one notorious case, monopolise the production and sale of tobacco. »
• « The Schlieffen Plan called for a rapid advance into France to get French forces out of the war within six weeks. German troops would then be brought back east via the railways in time to engage Russia, as it was believed that the Russians would take at least that long to mobilise their armies. »
• « While Prime Minister, Thatcher privatised several industries in Britain, most notably the railways. »
• « Unlike their predecessors, who travelled on foot or by wagon train, these settlers had new transportation options. Their travel was made possible by the construction of roads, canals and railways, projects that required funding from the federal government and the states. »
• « By the eve of the Civil War, the United States had moved from roads and canals to a well-established and extensive system of railways. »
• « Steam locomotive railways offered a new mode of transportation that fascinated citizens, fueling their optimistic view of the possibilities of technological progress. »
• « Nor did they support taxation to create internal improvements such as canals and railways; to them, government involvement in the economic life of the nation disrupted what they perceived as the natural functioning of the economy. They also feared that a strong national government could manipulate slavery. »