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Railroad (1783 words) |
 | Though the rail system was extremely slow at first and prohibitively expensive to build and run, the British were not to be dissuaded in their pursuit of non-animal driven transportation. |
| The most advanced mode of transportation prior to the introduction of the rail system was the horse drawn omnibus on a track, called a tram. |
| Some rails were still made of wood, others iron and the first trains traveled at the pace of 3.5 miles per hour, significantly slower than the horse drawn coach which traveled at a speed of 9-10 miles per hour. |
| Railway system in india, Rail transport is the most commonly used mode of long distance transportation in India (3387 words) |
| Rail transport is the most commonly used mode of long distance transportation in India. |
| The GIPR was one of the largest rail companies at that time.Soon various independent kingdoms began to have their own rail systems and the network spread to the regions that became the modern-day states of Assam, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh. |
| The existing rail networks were abandoned in favour of zones in 1951 and a total of six zones came into being in 1952. |
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