How did people travel before railroads were invented in England?

I am going to take a trip to England and I wanted to know some of the history. I know that trains are a good way to travel there and I wanted to know what people did before trains were invented.|||Canals for freight, for about the 100 years before the railways were invented. Long distance travel there were stage coaches, though the roads were very poor. Otherwise there were horses, or people would walk, but the plain truth is that the vast majority of people never travelled more than 10 or 20 miles from where they were born in their whole lives - that's how we developed so many different accents.|||In very ancient times, they used pack horses along trackways.


Romans built straight roads which largely fell into disrepair during medieval times. Coaches linked the cities but it was a long hard journey.


The Industrial Revolution needed much better transport systems.


First came canals. A huge networks still exists. Boats can be hired and they are a great place for holidays.


Then came Railways. There was a vast network but many small lines disappeared in the '60's.


Finally, the roads were improved. All public roads are paved. Cities are linked by motorways (six lane highways).|||The motor car was invented after the train, but roads were around for horse drawn carriages. People used those, if they could. If not, it was all walking, or using a bike.


Roads back then were little more than dirt roads, but with some sophistication to them. They had layers of gravel and dirt, compacted to make a somewhat flat road surface, that would drain rainwater effectively as well.|||Umm basically people never travelled more than a few miles (which would be done by horse and cart, foot or boat) from their home for many centuries until the industrial revolution of the 18th Century which brought a massive migration from the small farm towns people had lived in for a millennia to the cities. The Industrial Revolution brought about the the invention of Richard Trethivicks Steam locomotive (first self propelled vehicle) and then the Stevenson's Rocket (first practical train).|||It depends on the period, actually. Horse travel, or carriage travel for the wealthy was certainly the norm. However, there were (and to some extent still are) thousands of miles of canals. Boat travel was the standard for most freight until the railways bankrupted the canals.|||Who told you that trains are a good way to travel in England ? , the rail network over here is rubbish with many cancellations for the slightest reason and it is also very expensive to use , before trains i believe that the horse and cart was very popular.|||They walked, rode horses, travelled by Stagecoach, used boats along rivers and around the coast. Hiking is still popular here and most of the old


trails are still in use. If you're intending to do a lot of train travel while you are here its a good idea to buy a Britrail Pass before you arrive - much cheaper than buying individual tickets for each journey


you make


www.britrail.com


www.nationalrail.co.uk (timetable information)|||Walking and horse/cart.Very similar to America until the industrial age in late 19 century.|||horse and cart


or walked


[its also called the railway here - not railroad]|||The train was around before the car. Steam train of course. Before that they used horse and cart. Im from england.|||horse and cart?





walk?