Question

distinguish between roadway and railways

Answer 1

roadways:-the part of a road intended for vehicles, in contrast to the pavement or verge.

-The part of a bridge or railway used by traffic.

-A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places ... Roads consist of one or two roadways (British English: carriageways), each with one or more lanes and any associated sidewalks ...

railways:-a track made of steel rails along which trains run.

"services were disrupted after an eight-year-old boy was spotted trespassing on the railway"
- network of tracks with the trains, organization, and personnel required for its working.

Answer 2

Answer:

Roadways:

1. Highly suitable for short distance services.

2. Most common mode of transport, easy, cheap to construct and maintain.

3. Based on the construction and maintenance divided into National Highways, State Highways, District Roads, Village roads, Border roads, International highways, Express ways.

4. Second longest network in the world.

5. Door to door services possible.

Railways:

1. Ideal for long distance services.

2. Construction depend upon the climatic and physical factors like terrain. Costly when compared with roadways.

3. On the basis of width of the track falls under 4 types, Broad gauge, meter gauge, narrow gauge and light gauge.

4. Largest in Asia and second largest in the World.

5. Cannot provide door to door services.