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It's one product, sure. Arguably more important is standard time. Before the railways towns ran on local-noon time, so the railways and their timetables requi
by jacknews 1y ago
It's one product, sure.
Arguably more important is standard time.
Before the railways towns ran on local-noon time, so the railways and their timetables required time to be synchronized across regions.
- immibis 1y agoThe most important product a train system offers is getting you from A to B.
- mschuster91 1y agoThe GP is referring to the very early days of railway - only in 1840, the railway emergence led to standardized time [1] to make drafting timetables and schedules easier. The benefits and downsides are something that we still experience two centuries later, all thanks to the railways. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_time
- immibis 1y agoAnd yet, the most important product provided by the railways is getting you (or stuff) from A to B.