Kenneth R. Miller

For much of history it was possible to believe that the great diversity of life on Earth was a fixed creation, that the living world had never changed. But when the first stirrings of industry demanded that fuel be dug from the earth and hillsides be leveled for roads and railways, the Earth's true past was dug up in abundance.

American Scientist

Nina Bawden

The murder of my husband by the railways has altered the way I think about everything. I had always thought that the majority of people were decent and honourable. In the wake of the crash, what made me angry more than anything else was the realisation that this was not true. I still find it very hard to come to terms with.

British Writer

Chris Tarrant

I love being British but our railways are shocking. We are so inured to how appalling our railways are. And the idea in almost any other country in the world that leaves on the line would be a problem!

English Celebrity

Henry Lawson

The Giraffe took the horse's head and led him along on the most level parts of the road towards the railway station, and two or three chaps went along to help get the sick man into the train.

Australian Writer

Alfred Russel Wallace

As well might it be said that, because we are ignorant of the laws by which metals are produced and trees developed, we cannot know anything of the origin of steamships and railways.

British Scientist

Amit Shah

It is the daydreaming of some people who live in a make-believe world who think you can make roads, hospitals, and railways without any social impact!

Indian Politician

Michael Flanders

If God had intended us to fly, he'd have never given us railways.

British Actor

Caroline Lucas

A public, unified and integrated railway - hardly controversial.

British Politician

Santiago Calatrava

A railway station is something that can generate a city.

Spanish Architect

Rod Stewart

English Musician

Relates to train-based transport systems, involving movement along tracks.

Transport Focus

Refers to the physical tracks, stations, and infrastructure used by trains.

Physical Components

Railways often connect different towns, regions, or countries.

Geographical Reach

Pertains to the operation and management of train services.

Industry Specific

Railway refers to various jobs from train conductors to infrastructure engineers.

Employment Opportunities

Impacts economy by providing jobs and facilitating trade.

Economic Impact

 riding along a very remote industrial railway and I came across a railway siding with some fairly rough track workers and one of them approached me and he said that there was someone coming from the village that night to steal my horses and I brushed it off I told him it was impossible I'd be in wilderness for a week no one could know

Tim Cope: On the Trail...

 but it strikes me as a slightly unimaginative way of improving a train journey merely to make it shorter. Now what is the hedonic opportunity cost on spending six billion pounds on those railway tracks? Here is my naive advertising man's suggestion. What you should in fact do is employ all of the world's top male

Life lessons from an ad...

 And he was right, of course. So today, I'm here to ask you to think of how the future is happening now. Over the past 200 years, the world has experienced two major waves of innovation. First, the Industrial Revolution brought us machines and factories, railways,

Marco Annunziata:...

 is a very important case of how to move around safely and quickly in a non-polluting way in a very frequent buses, strongly protected routes, the same service, really, as an underground railway system, but much, much cheaper and can be done much more quickly,

The state of the climate...

 This is a railway station the likes of which you've never seen before. It doesn't even look like a railway station. This is the new railway station for the high-speed trains. China already has a bigger network than any other country in the world

Understanding the rise...

 Measuring days and hours was sufficient for most tasks in pastoral communities. It wasn’t until society became interconnected through fast-moving railways that cities needed to agree on exact timekeeping.

Who decides how long a...

 the most underdeveloped infrastructure in the whole world and we also know that roads bad roads dilapidated railways congested inefficient ports dangerous airports don't make for great connections or

Paving the way towards...

 called the land of spinach-type vegetables' so we're going from the land of spinach-type vegetables' to chihuahua you landed a very small numbers the great railway journeys of the world

The Dangers of the Sun PIPE...

 I want you to reimagine how life is organized on earth. Think of the planet like a human body that we inhabit. The skeleton is the transportation system of roads and railways,

How megacities are...

 contains unmatched adventure their three historic railways are grouped into a single world heritage site known as the mountain railways of India the