Transport in the City
Transport in the City
Transport in the City: The London underground railway was introduce
Between the two World Wars (1919-39), the British authority took the responsibility to make houses for the working classes.
1 million houses mostly single-family cottage was built. The city extended beyond the range which further necessitated new forms of mass transport. The London underground railway partially solved the housing problem by carrying large number of people to and from the city. The first underground railway in the world opened on 10th January, 1863 between Paddington and Farrington Street in London. By 1880, the expanded train service was carrying 40 million passengers a year. In the initial stage, people were afraid to travel by this underground railways. Some thought, these were a menace to health due to asphyxiation and heat. Many felt that these ‘iron monsters’ added to the mess and unhealthiness of the city.
Displacement Due to Railways: Charles Dickens, in his novel Dombey and Son (1848) wrote about the massive destruction in the process of construction of underground railways. To make this railway, 900 houses had to be destroyed. Thus, the London tube railway led to a massive displacement of the poor people of London between the two World Wars. The underground railway became a huge success. As a result, the population in the city became more dispersed. Now, the people began to settle in better-planned suburbs and could travel to work.
Why was the development of the underground railway criticised?
Social change, which led to the need of the underground railway, was mainly due to industrialisation.
Industrialisation was the major factor responsible for urbanisation in London. London continued to expand and its population multiplied four-fold. due to this, the city had extended beyond the range from where people could travel to work. So the development of the underground railway was critisiced because
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