How Long to Read Rails in the Road

How Long Does it Take to Read Rails in the Road?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 29 minutes to read Rails in the Road by Oliver Green

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

There have been passenger tramways in Britain for 150 years, but it is a rollercoaster story of rise, decline and a steady return. Trams have come and gone, been loved and hated, popular and derided, considered both wildly futuristic and hopelessly outdated by politicians, planners and the public alike. Horse trams, introduced from the USA in the 1860s, were the first cheap form of public transport on city streets. Electric systems were developed in nearly every urban area from the 1890s and revolutionised town travel in the Edwardian era.A century ago, trams were at their peak, used by everyone all over the country and a mark of civic pride in towns and cities from Dover to Dublin. But by the 1930s they were in decline and giving way to cheaper and more flexible buses and trolleybuses. By the 1950s all the major systems were being replaced. Londons last tram ran in 1952 and ten years later Glasgow, the city most firmly linked with trams, closed its network down. Only Blackpool, famous for its decorated cars, kept a public service running and trams seemed destined only for scrapyards and museums.A gradual renaissance took place from the 1980s, with growing interest in what are now described as light rail systems in Europe and North America. In the UK and Ireland modern trams were on the streets of Manchester from 1992, followed successively by Sheffield, Croydon, the West Midlands, Nottingham, Dublin and Edinburgh (2014). Trams are now set to be a familiar and significant feature of twenty-first century urban life, with more development on the way.

How long is Rails in the Road?

Rails in the Road by Oliver Green is 563 pages long, and a total of 142,439 words.

This makes it 190% the length of the average book. It also has 174% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Rails in the Road Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 58 minutes to read Rails in the Road aloud.

What Reading Level is Rails in the Road?

Rails in the Road is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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