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How did invention of the railway speed up industralization in Europe?

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Ways  through which the invention of railway speeded up industralization in Europe include;

  • Trains carried bulky goods which lowered the transportation cost for industries.
  • Raw materials could be transported to the factories using railways for manufacture.
  • Manufactures goods could transported to the market for sale using railway.
  • It helped the movement of workers to the industry.
  • Iron and steel industries developed to manufacture the rails and train wagons
  • Railway transport promoted agriculture which provided raw materials to the industries
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