What do you think is more important-Roadways or Railways? Give arguments in
favour of your answer
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The importance of railways as the principal mode of transportation for freight and passengers in India are as follows:
1) Railways make it possible to conduct multifarious activities like business, sight seeing, pilgrimage along with transportation of goods.
2) It is suitable for long distance travel.
3) Plays an important role in national integration.
4) Railways bind the economic life of the country
5) It accelerates the development of the industry and agriculture.
6) Today the railways have become more important than all other means of transport put together.
It is a means of transport, on vehicles which run on tracks (rails or railroads). It is one of the most important, commonly used and very cost effective modes of commuting and goods carriage over long, as well as, short distances. ... Rail transport is also one of the fastest modes of land transport