Belgium

Abstract

Railways were born and diffused at a propitious time in Belgium history which coincided with the progress of the industrial revolution, the political revolution of 1830 and the consolidation of Belgium independence. Industrialisation revealed the inadequacies of existing communications, awakened Belgium’s businessmen to English experience and provided finance of the construction of the new transport network (2). At the same time, the achievement of national independence cut the important link of communication from Anvers to Prussia via the mouth of the Rhine and presented the need for a quick and national solution to the transport problems of the new state.

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