ìGrowing to 6,621 miles of line in 1850, 11,789 in
1875, and 15,195 in 1900, railways accounted for an
increase of about 10 per cent in the national wealth
of mid Victorian England. Their role in Victorian
society is suggested by the average of thirty railway
journeys per person endertaken in 1900.î John Ranlett,
1988, ìRailwaysî in Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia
(NY: Garland), page 663)
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