Victorian Age - 6 things to know

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Railway Mania

Victorian society

Victorian London

6 THINGS ABOUT THE EARLY VICTORIAN AGE

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Victorian leisure

Railway Mania

The Victorian Railway, a marvel of the era, connected Britain like never before. The rollout of rail, brought distan towns and cities to be reachable. It was the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, inaugurated in 1830, that truly marked the dawn of the railway age in Britain. Train tickets varied in types and pricing, making travel accessible to different social classes. Initially, only the wealthy could afford first-class tickets, but with the introduction of third-class carriages, train travel became a possibility for the working class. The number of people using trains surged throughout the Victorian era, reflecting the growing reliance on this mode of transport.