鈥淭he Railways Brought Great Benefits to The People of C19th Britain鈥?How far do you agree with this statement?

It freed many from hard unrewarding agricultural labour, and set them up for hard unrewarding industrial labour.
Which was, however, widely taken as the better alternative.

Merchants and industrialists benefited more, as part of the second industrial revolution.

Transport of coal came first, then goods, with passengers as a later but expanding service.
Holidays by the sea and day excursions were a real but secondary benefit for large numbers of people in the second half of the 19th century.
More opportunites for employment, and cheaper manufactured goods, were bigger factors.
With them came industrial slums, and industrial diseases.

They did but they're bringing even greater benefits today, as Britain is far more polluted and crowded than it was in the 19th century.

I agree as far as you do Mary-Anne, except for the blatant fact that you should NOT leave it up to the members of this country's general public to answer your history homework. I'm tempted to alert Mrs Wayne....

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