Rural Railway Station

Publisher's blurb: The industrial revolution saw a momentous social change in many areas, one of those was in transport. The increased movement of heavy goods and the need to move both goods and people around more quickly than before, coupled with the improvements in steam engines and locomotive saw a boom in the rail networks of a great many countries. By the Victorian period, railway travel had become quite common for those who could afford it, reducing journey times significantly. With the extension of the rail networks came an explosion in the number of small railway stations which served everything from small towns to collections of villages. The rural railway station map presented here is suitable for one built in the 19th century and which may or may not still be in use today.