Question

write difference between roadways and railways

Answer 1

Roadways includes land, road and street. Waterway includes seas, ocean. It is oldest way for crossing. Please comment on this answer hope this will help you. Mark me as brainliest please

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.